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The Redwood Shores Lions Club Spotlight

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Lions Donate and Show Support for Japan Tsunami Relief

The Tsunami in Japan created widespread devastation in Japan. Like many groups and individuals around the world, the Redwood Shores Lions wanted to help. The Redwood Shores Lions Club has donated $500 toward Japan Tsunami relief, via the Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF). In addition, the club decided to make a thousand cranes to send to Japan. In Japan, an ancient legend holds that if you make one thousand cranes, then you will get one wish. Typical wishes are for long life, happiness, relief from illness or injury, etc. Together, the Redwood Shores Lions Club, the San Francisco State University Lions Club, friends, and family created TWO thousand cranes to wish the people in Japan hope, recovery, and love. Thank you everyone for exceeding our expectations and creating such beautiful works of art to share and express our thoughts across the ocean to those affected by the Japan Earthquakes and Tsunami.

Maple Street Shelter Barbecue

On June 24th, the Redwood Shores Lions hosted a barbecue dinner for the residents of the Maple Street Shelter in Redwood City. The residents enjoyed delicious food, warm summer weather, and participated in a sing-along. A terrific event and a good time was had by volunteers and residents alike.

 

Lions Donate and Volunteer at the Belmont Senior Center

On July 13, the Belmont Senior Center hosted a dinner and entertainment for our local Seniors at Twin Pines Community Center. The Redwood Shores Lions Club has donated $250 toward this event, and also helped serve dinner that evening.

 

Electronic Arts Tour

One of our local Redwood Shores neighbors is Electronic Arts Inc. (EA). Recently, the Redwood Shores Lions Club visited EA and toured their facility. The tour included a brief presentation, a tour of the development area and the beautiful grounds, and a visit to the Company store. Everyone enjoyed going behind the scenes and learning more about EA. Thank you EA!

 

American Lung Association – Bike 4 Breath

On July 23rd, the Redwood Shores Lions will be volunteering at the Island Park rest stop, greeting cyclists with Gatorade, fruit, granola bars and other snacks. Other Lions will be along the Redwood Shores pathways, directing cyclists along the Bike 4 Breath route. The Lions do this every year and it is a lot of fun to see so many smiling faces raising funds for the American Lung Association.

 

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— Shellie Sakamoto, Past President

About the Redwood Shores Lions Club

For more information, please visit the website at www.redwoodshoreslions.com. The Redwood Shores Lions Club holds its general meeting on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Sandpiper Community Center. Anyone who is interested in welcome to attend. The Club is a family friendly group of individuals who enjoy giving back to the community while having fun at the same time. Since its inception, the Club has provided a variety of services to the community of Redwood Shores as well as other neighboring areas.

The Redwood Shores Lions Club Spotlight

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Fingerprinting at the RWS Easter Egg Hunt

The Redwood Shores Lions hosted a successful children’s fingerprinting table at the RWS Easter Egg Hunt. The children’s fingerprinting was conducted with the assistance of the Redwood City Police Department.

 

Lions Volunteer on Earth Day at Half Moon Bay

Recently, an Earth Day Coastal Clean up event was held in Half Moon Bay. Lion Angie Tapang helped to coordinate the Lions Volunteers. Everyone helped to clear trash, clear out brush and replant certain areas. The event was sponsored by PG&E and an informal BBQ lunch was served.

 

Women’s PAC 10 Rowing Challenge

The Redwood Shores Lions braved the rain and gusty wind, and sold concessions at the Women’s PAC 10 Rowing Challenge on March 26 and 27. The sun came out on Sunday and there were lots of smiling faces from rowing teams and spectators alike. The Lions enjoyed serving hot coffee and other refreshments, as well as meeting many people who traveled from all over the United States to cheer on their teams.

