February 2015 Stag

Volume 64 Issue # 8 February 2015
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We Serve

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President Pancho Sanchez

President’s Message
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President’s Message  UpArrowPurple

Lion President Pancho Sanchez

As I write this months message from your president, I find myself overwhelmed by the events of January. As a club, we know that our motto is “We Serve” and after a while, we sort of do it on autopilot. Of course, we serve. We are a community service club. That is what community service clubs do; they serve their community.

 

In January, we found ourselves on the other side of the equation. Our community stepped up to serve us, the Elk Grove Lions Club. I know, that we regularly reach out to our community for assistance and support at our fundraising events.  Our community buys our Crab Feed Tickets, etc… But in January, thieves struck at the heart of the Elk Grove Lions Club. They broke into the storage facility at the Senior Center and took the white trailer which was chock full of supplies and equipment. The trailer was found, empty, by the police, but all of the equipment and supplies were gone, a loss of about $20,000 in supplies and equipment. They took our pancake griddles, propane tanks, pancake mix, spatulas, everything.

 

As we were reeling from the loss. Checking in with insurance companies, and wondering how we would handle upcoming obligations, we got the surprise of our life.  Our friends in this community that we call home, rallied and reached out to ask the community to help us recover from this loss. Of course, the District Governor Erv Gon reached out and asked how the district could help. But what I am talking about is the rest of the community. Other service clubs in Elk Grove. People who went to their Facebook pages and told the community about the loss and asked them to help.

 

The donations started coming in. In a period of less than one week, we received over $3,000 in online donations through our website. City Councilman Steve Detrick reached out to all of his constituents and asked them to reach into their pockets, just like he did himself, and go online to donate. Robert “Doc” Souza spread the word on his Elk Grove/Laguna Forums. As the word spread, over 100 members of our community went to our Facebook page to offer their thoughts and to like our page. A new food truck operator, Joshua Gold at DoJo Burger Food Truck, offered to provide his truck as a portable kitchen for us if we needed it.

 

Long time friends of our club; Patricia Beal, Sandy Waite, Elaine Bush, Frank & Paula Maita, Anna Hooper and dozens of others reached out to us and reached into their wallets as well. More people that I can list here in this short message. Nick Janes with CBS13, called and asked if he could come out and do a story for the news to give us additional support. Other supporters made direct calls to fellow Lions and offered money to help us replace the stolen equipment and supplies. I still don’t know the full extent of the giving that has been received by each of these lions. At the same time, we are also receiving online orders for tickets to our March Crab Feed which will provide additional funds for us to be able to continue to serve this wonderful community of Elk Grove that we proudly call home.

 

Each of the people who have donated online received an immediate email thank you and we will be following up with a formal thank you note along with their receipt for their donation. As I gather the information from my fellow Lions regarding donations that they have received, we will reach out to say thank you to them as well.  To say the least, I am overwhelmed. When you are in the business of serving, you rarely give a lot of thought to how that giving is personally felt by the recipient. You do it because that is what you do. To be on the receiving end of the serving brings tears to my eyes. We, the Lions Club, are very blessed. This tragedy has turned into a blessing as our friends are able to show us how much they appreciate our service to our community. It makes me want to do more. I know that all of my fellow Lions feel the same way.

 

As to the regular news that you see in my monthly message I will keep this brief. We started off the new year with our Senior Center Breakfast on the 10th. We hosted a wonderful Student Speaker Contest on the 26th. Several members attended the Soup and Salad event at the Roseville Host Lions on the 30th of January. We assisted EG Community Lacrosse Boosters with a fundraiser on the 24th as well as the Markofer Spaghetti Feed on the 30th.

 

Please check the board minutes to see who is the chairperson for upcoming events and volunteer to assist them with our commitments to our community this month.  On a final note, please keep Lion Heinz in your prayers. He started radiation treatment in December.

