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| What is it? | Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) – their mission is to “ provide support, opportunities and hope to children, youth and families”. They are “dedicated to creating and supporting a caring community where all children, youth and families grow, thrive and succeed”. Read more. |
| Why we do it? | The De Anza Lions have had a long relationship with this organization, believing in their mission and goals. |
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We support the project with a small annual donation. |
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Cupertino, February 4, 2016 – Shankara Srikantan, a junior at Cupertino High School, was awarded first place at Cupertino DeAnza Lion’s Club, 2016 Student Speaker Contest this evening. (Shown with event co-chair Lion Walt Strach.)
Shankara Srikantan was one of 3 high school students participating from the Fremont Union High School District who took part in the event held at the Odd Fellows Hall in Cupertino. The topic was “Liberty and Justice for All – What Does it Mean to You?”
The other finalists were Grace Zhou from Monta Vista, and Milo Forbes from Homestead High School.
According to Cupertino DeAnza contest Chair, Ms. Dagmar Zimdahl, this is the 79th year that the Lion’s Student Speaker Contest has been held.
By winning Shankara Srikantan will advance to the Zone level competition. The Zone contest will be in March, however the date and location have not yet been announced.
Lions co-Chair, Walt Strach, noted that the winner at each level can advance through Region, District, Area, and the Final Contests. This year the final contest will be held in Redding. The Grand Winner will be awarded a $10,000 scholarship although accumulated winnings at each level will be $20,000 in scholarships and $500 cash.
Lions Club International is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 1.35 million members in more than 200 countries and geographic areas around the world. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world.
The “Cupertino Fall Festival” is organized by the Cupertino Rotary Club in conjunction with the City of Cupertino and sponsors.
During this year’s event, which took place on September 12th from 10am to 5pm, our De Anza Lions club volunteered together with LEOs to man the AJ Robinson Screening Unit, which is financially supported by Lions district 4C6 with club donations.
It consists of
1) A machine that checks weight, height, BMI and blood pressure and prints out a record that we give to each person.
2) Spot Cameras (cost $7,000 each) that check for vision; we print out a record only for folks that we recommend to see an eye doctor.
3) Hearing test machine – where we administer a hearing test and provide a paper record for the folks taking the test.
4) Registered nurses (volunteers) who provide a blood test for diabetes. The test is only screening and if needed we recommend seeing a doctor.
The Van drew a good crowd and we screened about 100 folks.
It was a high visibility event for our club and hopefully we may get some new members. The majority of the folks were of Chinese descent and the Monta Vista LEOs were very helpful as interpreters for both Chinese and South East Asian elderly participants.
A big THANK YOU goes to all volunteers, lions and LEOs alike, who contributed to the success of the event, as well as Lion Ray who spent many hours organizing it.
Contributed by Lion Ray and Lion Dagi, pictures by Lion Prez Jeff
LIONS PRESENT: – Ray, Walt, Phil, Don, Steve, Bill, Al, Mort, Eli, Kent, John N, Ron, and Charlie.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
* June 11th, 5 pm. Pre Golf Work Party, Lion Steve and Ellen’s, 2781 Glorietta Circle, Santa Clara
* June 12th, 11 am, Welcoming Golf Outing at Los Lagos.
* June 12th, 5 pm, Pre Golf Potluck at Lions Mort & Eli’s, 10276 Richwood Dr, Cupertino
* June 13th, DeAnza Lions Charity Golf Tournament, Moffett Field
* June 15th, 5:30 pm, Bingo, American Legion Hall, 2120 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara,
Lions Linda and Theresa
* June 16th, 7:30 pm, Board Meeting, TBD.
* Sept 12th, 10am-5 pm, Silicon Valley Fall Festival, Memorial Park, Cupertino. AJ Robinson Mobile Health Clinic Service.
TAIL TWISTER – Acting Tail Twister Lion Eli joyfully went around the room collecting Happy Dollars and change. Special recognition was given to the support we received from the Monta Vista and De Anza Leos.
