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LIONS DISTRICT 4-C4

We Serve—San Francisco to Palo Alto * COMPASSION * ADVOCACY *

* EMPOWERMENT * EXCELLENCE *

* DIVERSITY *

www.lions4c4.org SF

PA

July-September 2019

Warmest greetings to all

my fellow Lions,

families, friends and

everyone:

I hope that you are all doing well, feeling

happy, and in good health with your

families and loved ones.

First of all, I would like to express my

sincerest thanks and appreciations to

everyone for your kind support, assistance

and participation during our District 4-C4

District Governor and Cabinet Installation

for year 2019-2020, last July 26, 2019

evening at the Marriott Hotel San

Francisco Airport, San Mateo. I would

like to extend my special thanks and

appreciations

to our LCI

International

President, Dr.

Jung Yul-

Choi and

Mrs. Choi,

for visiting and as our Installation Officer.

My deepest thanks and

appreciations to our CA. State Senator

Jerry Hill and San Mateo County Board of

Supervisor David Canepa for their support

and participation during our Installation

event. My heartfelt thanks and

appreciations to the Installation Commit-

tee led by Chair, Lion Yolanda Cayabyab

and all the committee members, for their

utmost support, perseverance and hard

work in making the Installation event a

very successful one. To everyone, thank

you very much for doing a great job. I

love you all.

As Lions, we

love to serve

other people,

find joy and

happiness in

serving the

less fortunate

and disadvan-

taged individuals and families, and make a

difference in someone’s life. As dedicated

and loyal Lions, we are passionate to serve

others and take the pride of being a part of

the largest humanitarian volunteer services

in the world. Our famous Lion leader,

Helen Keller had advocated that “Alone

we can do so little but together we can do

so much”. Our District 4-C4 had evolved

and grown through the years of Lions

services through the collaborative efforts,

dedications and loyalty to Lionism of all

the Lions Leaders and Members through-

out the years of services. As of today, our

District has 54 Lions Clubs and 1,552

Members. Globally, after 100 years of

operation, Lions Clubs International had

expanded to 215 Countries and almost 1.5

Memberships, providing the much needed

humanitarian volunteer service to the

needy.

In order to align with the International

Lions Clubs goals, our District 4-C4 goals

for the year 2019-2020 includes the

following: to improve our Memberships -

thru recruitment of new members, retain

current members, Charter new Clubs and

Specialty Clubs; improve Leaderships

Skills - thru provisions of Leadership

Training to all Club Presidents, Vice

Presidents, Secretaries, and all Officers,

participate to MD 4 Leadership Institute

Training, LCI Advance Leadership Lions

Institute (ALLI) Training, USA-Canada

Forum Leadership Training and MyLCI or

My Lions- on-line classes and training;

improve Services – thru implementations

of appropriate services to the needy

individuals and families here locally and

in abroad by the different Lions Clubs;

and request a “match up grant request” of

funds from the LCI, in order to expand

the Lions Clubs projects and services to

the communities; and improve Lions Club

International Foundation (LCIF) - with our

Goal of $50,000 to $75,000 thru campaign

100 of all Clubs, and help make a

generous donations to the LCIF.

As the District Governor, I would like to

continue collaborate and partner with all

the Lions Clubs in providing humanitarian

volunteer services to the needy. Every

Lion is important and contributes towards

the improvement of our services and

success of our District. The District 4-C4

DISTRICT GOVERNOR

MESSAGE

Inside this issue...

1 Governor Message

2 1st VDG Message

3 2nd VDG Message

4 Humor & Club / District Photos

5 Governor Messages Continued

6-7 District Committees

8 3rd IVP Patti Hill Pin Design Contest,

Trivia Answers, Editor’s Message

9 District Leaders, Lions University

Graduates for 4-C4

10 Cabinet Meeting Photos

11 Cabinet Installation Photos & IP

12 Code of Ethics

(Continued on page 5)

LIONS DISTRICT 4-C4

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PA * COMPASSION * ADVOCACY *

* EMPOWERMENT * EXCELLENCE *

* DIVERSITY *

Greetings to my Fellow

Lions,

Welcome, my Lion family to a new

District Year! Congratulations to all Lions

who step up to serve your community,

home club, district4c4, MD4 and Lions

International. I have been assigned to

focus on LEADERSHIP this Lion Year.