 

Annual Eyeglasses Collections

Thank you to everyone who donated eyeglasses at the Redwood Shores Community Center. Each year, the Redwood Shores Lions takes the eyeglasses to the District 4-C4 collection site, so the eyeglasses can be transported to the sorting center. Eventually, optometrists and other Lion Volunteers (via the Lions In Sight Program) will travel to other countries and the eyeglasses will be distributed to people in need. Thank you for your support!

 

High School Scholarships

Congratulations to our high school scholarship winners! Each year, the Redwood Shores Lions Community Service Scholarship is awarded to graduating high school students who demonstrate academic caliber, extra-curricular involvement, and commitment to community service and volunteerism. The Scholarships are open to any graduating high school students in the Bay area. This year, the Redwood Shores Lions Club ha selected the following scholarship recipients: Darren Wong, Carlmont High School and Alyson Lazzarrotti, Carlmont High School. Darren will receive a $700 scholarship and Alyson will receive a $500 scholarship. These students were impressive in their dedication to the spirit of community service. In addition, special thanks to our scholarship chairperson, Gary Krippendorf, for his work in organizing and spearheading this worthwhile program!

 

Lions Donate to the Bay Area Special Olympics Lions Club

Did you know that there is a Lions Club in the Bay Area, that was organized specifically to support Special Olympics? This club was formed this year, and recently, the Redwood Shores Lions approved a donation of $250 for this club.

 

2011 – 2012 New Officers

Congratulations to the new officers for 2011-2012, Gary Krippendorf, President, Jun Madrinan, Vice President, Shellie Sakamoto, Secretary and Ram Paul Passi, Treasurer. Congratulations and best wishes for another successful year!

 

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— Shellie Sakamoto, Past President

About the Redwood Shores Lions Club

For more information, please visit the website at www.redwoodshoreslions.com. The Redwood Shores Lions Club holds its general meeting on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Sandpiper Community Center. Anyone who is interested in welcome to attend. The Club is a family friendly group of individuals who enjoy giving back to the community while having fun at the same time. Since its inception, the Club has provided a variety of services to the community of Redwood Shores as well as other neighboring areas.

Police Service Award & Police Heroism Award

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The Redwood City Police Department congratulates Officer Perry Garcia and Officer Ryan Adler for being the 2010 recipients of the Police Service Award and Police Heroism Award sponsored by the Peninsula Council of Lions Clubs.

The Awards were presented on Friday, April 1st at the 46th Annual Police and Firefighter Awards Banquet which celebrates the outstanding work of these officers for the benefit of the citizens of the City of Redwood City.

 

Peninsula Council of Lions Service Award Recipient – Officer Perry Garcia

Officer Perry Garcia has been a dedicated volunteer instructor for the Redwood City Police Activities League (PAL) Karate Program since 1999. During his 11-year tenure, Officer Garcia volunteered over 2,400 hours and helped to mentor over 700 at-risk and potentially at-risk youth in the program. Officer Garcia believed the study of Karate could instill concentration, focus, confidence, respect and humility in local youth who might otherwise not have the opportunity to develop these valuable qualities. Many of his students competed in both local and regional tournaments, and the program successfully graduated 8 black belts along with numerous brown belts. Officer Garcia’s personal commitment to at-risk youth in Redwood City is a positive and lasting connection not only him, but also to the Redwood City Police Department.

 

Peninsula Council of Lions Heroism Award Nominee – Officer Ryan Adler

On April 14th 2010, Officer Ryan Adler responded to a call of a 9 year-old child choking and not breathing. When Officer Adler arrived at the scene, he found the child had gone into a state of unconsciousness. Officer Adler administered the Heimlich maneuver and was ultimately able to expel the obstruction to the child’s airway which restored the child’s breathing. The child was transported to the hospital, but made a full recovery thanks to Officer Adler’s quick actions that helped save the life of this 9 year-old child.

The Redwood Shores Lions Club Spotlight

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Peace Poster Contest — Congratulations to District Winner!