LEO’S AWARD DINNER – Last Friday there was an award dinner at BJ’s in Cupertino for the Monta Vista Leo’s. Lion Kent passed out 1 Gold Seal and 10 Silver Seal award to deserving students. The Gold Seal is for 100 hours of service and the Silver for 50 hours. On average only 1 Leo in 10 clubs receives an award. Our thanks to Lion Kent and the Leos for their fine service.
DIABETES BBQ – THE Annual Camp for Kids with Diabetes BBQ was last Saturday at the Elks Lodge in Santa Clara. Apparently the BBQ lunch was very successful. Lion Al heard from Lion Val that they were very impressed with the 2 baskets our Club had donated.
CUPERTINO FALL FESTIVAL – Our Club will replace Cupertino Host at the Fall Festival on September 12th from 10 am to 5 pm. We will be operating the AJ Robinson Mobile Health Van. Volunteers are needed to help with registration, eyesight, and hearing tests. A diabetes test will also be performed if we can get a nurse to assist. All tests are free. Leos will be asked to help. Contact Lion Ray if you would like to volunteer.
REVIEW OF PM MEETING – Buchser Middle School Carrier Day – Our Club would like to thank Lions Mort, Eli, Ron, and Ray with helping setup/gate duty and Lion Walt as a presenter. The Career Day featured a large range of exhibiters and the 8th grade students appeared to have had a good time.
GOLF TOURNAMENT – Lion Amy has posted the assignment list on the Internet. We need you to signup NOW. Note: you may need to register in order to get online and use the signup list.
Lion Al said this will likely be our most successful Golf Tournament. 112 golfers have signed up but it appears we may have 120+ wanting to participate. Lion Eli thinks we will need 6 additional golf carts and is planning on discussing this with Moffett Field. Our Sponsorship this year has also been very good. Lion Ron is preparing 55 tee signs and has ordered 20 new signs. Lion Steve says there will be $9000 in donated items. Great job lions!!
The Golf Committee needs to know what division you want to play in. The divisions are: Corporate, Service, Open, and Co-ed.
Work party is Thursday, 5 pm at the Ratner home. We will be filling goodie bags, folding programs, and preparing tickets. Lion Steve promises there will be plenty to eat and drink…ribs, beer, wine, pop and diet pop. Please let the Ratner’s know how many you are bringing.
Friday, 11am there will be a golf outing at Los Lagos. Let Lion Eli know if you are interested in participating.
Friday, 1 pm there will be a storage run for supplies. Let Lion Eli know if you would like to help out.
Friday 5 pm is the Welcome Potluck Party at the Eliason home. Please bring a food item and something to drink. If there are potential Lions in your golf party, please invite them. Let Lions Mort and Eli know how many are coming.
GOOD OF THE ORDER – We received a Thank You letter from Monta Vista High School principal for our $200 donation to their Chess Club. The donation helped finance their trip to Ohio where they placed 1st in the Chess Tournament.
Lion Mort made a nice donation to our club in honor of her grandchildren. Sidney has advanced two grade levels in her math skills and little Eli recently had a cap and gown graduation ceremony. Congratulations Sidney and little Eli!
OPPORTUNITY DRAWING – Congratulations to our winner, Lion Steve. This is his second win in a row. Thanks Lion Steve for donating your winnings to the Club.
Lion Walt
Secretary
After extensive research, Lion Steve Ratner has determined the most effective way to secure the DeAnza Lions club materials in storage. Pictured here and demonstrated by Lion Eli this lock has passed the test with flying colors, ‘We Serve’.
You are purchasing tickets for the FIRST SEATING. Please select Adult/Child and click “ADD TO CART”. You will then be sent to the page to select quantity of each.
You are purchasing tickets for the SECOND SEATING. Please select Adult/Child and click “ADD TO CART”. You will then be sent to the page to select quantity of each.