2019-2020 Leadership Themes

International President- Dr. Jung-Yul

Choi- WE SERVE THROUGH

DIVERSITY

MD4-Council Chair- Don Gall-

TEAMWORK and COMMUNICATION

D4c4: District Governor – Helen

Casaclang- COMPASSION,

ADVOCACY, EMPOWER,

EXCELLENCE

Organizational Structure/Leadership

Resources:

www.LionsClubs.org / www.MyLion

https://app.creately.com/diagram/

xedp0EnKOiL/edit- create your own Club

Organizational Chart

D4C4 2019-2020 Directory-use it daily

for reference

Leadership Trainings:

Attend On-going District Special Topic

Trainings- check Event Calendar at Week-

ly Thread

Stay close to our GAT Global Action

Team –GLT(Leadership)/GMT

(Membership)/GST(Service)trainings

-January 25-27 2020 in Santa Rosa, Cali-

fornia

-March 20-22 2020 in Rancho Cucamon-

ga

Go to USA-Canada Leadership Forum

September 19-22 2019 Spokane, WA –

www.lionsforum.org

Consider Advanced Lions Leadership

Institute (ALLI)-November 9-11 2019

Chicago IL

Get a degree from Lions University-

www.LionsUnversity.org

As a Lion, we are all answering to the call

of need “Where there is a Need, There is a

Lion” by We Serve.

Now our Lion Family from Club to

District to Multiple District to Lions

International is calling you and every one

of us to take the next step and be a Leader.

Let’s support each other and accept the

challenge!

Lion Fanny Chu 1st Vice District Governor

1st Vice District

Governor Message

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Past District Governors…

George Habeeb * 1978-1979 * Don Stanaway* 1979-1980 * Roger Chinn* 1983-1984 * Larry Wong *

1988-1989 * Don Lustenberger * 1989-1990 * Lou Ercoli * 1991-1992 * Kenneth Newman * 1997-1998

* Mel Phillips * 1998-1999 * Elma Loredo * 2000-2001 * Art Pignatti * 2001-2002 * Michelle Jester * 2002-2003 *

Joycelyn Mina * 2003-2004 * Ray Rosenthal * 2004-2005 * Eugene Chan * 2005-2006 * Maxine Frazier * 2007-

2008 * Emil Kantola* 2008-2009 / Council Chair 2009-2010 * Ken Ibarra * 2009-2010 * Mike Simonini * 2010-2011

* Esther Lee * 2011-2012 * Robert Wilson * 2012-2013 * Stephen Picchi * 2013-2014 * Jack Van Etten * 2014-

2015 * Macy Mak Chan * 2015-2016 * Rod Mercardo * 2016-2017 * Mario Benavente * 2017-2018 * Lydia

Bellinger-Taylor * 2018-2019 Bold—Pictured

LIONS DISTRICT 4-C4

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* EMPOWERMENT * EXCELLENCE *

* DIVERSITY *

Every year, the Lions

Clubs of District 4-C4

gives youths from across

the globe the opportunity

to experience life here in the Bay Area.

Through the program, we aim to create

and foster a spirit of understanding among

the people of the world, introduce our

youth to young people and adults of other

countries, and share family and

community life of another culture. Our

Lions volunteers and their families and

friends welcome students from across the

globe into their homes, their lives, and

their hearts. This morning we undertook

the bittersweet task of bidding farewell to

the three Japanese youth exchange

students, Maaya, Shun and Ayanna who

were hosted in our district together with

seven others who were hosted in

neighboring districts of northern

California. This was also a goodbye to

another ten Japanese students who were

hosted at southern California, embarking

on their journey back home to from LAX.

In total, twenty Japanese youth exchange

students are now bound to Japan after two

weeks living in “The Golden State”. As

with the nature of this program, the jour-

ney goes both ways. A few days before

our Japanese students arrived in California

eager to begin their ure, nine California

youth exchange students, including our

very own Leo Lion Paul of SF Fil-am,

arrived back home (via LAX and SFO

respectively) from their three-week expe-

rience of cultural immersion in Japan. Last

month, the California Lions hosted nine

European youth exchange students while

we sent four California students to Europe.

Summer time has busiest weeks of the

year for the Youth Exchange Program

because this is when we exchange students

to and from Japan and Europe. This is the

most convenient time for the youth, since

they are free from their school activities.

This is also why the MD4 YEP

Committee members term of office ends

on August 31 instead of June 30 for most

MD4- endorsed programs. The California

Lions usually host twenty Japanese and

twenty European students while we send

as many as twenty students to Japan and

twenty students to Europe every summer.