The Redwood Shores Lions Club recently sponsored a Peace Poster Contest for middle school students. The theme this year was “Vision of Peace”. We had a record number of entries this year. The local club winner was Emanual A. from Caesar Chavez School in East Palo Alto. As the local club winner, Emanual’s entry then competed at the District 4-C4 level and won! District 4-C4 includes Lions clubs from San Francisco to Palo Alto, so this is a tremendous achievement. Congratulations to our district winner — Emanual!

 

RWS Lions Club Donates to Cub Pack 61

The Redwood Shores Lions Club recently gave a donation of $60 to the local Cub Scout Pack 61. The RWS Lions Club is the local sponsor of Cub Scout Pack 61 and the new Boy Scout Troop.

 

RWS Lions Club Donates Ping Pong table to Our Common Ground

Last fall, the RWS Lions Club held its monthly meeting at Our Common Ground (OCG) in Redwood City. OCG is a treatment program for adolescents and adults with substance abuse and addiction problems. During that meeting, the RWS Lions were touched by the personal stories of four young adults who are current residents at OCG. In addition, OCG has provided residential and outpatient treatment services to nearly 3,000 substance abusing adults and adolescents in San Mateo County and the greater San Francisco bay area since 1988.

In December, the RWS Lions donated a ping pong table to the OCG residents. They also donated over 20 wrapped gifts of new and gently used games and puzzles for their common area, and various household items for the new girls residence. The Lions look forward to continuing to support this worthwhile program. For more information about OCG, visit their website at www.ocgworks.org.

 

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— Shellie Sakamoto, Past President

About the Redwood Shores Lions Club

For more information, please visit the website at www.redwoodshoreslions.com. The Redwood Shores Lions Club holds its general meeting on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Sandpiper Community Center. Anyone who is interested in welcome to attend. The Club is a family friendly group of individuals who enjoy giving back to the community while having fun at the same time. Since its inception, the Club has provided a variety of services to the community of Redwood Shores as well as other neighboring areas.

The Redwood Shores Community Celebrates 40 Years

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Our 40th anniversary celebration has now come and gone and despite the rain we had a great turn out. If you weren’t able to attend there’s still ways you can check out what RSCA has done the last 40 years and how this area has developed.

We hope to have the historical boards displayed soon at the library for your enjoyment and you can try out the Historical Walk at any time. You can download the walk on RSCA.org or pick up a copy at the library and Sandpiper. We will post on the web site the various weeks the sign boards will be out on the walk but again the walk is easy to follow by the using the brochures or the download.

I wanted to personally thank my committee — Carol Mertens, Lynn Adams. Clemencia Rodriquez, Doug Crisman, Nina Boire and Pat Dixon. Also two people who worked incredibly hard on the event Harris Rogers who scanned every piece of material used and Marc Nix who put ALL the historical signs together and the Historical walk.

I also wanted to thank our exhibitors — Boy Scout Troop 27, Girl Scout Cadette Troop 724, Julie Wynn & Ray Tekamaki from Electronic Arts, Shellie Sakamoto & friends from The Lions Club, Mary Ellen and Jessica Hills and Carol Scola from Nine Lives Foundation, Provident Credit Union, Erica Spacher the Neighborhood Liason Coordinator from The City of Redwood City, Recology and Mike Mancusi, Shannon & Joe Guzzetta, Joanne Bruggemann, Yi Chinn, Kent Soo Hoo and Beth Godfrey from the Redwood Shores Emergency Response Team.

It seems as if RSCA has been a tremendous watch dog over the years for the Shores and will continue to strive to keep Redwood Shores a great place to live. Keep in touch using our website, The Pilot and our sign boards

CONGRATULATIONS for 40 years of service to Redwood Shores.

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— Sue Nix
— 40th Anniversary Celebration Chairperson

To help you learn more about Redwood Shores’ past and present, the Redwood Shores Community Association has created a Redwood Shores Historic Walk that takes you to various scenic and historic spots in the neighborhood. This two-mile walk is accessible at all of its points by foot, bicycle or car, and there will be signs out over the weekend to guide you through the tour.