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Elk Grove, CA. 95759

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Location: Senior Center of Elk Grove 8830 Sharkey Avenue

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The club was engaged in several fun events over the past month. Check out the following photos:
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Speech Contest Participants Savannah Tellander, Johannah Martin, Rushali Manhas, Dakota Scott, Kaitlyn Cagle and Lion Warren Weaver
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Lion Warren Weaver congratulating the winner, Johanna Martin
 A special thanks to our judges: Ellen Carlson, Dennis Albiani & Charlotte Mitchell
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Let’s reach out to our fellow members:  

Please keep Lion Heinz in your prayers. He started radiation treatment in December. Give him a call and lend him your support.  He can be reached at (540) 888-3936.

As many of you know, Lion Sterling has been in a care facility since his stroke. He would love to have some visits from his Lion friends. Call ahead to make sure he is not out on a field trip. He is at Emeritus of Laguna Creek, 6727 Laguna Park Drive, EG, CA. 95758 916-683-1881

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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 8347 Elk Grove-Florin Road, Suite 123, just north of Calvine Road.  

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Happy Birthday to Lions:

Warren Weaver

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Anniversaries

Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club:
Gary Dapelo, Joe Tallerico, Andy Anderson

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February 9 – Shauna Ono, February 23rd. unknown
March 9 – Don Thompson, March 23 – John Zehnder (Swiss Night)

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ELK GROVE LIONS

Board Meeting Minutes

January 19, 2015

Call to order                          Lion President:  Francisco “Pancho” Sanchez                                       7:00 PM

Attendance:

 X President: Francisco Sanchez  X Secretary: Jim Switzgable
 X 1st VP:  Robert Brewer  X Bulletin Editor: Jack Edwards
 X 2nd VP: Ray Martinez  X Tail Twister: Tom Anderson
 X 3rd VP: Taka Blackburn Ex Treasurer: Fred Handley
 X Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika  X 2-Year Director: David King
 X 1-Year Director: Warren Weaver Ex 2-Year Director: John Muegge
 X 1-Year Director: William Hibbard  X Membership Director: Dan Pearson
 X Imm Past Pres: John Zehnder Jr.

Other Lions Present:

 Don Thompson  Bill Heston
 Andy Anderson  Bob Turner
 Rick Schriver

Guests:

Nate Tussing, Crew President, Crew 59 presentation for Crab Feed setup and annual report to the Elk Grove Lions Club.   Completed service project for SPCA, support to Lions Crab Feeds.  Venture Crew is for 14 – 17 year olds.  Request by Board to have the youth work the setup with parents supervising (rather than the parents doing the work).  Make sure the majority of the crew show up to help out. Michael Lee, Troop 59 Eagle Scout candidate.  Assistance on Eagle Scout fundraiser (spaghetti).  Need equipment and labor.  Serve at 5:30pm.  Planning on 250 people.  Building 13 recycle bins for Elk Grove High School.
Michael Krogen, Wilton 4H – 2nd annual 4H fundraising dinner.  We ask that you cook tri-tip and chicken at the Alta Mesa Gun Club on March 28th.  About 100 people expected.  Jamie Carroll, Pleasant Grove Elementary School: PTA – Bingo Spaghetti Feed, March 20th, serve 300.  Cook/ prepare penne, sauce, salad.  Access to kitchen

Secretary Report by Lion Secretary Jim Switzgable:  Motion to approve Board Minutes by Lion Warren Weaver and second by Lion Dave King,  Approved

Treasurer Report by Lion Treasurer Fred Handley :  not present for the meeting.

Foundation:  $_______  Admin:  $________  FFA: $ _________   Encumbered: $ __________

Correspondence: (see folder)

Kristen Chavez: Hi – I just wanted to send out a huge “THANKS!” to you and your team of Lions!  You guys do such a wonderful job and make a great tasting spaghetti! Obviously we would not be able to pull off this dinner without so much of your assistance and it could NEVER be as successful!  So again, thank you so much from all the Elk Grove HS Drill Team girls and their parents!

Committee Updates

Membership: Dan Pearson Two possible members in the queue.  Lion Dan working on other hopefuls.
Sunshine: Fred Handley Thank you from Lions Warren and Teresa for plant/flowers
Visitation: Sharon Mika Meadow Vista is not yet scheduled.  Go on the 4th Wednesday of February.  Check with membership.
Eyesight: Dave King Helped a couple of people.  Also Dr E is helping with discounting frame replacements for children in need.  We also owe money to Dr. Holcum.
Assets: Don Thompson  $61 spent on new plastic bins.