However, the num-

ber of students

being hosted has

been decreasing

throughout the

years due to the

lack of necessary

resources involved in the youth exchange

programs, especially regarding the recruit-

ment of host families. Similarly, the num-

ber of California students travelling over-

seas is dwindling for reasons of financial

cost. Unfortunately, these problems are

not endemic, as they are encountered all

over the YEP-participating countries. The

ideal youth exchange program would have

a bountiful supply of host families willing

and eager to host exchange students

throughout the entire period of the

program (three to four weeks), while

essentially responsible for all matters of

lodging, food, and activities to the

students. This scenario requires incredible

time and effort sacrificed by the host

family, which is exactly the reason why it

is so difficult to find host families. This is

always the main topic discussed during the

youth exchange symposium forum taking

place during International Conventions.

Thus, we cannot keep this program

moving forward without it being

addressed.

Five years ago, I was appointed as District

YEP Chair and the following year was

appointed as the MD4 YEP Committee

member for area 2. At that time our dis-

trict YEP was dormant but had been active

several years back. The reason for its de-

mise is simple: cost. It costs a great deal

of resources: money, time, effort, energy.

Thereby, lions who used to be active in the

program get

burned out.

The key district

YEP innovations

we have intro-

duced are shared

responsibility and

structured program. Simply put, shared

responsibility means joint venturing

among lions clubs. This includes actions

such as splitting the length of time of host-

ing, dividing lodging and day activities,

and pooling various resources. One can

see that this definitely lightens the burden

of family hosting, but we like to think of it

as “sharing the fun and enjoyment of hav-

ing a cultural exchange”. A lion with a

vacant room can provide lodging, a lion

who has free time can be the day activity

volunteer, while other lions can offer what

they can as well, such as hosting a dinner

or activity or providing their vehicle or

snacks. The YEP then becomes a multi-

club activity involving the whole district

and in doing so, promotes multi-club co-

operation and camaraderie.

Structured program requires a specific

activity or set of activities for each day

with specific lion volunteers. This goes

hand and hand with shared responsibility,

and emphasizes organization and commit-

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2nd Vice District

Governor Message

Page 3

Club Presidents…

Bay Area Special Olympics * Helen Habeeb * Belmont * Christine Beard * Brisbane * John Mazza * Burlingame * Kevin Kielty * Daly City Host *

Don Fleming * Foster City * Jimmy Ness * Half Moon Bay * Gregory Radican * Menlo Park Live Oak * John Hickson * Millbrae * Robert Ducote *

Pacifica * Sherry Hansel * Peninsula Special Interest * Eleanor Britter * Peninsula Veterans * Thomas Martinez * Redwood City Sunrise * Boyd

Schauer. * Redwood City Downtown * Paul Sanfilipo * Redwood Shores * Jose Aurellano * San Bruno * John Giuseponi * San Carlos * Michael Coffaro * SF

Aeta * Fernando Briosos * SF Bay Area * AIllen Lee * SF Bay Area New Century * Gina Tse * SF Bayview Hunters Point * Jessie Peoples * SF Buddha * n/a

* SF Circle * Billardo Morete * SF Chinatown * Irene Young * SF Cosmopolitan * Angie Louie * SF Dynamic * Agnes Estillore * SF Fil-Am * Ronnie Helen

Marte * SF Financial Rescue Lions Club * n/a* SF Geneva Excelsior * George Salet Jr * SF Highlands * Lucito Tomada, Rev * SF Hispanic * Ninette

Mendoza * SF Host * Uni Pacay Buckley * SF Korean American * Jong Lee * SF Latinos Unidos * Ruffino Ramos * SF Marina North Beach * Eve Santos * SF

Merced Heights * Lydia Taylor-Bellinger, PDG * SF Nikkei * David Fujita * SF Nueva Vizcaya * Mariene Dumpit * SF Ocean-Ingleside * Connie Bridgewater *

SF Park Presidio Sunset * Paul Kozakiewicz * SF Premier * May Coon * SF State University * n/a * SF Supreme * Adlai Jew * SF Unified * Carol Fung * SF

Veterans * Warren Adamson * San Mateo * Sabrina Kupperburg * San Mateo County First Responders * Todd Medford * San Mateo Metropolitan * Lily Sun *

Silicon Valley * Asia Kan * Silicon Valley Cyber * Calvin Yee * SSF Golden Gate * Librada “Bing” Yamat * SSF Host * Luis Alvarenga

LIONS DISTRICT 4-C4

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2019-2020 Cabinet Meeting Schedule

Photos of Clubs & District in Action...

