Fellow Lions, Friends of the Elk Grove Lions Club and our Community.
Another month has come and gone, and we seem to have been as busy as ever.
We started off the month with the park dedication for the CSD Dr. Adreani park dedication. We grilled burgers and dogs for the family, guests and community. The Camp out in the Park was more grilling and griddling with burgers Saturday night and breakfast on Sunday morning. Additionally we provided a coffee and tea bar for the CSD kick off meeting of the Giant Pumpkin Festival. Lots of time with Elizabeth from CSD.
We were not done. We cooked for two consecutive weekends for water skiing championships at Shortline Lake. Shout out to Lion Jason Springer who cooked all of the meat for the events and the sides for the first weekend. He made it easy on us. This was a good fundraiser for our club. Additionally we had our annual pancake and sausage feed for Elk Grove HS FFA youth and staff.
Of course, he had our monthly community breakfast as well as our general and board meetings. Additionally Lion Warren and his crew prepared about 40 gallons of red sauce concentrate for our future events.
Don’t forget that on October 12th, we will host a “Rise Against Hunger” event at the Albiani Recreation Center. We are inviting teams from each of the service clubs to join us.
I’m proud of our club and all that we do for our community. Our schedule is the busiest it has been in years, and that means we are meeting our mission to serve.
Sincerely,
Lion Bob Shipley
By the way, did you get a chance to read this article about our Service Clubs written by our own public affairs officer, Lion Jack Edwards, published by BeLocal in June? In July, the companion article about several of our local non-profit organizations was published. Thanks Jack for getting the word out about the Lions and the other great organizations in our community. You can read it here. Below the picture of the monthly magazine you will find the article about the non-profits and the interview with Jack & Tracey.
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Elk Grove Lions Club
P.O. Box 465
Elk Grove, CA. 95759
General Meeting: 6:00PM – 2nd Monday of the month Location: Albiani Recreation Center
Board Meetings: 3rd Monday @ 6:00PM
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
General Meeting: 6:00PM – 4th Monday of the month (except Nov & Dec) Location: Albiani Recreation Center
Lions are in 200 countries and geographic areas. We have 45,000 clubs with over 1.3 million members world wide. We have a dynamic history. We are best known for fighting blindness — it’s part of our history as well as our work today. But we also volunteer for many different kinds of projects including disaster relief — across many borders. We serve youth. Our community projects often support local children and schools with new programs and resources. Internationally, we offer many programs.
We hope you will consider joining our club.
To become a Lion, you must be of good moral character and good reputation in our community.
Membership is by invitation.
If you’re interested in being invited to join Lions Club of Elk Grove, you may want to consider some of the following facts about Lionism:
Activities & Photos
Check out the following photos & videos:
Induction of Benda Terry as a new lion with TJ Weaver standing in for Joe Terry
Induction of Andrew Shipley as a new lion by his father, Lion President Bob Shipley
Announcements
As usual, we want to send out a special thank you to Dr. John J. Eliopulos, O.D. for all of his support with our efforts to continue to provide support to people with visual impairments. You can find Dr. Eliopulos’ office at 9074 Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95624.
We also send our thanks out to Dr. Diana Holcomb, O.D. for her support of our mission to support people with visual impairments. You can find Crystal View Optometry at Dr. Diana Holcomb’s office at 8419 Elk Grove-Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624 just south of Calvine Road, next to the Bel Air Market.
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Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Lions:
Brad Dano & Bill Kirkland.
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club: Brad Dano.
Cooks List
September 11 – Bill Heston
September 25 –
October 9 – Jack Edwards
October 23 –
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB
Board Meeting Minutes
August 21st, 2023
Call to order: 6:00 p.m. President: Bob Shipley Attendance:
X
President: Bob Shipley
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Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
1st VP:
X
LCIF: Andy Anderson
X
2nd VP: Anthony Dapelo
Tail Twister: Brad Dano
X
3rd VP: Tim O’Hara
X
Treasurer: Jason Springer
X
Lion Tamer: Dave King
X
2-Year Director: Greg Neill
X
1-Year Director: Denise O’Hara
X
2-Year Director: Marv Neill
1-Year Director: Lynden King
X
Membership Director: John Zehnder Jr.