Old Business / Chairman’s Reports:

                                                          Date                  Chairman                                  Notes

Senior Center Breakfast 1/10 L Don ThompsonL Jim Switzgable 12 Lions worked 47.5 hours.  145 served!  $781 raised.
Tri-tip Fundraiser for EG Community Lacrosse Boosters  (food & bar) 1/24 L Warren Weaver At the Masonic Lodge.
Student Speaker Contest(next dinner meeting) 1/26 L Warren Weaver SCEG:  Social  – 6pmDinner – 6:30pmSpeeches right after
Markofer Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser 1/30 L Warren Weaver Elk Grove High School
Hockey Game Excursion 1/31 L Dave King Only 11 interested.  We will car pool to the game
Blue and Gold Spaghetti Dinner for Troop 179 2/19 L Taka Blackburn In December the Board approved labor / equipment.
Pleasant Grove Aggie Backers – burgers and brew (food & bar) 2/28 L Warren Weaver Pleasant Grove High School
Crab Feed coming up on March 7th.  Lion Ray will chair.  Start selling tickets! 3/7 L Ray Martinez SES Hall
Zone Student Speaker Contest 3/9 ZC JT Retzlaff Senior Center of Elk GroveBegins promptly at 7pmNo dinner that night.

New Business:                                   Motion                               Second                   Approval

Sheldon High School Sober Grad Committee wants a Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser on March 14, 2015.  Laura Daniel is Committee President 916-690-7470. We will provide $500 toward costs, equipment and labor for this event: Lion Taka Blackburn.L Pancho Sanchez to chair.  L Rick Schriver to co-chair L Dan Pearson   Yes
Lion Bill Heston speaking about the future of the Senior Center and the impact to Elk Grove Lions Club.  Leaving in 2017.  Meeting with the City Architect tomorrow.  It will be on City Center Drive.  Twenty thousand square foot Senior Center will be built by the City.  Asking if the E G Lions would be interested in relocating to the new Center. No action required at this time.
Request for cooking for the Scholarship Foundation.  The event would be held on 6/13/15 at Mosher Ranch for approximately 400  We need more information from Lion Joe Tallerico.  No motion.
My name is Aujanae Wilson and I attend San Jose State University. I got your contact information from Rick from the Lions Club. I currently have an outstanding fee of 3,000 dollars left to pay on my account. My mom being a single unemployed mother of three cannot afford to pay the balance. This is my first year in college and I would love to return for spring semester but that will not happen if the fee is not paid before the 16th. I would feel a great deal of hurt if I could not continue with school because I have already come so far to be set back even farther. I would be very appreciative of any help to me and my future education. Motion from L Bill Hibbard to provide $200. No second.
Hello there Pancho. I am Jamie Carroll from Pleasant Grove Elementary PTA. Taka has forwarded me your email address so that I can inquire about the Lions Club helping us out again this year for our annual Spaghetti Bingo night. Our event will be on March 20th from 6-8pm. Last year you guys purchased (and then we reimbursed you) and prepared all the wonderful food for this fundraising event for our elementary school. Lion John Zehnder Jr makes motion for labor and equipment L Jim Switzgable  approved
Request from Michael Lee, Eagle Scout, Troop 59 for equipment and cooking his Spaghetti Fundraiser at Elk Grove HS on 2/20/15 for 250+ serving from 4pm – 8:30pm Lion Taka Blackburn made motion to provide equipment and will chair event   L  John Zehnder Jr  approved

New Business:                                         Motion                               Second                   Approval

