EL CAJON VALLEY HOST LION’S NEWSLETTER
May 20, 2024 Members: 31 Guests: 3
Facebook: El Cajon Valley Host Lions Club
OPENING
: PresCarl Ruiz
Song Masters:
PP Phil S & Dyna Song: My Country Tis of Thee
Pledge of Allegiance: 2nd Veep Ron Nevels Invocation: PP Mark Clifton
GUESTS:
| Elizabeth Peters & Brian Romero speakers | Lauren Young (Tom H) |
Interesting to see:
Dr. Lowenstein
HELEN KELLER QUOTE BY: President-Elect Keith MacArthur
“True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS/GOOD OF THE ORDER:
.Sec Paul W reported the Lions Camp Jack Fishing Day at Lake Cuyamaca will be held on Tuesday, June 25 at 7AM. He has already signed up Mike Carleton, PP Gary Robinson, Ron Black and Gary Sims to help the campers develop their fishing skills.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
Bill Sturgeon 5/4, Keith MacArthur 5/5, Roger Stebleton 5/8, Carl Ruiz,5/27, Phil Smith 5/28
GOOD CHEER:
IF you know of any members who are in distress, sick or in the hospital, PLEASE notify PP Yvonne so our good wishes can be conveyed to him/her. Paris4L6@cox.net 619/838-4262
MAY 27TH – Memorial Day – No Meeting – DARK, DARK, DARK
May 29th – ECVH LC Flag Day Program at Johnson Elementary School 8 AM 500 W Madison
June 1st – District 4L6 Lions Learning Day “Club Officers Training” Venue TBD 8:30 AM-2 PM
JUNE 13TH – ECVH LC BOARD MEETING 6 PM Elks Lodge Conference Room. All are Welcome.
June 26th – Lions Camp Jack Fishing Day at Lake Cuyamaca 7 AM-noon
JULY 9th – tentative date for ECVH LC Installation
JULY 26th – ECVH LC “Day at the Races” 2 PM entry/4 PM gate. $50. See PP Gary Sims
July 27th – District Installation 4-10 PM Holiday Inn San Diego Bayside $55 prepaid (Paul W) .
SEPT 14th – ECVH LC Annual Picnic 12-noon PP Chris & Kathy Bramwell’s estate in Alpine
VICE PRESIDENT REPORTS:
1ST VEEP Keith MacArthur: No Report
2ND VEEP Ron Nevels: No Report
3rd Veep Bob Sanchez: MIA
Membership Chair: Sec Paul Walters:
Reported that he will be forming a committee to meet once a month to further increase our membership and determine the reasoning behind a member who resigns.
LCIF Coordinator Yvonne Paris: No Report
MAY EXEMPT BADGE: None
HAPPY DOLLARS: TT Bob “Hatchet Man” Acker
.PP Chris vowed that for the meetings on 5/20 and 6/3 he would not say a word and would hold up signs of response either “Yes” or “No”. He said IF he faltered he would donate $500 to the club, but should he prevail each member will donate $5. Well, PP Chris couldn’t stand it and broke into his old habits and stood up speaking immediately when the basket was in sight. THANK YOU PP CHRIS FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION!
.Paul W $5 – Padres won today.
.Dyna $? – Happy to be at the meeting today
.Tom H $500 – to our foundation in memory of Cathy Bailes
.Gary S $20 – going on a trip to Ireland next month.
.Van $20 – going to VA next week to see his daughter
.Tom N $? – As the new Program Chair, he is soliciting ideas for good programs AND he attended his first professional rugby game The Legions (San Diego )team and is stoked about the game.
.Mike R $10 – will try to get the speaker Tom N wants (ED: must be a sports figure)
.Phil S $5 – got his tomatoes planted this morning.
.Ron N $25 – celebrated his Mom’s 91st BDay over the weekend.
.Paul T $10 – $5 for Padres win and $5 for a local boy winning the PGA tournament yesterday.
.Carl R $5 – good to see happy faces at the meeting.
PROGRAM:
Liz Peters El Cajon PD PERT-Psychological Emergency Response Team and her partner Officer Brian Romero.
PERT is a non-profit contracted through the County and the 72 clinicians throughout the County work with policing agencies, hospitals, etc. handling mental health calls. They work with children all the way to seniors responding to calls from law enforcement.
Working as a team, Brian assesses a scene to ensure it is safe for Liz to deal with the person in crisis and she refers to him as her ‘protection’.
Liz works with the person in crisis to create a care plan and makes them aware of the resources available. Mental health issues are more prevalent nowadays and transcend all walks of life.
Resources are available and can be accessed via the police department, just call and ask for PERT.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
6/3 Speaker from American Foundation Suicide Prevention
WINNER OF ATTENDANCE DRAWING: Dave Schwab MIA so next week $20
WINNER OF OPPORTUNITY DRAWING: Mike Raney $43
TODAY’S RIB-TICKLER:
Cop, “Please step out of the car.”
Me, “I’m too drunk, you get in.”
ATTENDANCE IS THE PRICE OF MEMBERSHIP
“WE SERVE”
The motto of LCI President Dr. Patti Hill “Changing the World”