X
Immediate Past Pres: Warren Weaver
Abs
Publicity Director & Asst. Secretary: Jack Edwards
X
Kitchen Director: Don Thompson
Guest(s):
n/a
Secretary Report: (Stag) by Lion Lorene: All activities will be recorded in the Lions International’s MyLion program.
Motion to approve Board Minutes for July 2023 by Lion Dave second by Lion Andy. Motion…Passed
Treasurer Report: by Lion Treasurer Jason Springer:
Admin- $11,946.07
Project Categories
FFA – $ 9,865.44
Scouts – $ 2,739.43
Project – $ 44,494.48
Total – $ 57,094.35
Combined Project – $ 69,040.42
Correspondence: none
Adjourn Club Meeting & Open Elk Grove Lions Foundation at 6:04 pm
Old Business / Status Checks / Chairperson’s Report
EGHS FFA and Staff Pancake Breakfast – Lion Warren – Sign up sheet pasted around
Short Line Lake – Rebecca – Sign up went around
Burgers and Brews moving forward need to sell tickets
New Business:
Pleasant Grove HS Wrestling Booster – Pasta Dinner – Need for information
Maui Relief fund – See Motion
Elliot Ranch Elementary School Pasta Dinner – Pres. Bob
Motions on New Business
Motion
Moved By
Second
Passed
Lead
Maui relief for $999.99 to Dave Mello who is feeding residents in Maui
Lion John Z
Lion Jason
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Lion Jason
LCIF Maui relief for $500
Lion Jason
Lion John Z
X
Lion Jason
Up to $250 Elliot Ranch Elementary School Pasta tor 80 ppl
Lion Jason
Lion John Z
X
Lion Bob
Scholarship Fund
1. Increasing 1 Scholarship by $5000 to make it worth $25,000, to have a return of $1,250 for a recipient and we will add additional to equal $1,500 for a scholarship,
2. Increase 2nd Scholarship by $1600 to make is worth $26,600, to have the return value of $1500.00 for our scholarship
Lion
Jason
Lion
John Z
X
Lion
Jason
Dave King Donation of old Generator for the club use
This newsletter is produced each month by the Stag Editor, Lion Jack Edwards. He may be reached by email at Jack@ElkGroveLionsFoundation.org or by phone at 916-240-9302:
Elk Grove Lions Club P.O. Box 465 Elk Grove, CA 95759
President: Bob Shipley
1st VP: Warren Weaver
2nd VP: Anthony Dapelo
3rd VP: Tim O’Hara
Secretary: Lorene Fuhs
Treasurer: Jason Springer
Tail Twister: Brad Dano
Lion Tamer: Dave King
1 Year Director – Denise O’Hara
1 Year Director – Lynden King
2 Year Director – Greg Neill
2 Year Director – Marv Neill
Membership: John Zehnder, Jr.
Past Pres: Warren Weaver Club Administrator: Jack A Edwards
Stag Editor: Jack A Edwards
LCIF Coordinator: Andy Anderson
Make-up Clubs
Delta Lions Club
2nd Thursdays, 7 am
Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course
8301 Freeport Blvd.
Sacramento
Galt Lions Club
2 & 4 Thursdays
6:00 pm Social
6:30 pm Meeting
Grange Hall
5th & D Street, Galt
Pride of Laguna
2 & 4 Wednesdays at 6:30 pm
Albiani Recreation Center
8830 Sharkey Ave
Elk Grove, CA
Club Roster with Phone Numbers & Email Addresses
was Emailed to Each Member
President Bob Shipley