Request from Michael Krogen, Wilton 4H to cook tri-tip and chicken for their fundraiser at the Alta Mesa Gun Club on 3/28/15 for 100 serving from 6pm – 7pm Lion Sharon Mika made a motion to cook.  She will chair L  John Zehnder Jr approved
Plaques for eye doctors and dinner invitation requested by Lion Sharon Mika Lion Sharon Mika made a motion to supply plaques to both eye doctors.  $500 to NCLSA for the plaques  L Jack Edwards approved
We want to switch our Foundation and Admin accounts from Mechanics Bank in Sacramento to a more convenient bank in Elk Grove. Lion Bob Brewer made motion to move bank accounts from Mechanics Bank to the Bank Of Stockton. L Warren Weaver approved
Lion Bill Hibbard moved to give $300 to support the Blue and Gold Dinner L Dan Pearson approved
Provide 4 tickets to Cornerstone Printing.  Motion by Lion Jack Edwards L Sharon Mika approved
Update on the $500 donation by Sacramento Optimist in the name of the Elk Grove Lions L El Presidente Pancho Sanchez /L Fred Handley Submitted the $500 to Elk Grove Optimist for Child Spree.
Donation we consider each year (Ear of the Lion, Wilderness Camp for Deaf Children, Autism Speaks, Lions Quest, etc)  Lion Secretary Jim Switzgable to present a summary for consideration Options reviewed for Board to consider
Spotlight on Scholarship providing the tea and water on 5/7/15 (5pm – 8:30pm) plus clean-up Motion by Lion Taka Blackburn to provide the tea, water and clean-up labor L Sharon Mika approved
Elk Grove Senior Sunset spaghetti dinner on 5/27/15.  Asking for donation of $250 and cook dinner at Elk Grove High School Motion by Lion Warren Weaver for $250, labor and equipment to support the Senior Sunset Dinner L Taka Blackburn Approved

New Business:                                            Motion                               Second                   Approval

Motion by Lion Bob Brewer to give $500 to the Elk Grove Musical Theater L Bill Hibbard approved

Upcoming Events:                                            Date          Location                                  Notes

Tri-tip Fundraiser for EG Community Lacrosse Boosters  (food & bar) 1/24 Masonic Lodge L Warren Weaver
Student Speaker Contest(next dinner meeting) 1/26 Senior Center L Warren Weaver
Markofer Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser 1/30 Elk Grove High School L Warren Weaver
Hockey Game Excursion 1/31 Stockton L Dave King
Senior Center Breakfast 2/14 Senior Center L Jim Switzgable /L Don Thompson
Blue and Gold Spaghetti Dinner for Troop 179 2/19 Edna Batey Elementary L Taka Blackburn
Michael Lee, Eagle Scout spaghetti feed fundraiser 2/20 Elk Grove High School L Taka Blackburn
Pleasant Grove Aggie Backers – burgers and brew (food & bar) 2/28 Pleasant Grove HS L Warren Weaver
Crab Feed coming up on March 7th.  Lion Ray will chair.  Start selling tickets! 3/7 SES Hall L Ray Martinez
Zone Student Speaker Contest 3/9 Senior Center ZC JT Retzlaff
Sheldon Sober Grad Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser 3/14 Sheldon High School L Pancho Sanchez /L Rick Schriver
Pleasant Grove Elementary PTA Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser 3/20 Pleasant Grove Elementary School L Taka Blackburn
Wilton 4H Tri-tip and Chicken Dinner Fundraiser 3/28 Alta Mesa Gun Club L Sharon Mika

Good of the Order:

Adjournment:      9:05            PM

Items to address during our next Board Meeting:

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Edits.

1. The Sheldon High School Sober Grad Committee Spaghetti Fundraiser received an approval for up to $500 to cover costs. This was approved by the Board during a meeting called by the President just ahead of our Christmas Dinner Meeting. I added this to the current minutes so that we have it documented.

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The organizational structure for our Lions Club is as follows: Lions Clubs International, Multiple District 4, District 4C5Sacramento Region, Sutter Zone, Elk Grove Lions Club.

