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Eye Camp 2017 in Ambikanagar/ Dandeli (India)

A few days ago, Lion Prez Jeff received a couple of emails and photos from our Lions Club partners in Ambikanagar For the past 10 years, we have been financially supporting eye clinics in this part of the world, and are being kept up to date…
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59 Fuzzy Blankets Completed at the 8th Linus Event

On October 26th the De Anza Lions held their 8th Project Linus Blanketeering event!  We welcomed members, new and old, friends, relatives plus Brownies and Girl Scouts. The evening began with a short explanation of how Project Linus began and…
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Thanksgiving Food Drive 2017 (Nov 18 – 20th)

It will make for a Happy Thanksgiving Weekend for 167 Families in the Community!
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Helping Clear The Walk Ways At SCVBC

Spearheaded by Lion Al, several Lions made it to the Santa Clara Valley Blind Center (SCVBC) on the morning of Saturday, July 8th. Official kickoff was at 10:00am, but many of the intrepid “gardeners” were already on site by 9:00am or earlier.…
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A Special Melvin Jones Presentation

Lions Eli and Mort presented the award to Lion Howie on Sun. 5/7, @ Kimberly’s Elder Kare facility in San Jose.  Lion Prez Jeff was the presenter. Other lions present were Scott L. Jill, Carl and Jenni, Relatives present were Susan L, (daughter-in-law),…
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Lion Al at the District 4-C6 Convention – May 3 -7, 2017

This year’s theme was “Pirates of the Pacific”. As in so many years before Lion Al and his wife Barbara volunteered to attend in order to cast the votes for our Cupertino De Anza Lions Club. The convention was held at “The Historic…
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Pull Tabs – An Untold Success Story

Once in a while, but more often than you think, a plastic bag with metal pull tabs from soda and beer cans is silently handed over to our Lion Phil, who has been keeping tabs (no pun intended)  for countless of these bags in the past years.…
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De Anza Lions Love Project Linus

The De Anza Lions Club held our 7th Project Linus Blanketeering event on February 2, 2017. Although there was a small turnout, we certainly had a successful evening! We not only welcomed our own Club members at the Odd Fellows Hall, but visiting…
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Monta Vista Inducts New LEOs

On Saturday Oct 29th, Lions Kent Vincent and Steve Ratner inducted the new members, directors and officers of the Monta Vista High School Leo Club at Cupertino's Jollyman Park. The MVHS Leo Club is one of the largest and most active in District…
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2016 OMAR’s DREAM RUN – Making dreams come true!

The 4th annual Omar’s Dream Run (5k and 10k) took place on Sunday, Oct 16, 2016 at Hellyer Park in South San Jose. After receiving initial startup help in 2013 by the DeAnza Lions Club, the foundation is firmly on its own feet, but appreciates…
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Fall Festival at Via West Campus

After the installation of new playground equipment on Aug 31st, which took place with the help of DeAnza Lions under the guidance of Lion Bill, the Camp was ready for their 4th Fall Festival, on Saturday Oct 8th, from11:00am to 3:00pm. A…
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Lion Bill – At Ninety he is Going Strong at Via West

Super trooper Lion Bill Reed once again brought us together for a maintenance weekend at Via West Camp in Cupertino. On Friday, 5/27, he drummed up support from 7 fellow DeAnza Lions (Al, Ray, Ron, Don, Steve, Herb, and Mike) to help clean,…
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Flag Days 2016

As in previous years, the DeAnza Flag Team under the leadership of Lion Mort had very successful presentations at 2 local schools during the past school year. It started with a Flag Presentation for three 3rd grade classes at Kathryn Hughes…
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We have another Key Award Winner!

Congratulations to Lion Charlie Waters! Membership Key Awards recognize individual Lions who invite new members. A Lion can earn their first membership key by inviting two new members and may earn up to seventeen keys. Each key is designed…
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Cupertino High School student advances to 3rd level Lions student speaker contest

Shankara Srikantan, a junior at Cupertino High School, was awarded first place at the Lions District 4-C6, Zone 1, Student Speaker Contest on 3/14/2016. Shankara Srikantan was one of 3 high school students participating in the event held…
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SHANKARA SRIKANTAN WINS LOCAL COMPETITION IN DeANZA LION’S STUDENT SPEAKER CONTEST 2016

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 on Feb 4, 2016. Shankara Srikantan was one of 3 high school students…
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2015 Thanksgiving Food Drive the BEST EVER

And this recap from one of our event key organizers: "Thank you Lions! It was a great day for the De Anza Lions as we delivered food to over 160 families in our community.” With Lions and friends of Lions volunteering on Saturday, Sunday…
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Monta Vista LEO Club Update

The new officers and members of the Monta Vista Leo Club were officially installed in a ceremony held Nov. 15, 2015 at Cupertino's Jollyman Park. Lions Steve Ratner and Leo Advisor Kent Vincent presided and did the honors. Lion Walt Strach…
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