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Feb. 4th Sat., 2 to 5pm
A Pre SuperBowl Party to Meet and Greet the Candidate
Lion Karen Fillmore, is a candidate for 2nd Vice District Governor for our 4-C6 District for the 2012-13 Lions year. Come have some food and fun and enjoy seeing some of your Lions from other clubs in our District. Hosted by the San Jose Scales of Justice Lions and the San Jose Willow Glen Lions Clubs.
Location: YWCA, 4343 Leigh Ave., San Jose, (between Hillsdale and Branham Ave).
Lorraine Irving, devoted wife of 52 years of long-time Lion, Mike Irving, Scales of Justice Lions Club, died this past Sunday, January 22, 2012 at Stanford Hospital after an extended illness. While not a Lion herself, she worked tirelessly behind the scenes, supporting Lions to accomplish important work for various charities and she will be sorely missed. Lorraine’s life will be celebrated at a mass on Mon., 1/30/12 at 1pm at Queen of Apostles Catholic Church with a burial to follow at Oak Hill Memorial Park. Click here to sign a guest book and share your thoughts and memories of Lorraine.
Getting coats from the closet to those in need involves a lot of people. Social service agencies across the country are the final step to sharing the warmth. Please help Scales of Justice Lions by looking through your closet and taking your clean, gently used warm coat to the Cabinet Meeting for our One Warm Coat drive. For you crafters out there, click here for easy directions to knit or crochet “Heartfelt Scarves” for One Warm Coat.
Coats and scarves will be donated to Sacred Heart Community Service for immediate distribution to those in need in our local community. Scales of Justice Lions has collected over 50 warm coats. We would like to see that number over 100. Together, we are truly warming communities – and real people’s lives – one coat at a time.
If you don’t have a warm coat to give, Governor Liz is asking for a donation of canned goods and other food items for local community shelters.
We are having a District outing to the LPCCI (Canine Companion) graduation in Santa Rosa on Friday, Feb. 17 and will be carpooling from Applebees Restaurant on 555 Saratoga ave. San Jose ( near hwy 280) back parking area at 9:30am. It takes approximately 2 1/2 hours and we plan to stop for lunch in Santa Rosa prior to graduation which starts at 1:45pm. We have many people who have indicated an interest in attending a Canine Companion Graduation and this should be a special one.
For more information Contact Karen Fillmore, District 4-C6 LPCCI Trustee for more information and carpool arrangements. Click here for flyer.
LIONS CLUB WEEKLY
I hope you clicked on last week’s link to learn more about Helen Keller. If ever you’re in a tough situation, think about what she had to overcome…might help keep things in perspective.
Under the leadership of the founder, Melvin Jones, Lions Clubs grew rapidly and, in 1920, the first club in Canada opened making us an international organization. Mexico opened their first club in 1927. International growth increased greatly during the 1950’s and 60’s with openings in Europe, Asia and Africa. Now, there are more than 1.2 million members in more than two hundred countries and geographic areas including Vatican City! More than 46,000 clubs serve their communities.
San Jose Host was founded in 1920 and is the second oldest club west of the Mississippi. Our club accepted Helen Keller’s challenge and enthusiastically supports international sight preservation projects as well as local projects. For many years, our club provided white canes to the blind in our area. Additionally, we’ve collected thousand of pairs of used eyeglasses to be refurbished and provided at no cost to those in need. For almost ten years, along with the Santa Clara County Optometric Society, we’ve provided vision screening for kindergartners in eleven schools within the San Jose Unified School District. In 2011, we screened 1045 kids revealing that almost 20% were in need of corrective eyeglasses! We also receive adult referrals from various organizations, including the Salvation Army, and through an agreement with LensCrafters, we issue vouchers to these persons for a free screening and pair of glasses. No one who cannot afford glasses should be denied the ability to see clearly.
Next week; more on sight preservation, Lions projects and how you may wish to get involved.
To learn more about Lions visit www.lionsclub.organd if you would like to attend a local meeting, or speak with a San Jose Host Lion, please contact Gayle Kludt at kludtgayle70@gmail.com
Joe Adamson
(This story can be found on our website and also our facebook page. Search San Jose Host for these locations).
Willow Glen Lions Club Winer Tasting
Friday February 10, 2012 • 5 to 7 pm
Support Willow Glen Lions Club charities as you enjoy
a wide variety of delicious hors d’oeuvres and fine wines.
Joseph George Fine Wines
1559 Meridian, San Jose
Admission: $25 • Advanced sales only
Call to order tickets: (408) 978-7700
Join us Saturday January 21st, 2012. Doors open at 6pm; first hand is at 6:30pm.
Location: Hope Services, 460 East Middlefield Road Mountain View, CA 94043
Tournament Grand Prize is a 50″ HDTV. Final Table will win prizes. Buy-in is $30 and rebuys at $15 for those ambitious players who get out a little too early.
We will be providing Free Snacks. We will have a Cash bar serving Wine, Beer and Cocktails. All you can drink APs (being served by our Hope Services Branch club) and a slice of Pizza for $5! We look forward to seeing you at this years event!
Tickets can be purchased online at http://svlions.eventbrite.com/
Scotts Valley Lions 42nd Annual Crab Cioppino Dinner/Dance - March 3rd.
$45.00 for all you can eat crab cioppino, dancing…and the raffle!
Don’t miss this highly anticipated event! See attached flyer for details.
Contact Lion Lisa Bustichi (831-461-9348) for tickets!
February 11, 2012
10:00 am-2:00 pm
San Martin Lions Hall
$10 Donation
MayFest
May 16, 2012 7:00 pm
Beverly-Burbank Lions Club
99 N. Bascom Ave., San Jose
Music and Finest German Cuisine by Lion Gunther
$25 per person, $45 per couple