Those with GPS-enabled smartphones (or those at home who are interested in what there is to see along the route) can also jump over to an interactive tour guide provided courtesy Google Maps. You can click for a Street View of each spot, and check out story text and photographs that explain the relevance of each spot.
 
Full-size guide signs will be posted on the 17th, so please take the tour and help celebrate our history!
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The Redwood Shores Lions Club Spotlight

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Joint Lions Project – Maple Street Shelter BBQ

Lions from the Redwood Shores, Belmont, and San Mateo Clubs, together with the SFSU Leo Club, joined together to host a Sunday BBQ at the Maple Street Shelter. The residents of the Maple Street Shelter feasted on a delicious hamburger and hot dog barbecue with all the fixings, salads, fruit, chips and ice cream on a warm Sunday evening. The residents thoroughly enjoyed the food and the Lions had a great time working together in this joint project. A number of Lions also toured the Shelter and learned more about the Shelter program and the wonderful work done by the Shelter Network organization.

High School Scholarships

Congratulations to our high school scholarship winners! Each year, the Redwood Shores Lions Community Service Scholarship is awarded to graduating high school students who demonstrate academic caliber, extra-curricular involvement, and commitment to community service and volunteerism. The Scholarships are open to any graduating high school students in the local Bay Area. This year, the Redwood Shores Lions Club has selected the following scholarship recipients: Daniel Perez, Woodside High School and Grace Wolovich from Woodside High School. Daniel will receive a $1,300 scholarship and Grace will receive a $500 scholarship. These students were impressive in their dedication to the spirit of community service. In addition, special thanks to our Scholarship Chairperson, Gary Krippendorf, for his work in organizing and championing this worthwhile program!

2010-2011 New Officers

Congratulations to the new officers for 2010-2011. Mary Carbullido, President, Jun Madrinan, Vice President, Shellie Sakamoto, Secretary, and Ram Paul Passi, Treasurer. Congratulations and best wishes for another successful year!

Free Hearing Aids

Each year, there are many people who need hearing aids. However, the cost for a hearing aid can easily be $1,000 or more. Did you know that the Redwood Shores Lions Club, and many other Lions Clubs, gives away free refurbished hearing aids, eye examinations and eyeglasses every year? If you know of any needy individual who cannot afford any of these items and has need, please contact Lion Jun Madrinan at (650) 572-9021. The Redwood Shores Lions Club is part of the Ear of the Lion Foundation, which collects funds and distributes them to needy individuals who need hearing aids. The Redwood Shores Lions Club has helped individuals locally to receive these benefits and is happy to help anyone in need.

Eyeglass Collections

Do you have old eyeglasses that you no longer need? If so, please consider donating them to the Lions Club. Each year, the Redwood Shores Lions Club and many other clubs throughout the United States, recycles old eyeglasses and distributes them to needy individuals throughout the world via the Lions In Sight Program. As we do this, we truly give the gift of sight to those who cannot afford something as simple as eyeglasses. If you are interested in donating your old eyeglasses, please look for our eyeglass collection box at the Sandpiper Community Center.

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— Shellie Sakamoto, Past President

About the Redwood Shores Lions Club

The Redwood Shores Lions Club holds its general meeting on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Sandpiper Community Center. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend. The Club has approximately 20 members who are young and young-at-heart working professionals. The Club is a family-friendly group of individuals who enjoy giving back to the community while having fun at the same time. Since its inception, the Club has provided a variety of services to the community of Redwood Shores, as well as other neighboring areas. For more information, please contact Lion Mary Carbullido at (650) 593-6384 or Lion Shellie Sakamoto at (650) 654-7914.

