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On Monday, August 19th, My New Red Shoes, a charity sponsored and supported by Lion Claire and the Club, had a major event at the School in Alum Rock Area. A few lions showed up for the first shift from 9:00 – 11:30, helping to set up an enormous amount of brand-new shoes, albeit not all red in all sizes, for boys and girls, men and women. Even before the official opening, visitors, mostly families with several children, were lining up, to have first pick. The shoes are donated by stores around the Bay Area – mostly single pairs not available in all different sizes. But that did not seem to bother the little ones — main thing was that the new shoes fit

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The volunteers were assisting with measuring feet, and picking the appropriate size, trying to make sure that the person was comfortable with the new shoes after a few steps up and down the aisle. Everybody also got a colorful bag to take the gift home. There were many smiling faces – and we are just waiting for one of the official photographer’s pictures.

On Saturday, June 22nd, 2019, approx 80 golfers turned up at Moffett Golf Course in Mountain View for our 32nd annual charity golf tournament. Club volunteers had been on site since 7:00am in the morning to set up everything, from registration to electronic display board, from silent auction table to breakfast station, and just about everything that makes our tournament such an attraction. Half a dozen youngsters from LEO clubs and other youth organisations showed up just in time when registration opened. They helped get golf bags onto the carts and assisted in many other ways. Shot gun start was at 10:00am on this beautiful sunny day. Everybody seemed to have a great time going around the 18 hole golf course, stopping at the beer station or at the club house for additional sustenance, and at the photo booth for a group picture.

Around 3:00pm the first teams came in, visibly tired but also in good spirits. Teams that handed in their score cards were entitled for a pitcher of beer per foursome. Food was served right then, with hamburgers and all trimmings plus baked beans. The MC’s performed the awards ceremony while golfers were eager to find out whether or not they had won one of the raffle prizes.

Final financial numbers for this fundraising event are still outstanding, but the feedback so far from lots of participants was very positive, and appreciative.

Dear Fellow Lions and Friends

We spontaneously put on our 11th Blanketeering night on Thursday March 28th, 2019, at 6:30pm as always at the Odd Fellows Lodge # 70, at 20589 Homestead Road in Cupertino. Under the guidance of Lion Les and with the help of Lion Carl, fleece had been procured from Joann’s craft store. Fourteen adults and 7 kids worked for a good two hours to complete 55 blankets for the LINUS organization. Sharon Lee, our liaison to LINUS, did a small presentation to describe the purpose of the blankets; she also brought great scissors together with the other tools required for blanketeering. Lion Claire brought 4 brownies, including two of her kids, while Lion Prez Jeff was present with the 3 youngsters from his family. While the adults were mostly occupied with cutting the fringes, the little ones were busy tying the knots. In one of the breaks they were entertaining the adults and themselves with a few songs. Everybody seemed to have good fun making 55 blankets for a good cause.

We thank all lions and friends and family, as well as the kids, and of course Lion Don and the Odd Fellows for letting us use their hall which is just perfect for this event.