AM Meeting Minutes, 09/29/2016

Lions Present: – Al, Walt, Phil, Don, Bill, Steve, Dagi, Mort, Eli, Herb, Kent, and John.

Guests/Visitors – None

Dates to Remember

–       Oct 8^th, Camp Via

–       Oct 16^th, Omar’s Dream Run

–       Nov 8^th, Couriers for General Election

–       Nov 18^th-21^st, Thanksgiving Food Drive

–       Jan 28^th, Crab Feed

–       Feb TBD, Student Speaker Contest

–       June 17^th, Charity Golf Tournament

–       Aug 27^th, Bike Ride

Tail Twister

We welcomed back Lions Dagi and Herb. Many Happy Dollars were given. Lion Mort gave a happy dollar in honor of her granddaughter, Sidney who is the lead (and best) drummer at her school.

Voter Registration – Lion Al

Volunteers are needed as couriers for the Nov 8^th election, both at midday and in the evening. If you are interested you should contact Monique Herrera email at monique.herrera@rov.sccgov.org or call (408) 282-3284. Let her know you are with our club.

Camp Via – Lion Bill and Lion Al

Camp Via is having a carnival on October 8^th and will be dedicating their new playground. Volunteers are needed to help with the carnival.

Thanksgiving Food Drive – Lion John

The signup sheet will be available next week. Please help save some apple boxes. The Car Club has volunteered to do the packaging. Kudos to Lion Jen Smith for volunteering to assist Lion John Noone with this event.

Crab Feed – Lion Al, Lion Steve and Lion Eli

We are committed to this event. There will be two seating’s of up to 252 each. Fliers and tickets have been printed. Tickets will be available beginning at the PM October meeting. Tickets can be reserved until Dec 15^th. There will be a work party at Lion Steve and Ellen’s home on Jan 26^th. We anticipate needing 50 Leos for each seating. We need a volunteer for credit card transactions. Can you help?

Bike Ride – Lion Kent

Plans are progressing well but we need EVERYONES HELP. Lion John is preparing the bike routes. Lion Ron is contacting the ADA. Lion Ray has reserved some space for the event at De Anza College. Several Lions attended the Bike Ride in Palo Alto last week. Please look over the committee’s responsibilities and let those responsible know where you can assist. 1) Ride…Lion John, 2) Digital Marketing/Registration…Lion Supra, 3) Club/Corp. Team Marketing…Lion Pres Jeff & Lion Pete. 4) Cause/Messaging…Lion Ron. 5) Event Day Logistics…Lion Ray.

Good of the Order

Omar’s Dream Run – Lion Eli

The Dream Run to enable hospitalized and medically supervised children to attend school and stay connected with their teachers and classmates will be on Oct 16^th at 10 am in Hellyer Park San Jose. You can register online at: www.omarsdream.org. They currently have enough volunteers but a wait list is available. Register online. There is a mandatory volunteer meeting on Sunday October 9^th at 11 am in Hellyer Park. As of last week there were 203 people signed up for the run. However they expect 400 by the day of the race.

Project Linus – Lion John

The blanket making has been delayed until sometime in February.

Flag Day – Lion Mort

Lion Mort is planning to have Flag Day presentations at three schools. Please let her know if you would like to help out.

Opportunity Drawing – Lion John

Congratulations to our winner, Lion Phil!

AM meeting minutes prepared by:

Lion Walt