Update on The Redwood Shores Lions Club

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RWS Lions Clup Peace Poster WinnersLions Peace Poster Contest

The RWS Lions Club held its annual Peace Poster Contest. The theme was “The Power of Peace”. The 1st place winner was Tatyana S., James Flood School, and runners up were Seselia L., Caesar Chavez School, and Janae, James Flood School.

 

Lion Designates Grant to Sandpiper School

Lion Angie Tapang-Daniels was recently awarded a PG&E Community Service Award. As an award recipient, Lion Angie has designed the $250 award to be donated to Sandpiper Elementary School. The donation will help support the after school enrichment program. Congratulations and thank you Lion Angie!

Nestle Drinks Donated to the Community

Lion Jun Madrinan recently coordinated the donation of over 1,000 Nestle drinks from Maita Distribution, Inc. to the Sandpiper School teachers lounge and the Maple Street Shelter. These Nestle drinks will be enjoyed by many people. Thank you Lion Jun!

Lions Promote Fingerprinting at RWS Easter Egg Hunt

Recently, the RWS Lions Club partnered with Officer Faljean, Redwood City Police Department, to promote youth fingerprinting at the Annual RSOA Easter Egg Hunt. Lion Trevor Newman was very enthusiastic about this event and stated, “We are so pleased to be working closely with the Redwood City Police Department to offer this service to the community. Fingerprinting our children is an important precaution and takes only minutes to do.”

Lions Partner with Cub Scout Pack 61 to collect Used Eyeglasses

The RWS Lions are the local sponsor of Cub Scout Pack 61. This year, the Cub Scout Pack 61 and the RWS Lions are again partnering to collect used eyeglasses in the community. These used eyeglasses are cleaned and sorted at a Lions warehouse and distribution center. The used eyeglasses are then given to needy individuals around the world via the Lions In Sight Program. If you are interested in donating your used eyeglasses, please look for our eyeglass collection box at the Sandpiper Community Center.

Lions Co-Sponsor Twin Pines Senior Center Fundraiser May 21st

The RWS Lions are a co-sponsor of the “Night at the Opera” fundraiser dinner which will be held on May 21st at 6 pm at the Belmont Twin Pines Senior & Community Center. This benefit event will feature world renowned Opera Soprano Olga Chernisheva. Cost will be $50 per person or a table of eight persons for $375. Reservations can be made at Belmont.gov.

RWS Lions donate to the Maple Street Shelter lunch program

The Maple Street Shelter provides housing for needy adults. Many of these adults work and volunteers provide bag lunches to the shelter residents. The RWS Lions recently collected donations and donated lunch supplies to this wonderful program.

About the Redwood Shores Lions Club

The RWS Lions Club holds its general meeting on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Sandpiper Community Center. Anyone who is interested in welcome to attend. The Club has approximately 20 members who are young and young-at-heart working professionals. The Club is a family friendly group of individuals who enjoy giving back to the community while having fun at the same time. Since its inception, the Club has provided a variety of services to the community of Redwood Shores as well as other neighboring areas.

— Shellie Sakamoto, Past President

Lions Club & RCPD Offer Child Fingerprinting at Eggstravaganza

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Attention Shores Parents: The Redwood Shores Lions Club will be partnering with our own Redwood City Police Department to offer fingerprinting services for your children. This valuable safety tool is instrumental to assist relevant agencies in the event your child becomes lost or abducted. A current photo ID and fingerprints provide law enforcement agencies powerful tools to launch an investigation. Inking your child’s fingerprints is quick, painless (maybe a little messy, but we’ll make sure to have something on hand and help out with the clean-up) and fun!

All of this will be taking place at the Eggstravaganza, held this Saturday the 27th, 1PM at Marlin Park here in Redwood Shores. Read more about the Eggstravaganza here at RSCA.org to find out what other exciting and fulfilling events to expect.

So please join the Redwood Shores Community Association, the Lions Club and our Police Department for this added service at our Annual Eggstravaganza, and support our efforts to stop crimes against children.