Entries by Dagmar

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De Anza Lions Celebrate Christmas

On Dec 8th, Lion Ray and his wife Barbara once again opened their beautifully decorated home to welcome current and future lions with partners and kids, about 50 adults and 10 kids all told. Newcomers and potential members were brought in by Lion Liang, with our new Vice Mayor and Cupertino City council member, Mayor Darcy Paul, and […]

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2018 Thanksgiving Food Drive – New Record Donations!

Over the pre-Thanksgiving weekend of Nov 17 – 19, the De Anza Lions once again came together with family and friends to participate in the annual food drive. Lions Jen and Claire were the main organizers, with many Lions, too many to mention individually, fulfilling major roles on all 3 days. As last year, food […]

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Fun and Awards at the Tail-Twister Party

This club event took place on September 15th and was hosted at Leslye Noone’s home. Lion Leslye Noone accepted the Melvin Jones award for our late Lion John Noone – the award had been ordered prior to his passing. Lions Al  and Eli both received a Melvin Jones Progressive Award which was a huge surprise to them. Lion Carl cooked Tri-Tip […]

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Installation of Officers for Lion Year 2018 – 2019

During the monthly “PM” meeting Lion Prez Jeff requested a moment of silence in respect of those club relatives recently passed, and in support of the Noone and Knox families. A warm welcome was extended to Distinguished Guest: Lion John Smith from Lions Club Chapter 4-C2 in the North Bay and Ms. Minh Ngo, Executive […]

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The Lions Love “Project LINUS”

It was the De Anza Lions’ Blanketeering Night #9 and it was a happy success. The sense of community service, fun and even a little competitive spirit was in the air. We started the evening as Leslye read a little bit about Project Linus to the group, including its Mission Statement, simply stated: to provide […]

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2018 MD4 Convention Las Vegas – 6/29 – 7/3/2018

Three of our intrepid Lions (Lions Eli, Mort and Ray) plus Lion Ray’s wife Barbara ventured to Las Vegas for the MD4 Convention which was mainly held at the MGM Grand Hotel with the motto THE POWER OF WE. About 2,500 rooms were reserved there for lions, while the other 15, 000+ participants were divvied […]

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Cupertino Volunteer Fair – May 5th, 2018

Cupertino Mayor Darcy Paul called on the many and diverse volunteer organizations in the community, and more than 30 followed his call, among them Lion John Noone, our Club Membership Director, who set up ‘shop’ with Lion Joan on a sunny Saturday. He and lion Joan were out there at the Civic Center Plaza from […]

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Work Days at Camp Via West – May 18th and 19th, 2018

A big shout out to the De Anza Lions and friends of our club who came out to Camp Via West (formerly Camp Costanoan) in the Santa Cruz Mountains (http://www.viaservices.org/) Friday afternoon and Saturday (May 18th and 19th) to work on the expansion of the fenced-in garden we built several years ago. There were 9 folks on […]