This bulletin is produced each month by the Bulletin Editor, Lion Jack Edwards. He may be reached by email at jack.edwards@surewest.net or by phone at 916-240-9302 or by mail at:

Elk Grove Lions Club P.O. Box 465 Elk Grove, CA 95759

President: Pancho Sanchez 916-595-9103

Secretary: Jim Switzgable  916-684-7700

Bulletin: Jack Edwards 240-9302

1st VP: Bob Brewer 686-7084

2nd VP: Raymond Martinez 709-2101

3rd VP: Taka Blackburn 686-6696

Treasurer: Fred Handley 628-9770

Tail Twister: Tom Anderson 947-2439

Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika 479-4954

1 Year Dir: Warren Weaver 715-9636

1 Year Dir: Bill Hibbard 956-5860

2 Year Dir: John Muggee

2 YearDir: Dave King

Membership: Dan Pearson 217-2753

Past Pres: John Zehnder  690-4934

Public Relations: Rick Schriver 425-3865

Make-up Clubs

Delta Lions Club
2nd Thursdays, 7 am
Bartley Cavenaugh Golf Course
8301 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento

Galt Lions Club
2 & 4 Thursdays
6:00 pm Social 7:00 pm
Meeting
Papa’s Pizza
505 C Street, Galt

Pride of Laguna
2 & 4 Wednesdays at 7 pm
The Old Spaghetti Factory
7727 Laguna Blvd. Elk Grove, CA

 

 Club Roster with Phone Numbers & Email Addresses
was Emailed to Each Member
Name Spouse
Andy Anderson
Tom Anderson Ashley
Taka Blackburn Valerie
Bob Brewer Cheryl
Charlie Brummer
Brad Dano Teresa
Chuck Davis Rebecca
Rigo De La Torre Marina
Daniel DiBenedetto III Sunni
Dianne Edwards Brian
Jack Edwards Tracey
Randy Feist Barbara
Lewis Flint Sr Peggy
Lorene Fuhs Robert
Fred Handley Pam
Bill Heston Jr Linda
Bill Hibbard Linda
Bob Hillyer Shirlee
John Jackson
Dave King Julie
Bill Kirkland Jr Dusty
Sterling Kloss Tina
John Lorraine
Kirk Marchetti Robin
Ray Martinez Connie
Lu Lu Martinez
Tom McDaniel
Name Spouse
Jack Megna
Sharon Mika
John Muggee Rebecca
Rebecca Muggee John
Marv Neill Annajean
David Ogden Diann
Shauna Ono Greg
Jim Parino Charlette
Dan Piersen Shelli
Shelli Piersen Dan
Teresa Rodriguez
Jerry Salamy Leann
Pancho Sanchez Theresa
Bud Schafer Jr Rosanne – Ro
Rick Schriver Jessie
David Simpson Ginger
Howard Stoll Jeanette
Jim Switzgable Debbie
Matt Switzgagle
Joe Tallerico Lynda
Don Thompson Sue
Bob Turner Alice
Don Veninga
Vernon Wheeler Patricia
Warren Weaver Patricia
Dennis Weiss Diane
John Zehnder Nancy
John Zehnder Jr Linda
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International President Joseph Preston
“Strengthen The Pride”

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District Governor Erv Gon

District Governor

Lion Erv Gon (Lion Cat)

Embarcadero Lions Club

32 Sunlit Circle, Sac, Ca 95831

Res.916 427-5747

E-mail:gonfishing32@sbcglobal.net

1st Vice District Governor

Lion Mike Retzlaff (Lion Sheri)

Pride of Laguna Lions Club
Cell: 916-225-8321
Res: 916-681-9726

Email: mikeretzlaff@sbcglobal.net

2nd Vice District Governor

Kumar Kalagara

Folsom Host Lions Club

E-mail: 2vdg@district4c5.org

 

Cabinet Secretary

Lion Cat Gon

Embarkadero Lions Club

E-mail:cs@district4c5.org

Cabinet Treasurer

Lion Sarah Enloe

Maharlika Lions Club

E-mail: ct@district4c5.org

Sacto Region Chair

Lion Cecille Baylon

Golden State Lions Club

Email: SacramentoRegion@district4c5.org

Sutter Zone Chair

Lion Jeri Retzlaff

Pride of Laguna Lions Club

E-mail: jeri_retzlaff@sbcglobal.net

District Pride Editor

Lion Kumar Kalagara

Folsom Host Lions Club

Email: editor@district4c5.org

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