AM Meeting Minutes for 9/13/2018

Lions Present: Lion’s Ray, Ron, Phil, Don, Steve, Bill, Al, Leslie, Mort, Eli, Herb, Kent, Charles Ice, and Joan.

Dates to Remember –

– Tail Twister party Saturday September 15, 2018 at Lion Leslie’s
Home starting at 4:PM
– Thanksgiving Food Drive November 17, 18, and 19th.
– February 9, 2019 Crab Feed
– Ride4Diabetes May 5, 2019

Tail Twister – Lion Tail Twister Herb received a Happy Dollar from Lion Eli for the start of basketball season soon and Lion Mort gave a happy dollar for their trip to Capitola. Lion Steve gave a happy dollar for having his Tesla one month.

Guest – Billy Williams and Family. Guest Billy Williams from the non profit organization NURU that we supportive us an update on the progress they are making in Kenya and now looking at working with individuals in Ethiopia where they train the underprivileged in farming techniques to get their farms started and how to budget their funds to continue and prosper, They also teach them about health and cleanliness to help prevent the spread of diseases. The project started in Nigeria and has since gone onto Kenya and Ethiopia. They are in the process of measuring the impact they have had in those various countries.

Tail Twister Party – Lion Leslie said she only needed two tables from storage. We also need to get other various items for the BBQ. We will have a storage run Saturday morning at 10:00 AM to pick up what is needed and make a shopping run for items we don’t have. Set up for the party will start at 3 PM with guests arriving at 4 PM. Lion Steve said he would set up the speaker system.

Omar’s Dream Run – Lion Al said the dream run will be on October 14 at Hellyer Park. Lion Eli will contact Lion Scott Harris to see if he is available to help. We will pick up tables and chairs from storage between 7:30 – 8:00 AM and take the to Hellyer Park for set up.

Crab Feed – Lion Steve sent Lion Ray the list of contacts for the auction and raffle items. Lion Carl sent out a list of tasks for Lions to look and a volunteer for. Saint Lawrence the Martyr Church will be the venue same as last year. Discussions were held about the unavailability of the dishwasher and Lion Steve said he would talk to the church and the Board about our proposal.

Good of the Order –

Lion Leslie gave an update on how Project Linus went, she said that we had about 30 participants and made 53 fleece blankets. She presented the to the San Jose Chapter of Project Linus. She also wanted to thank Lion Carl, Lion Claire, Lion Jen, and Lion Dagi for their support along with Lion Don Lang for use of the Odd Fellows Hall.

Lion Ray talked about the upcoming food drive and said he had talked to the two Lucky Super markets and got permission from them again this year. Lion Mike Martin will take care of the refrigerator truck. Lion Claire and Lion Jen will contact the recipients of the food to clarify there needs. Lion Claire mentioned that we will also have Lunardi’s supermarket which makes three stores collecting food.

Lion Steve said he emailed LionPrez Jeff and Lion Treasurer Vijay about increasing the One Sight budget to $1,500 from $1,000 since we have almost spent those funds and still have a couple on individuals that need glasses.

Opportunity Drawing – Lion Phil won the drawing this week.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lion Ron Ahearn