Club & District Photos provided by Facebook Club

Photographers, PDG Ken Ibarra, Erik Winkler, Kevin Guess, Alvin Louie.

Photo galleries for more pics available at www.lions4c4.org

1: Lions University Graduates from District 2:

Belmont Lions Installation 3: Pacifica Lions Club

70th Anniversary 4: Peninsula Veterans Installa-

tion 5: SSF Golden Gate Lions Installation 6: SF

Host Lions Centennial Picnic7: Lion Amy leads

Lions meeting on LCI Convention Cruise 8: Millbrae

Lions Club Back Packs Project 9: SF Unified Lions

Beach Clean-Up Project

Lions University Program

* 1st Cabinet Meeting—8.24.19—Mission Blue

Center, Brisbane Host: Regions 1 & 2

* 2nd Cabinet Meeting—11.2.19—

:Parkside School, San Bruno

* 3rd Cabinet Meeting—2.1.19—Foster City

Recreation Center, Foster City

* District Convention—5.14-17.19—Red Lion

Hotel, Redding Host: All Regions

Humor

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Logic Puzzles

One of the four words does not belong with the other three. Which word does not belong? What is it that the others have in common?

Green, yellow, red, blue

April, December, November, June

Cirrus, calculus, cumulus, stratus

Carrots, radishes, potatoes, cabbages

Fork, comb,rake, shovel

Craig died in Florida. Shortly after, Tracy died at sea. Nobody mourned, In fact, everyone was absolutely delighted.

Why?

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ment to such responsibilities promised.

These innovations we initiated in our district is the answer to

YEP’s problem of finding host families. The program was

successful. The dormant district YEP becomes one of the

most active YEP in the whole MD4! The innovations were

introduced to other districts as well as presented during the

MD4 Convention led by myself who is the MD4 YEP

General Chair for LY 2018-2019 together with other MD4

YEP Committee members.

The district YEP committee for LY 2018-2019 is composed

of co-chairs PDG Macy Mak Chan of SF Chinatown LC,

Lion Rufo Macaraeg of SF Fil-Am LC, Lion Rodger

Cayabyab of SF Host LC and myself, 2VDG Dr. Jun Valera,

of SF Fil-Am LC as the chair. The success of our district

YEP is due to the passion and commitment of lions and non-

lions volunteers as well as the support of multiple clubs and

the leadership of District 4-C4.

The Youth Exchange Program of the Lions Clubs

International started in California in 1961 when a Lions

Club in Sacramento exchanged students with Lions Club in

Japan as a cultural exchange. The program was so successful

that was adopted by the Lions Clubs International and the

rest is history.

Lion Dr Jun Valera

2nd VDG

.

(Continued from page 3)

has Team of District Cabinet Members working together to

help in the implementation and attainment of our District

Goals, better services to the needy. Our International Presi-

dents Dr. Jung Yul-Choi’s Motto is “Service thru Diversity”.

Our District 4-C4 consists of different Lions Clubs from the

diverse, multicultural and ethnic backgrounds, serving the

diverse individuals, families and communities, here locally

and in abroad. As Lions Members, we have to appreciate

and support each other, work together as a Team, and cele-

brate together in the success of our humanitarian services.

In addition, I have been going around on scheduled

Visitations to the different Lions Clubs in the District. I

would like to express my sincerest thanks and appreciations

to Lion Yvonne Kantola for doing a great job in coordinat-

ing my Club Visitations to the different Lions Clubs. Like-

wise, I would like to express my deepest thanks and

appreciations to all the Lions Clubs Officers and Members

that I already visited for all your warm welcome, hospitality,

support, friendships and camaraderie during our visits to

your Clubs: Millbrae Lions Clubs, SF Circle Lions Club,

San Francisco Host Lions Club, Chinatown Lions Club,

Dynamic Lions Club, Brisbane Lions Club, SF Park Presidio

Sunset Lions Club, Half Moon Bay Lions Club, Redwood

Shores Lions Club, and SF Korean Lions Club. I am looking

forward to do more Club visitations during the next few

months. Thank you for all the District Cabinet Members that

have been participating during the DG Visitations to the

different Clubs.

The District 4-C4 had conducted a successful 1st District

Cabinet Meeting last August 24, 2019 at the Mission Blue

Center in Brisbane. It was a great District Cabinet Meeting,

which was well attended by Lions, very good venue,

delicious foods, very nice DG Guests, DG Van Landingham

from A2, 1st VDG Lion Linda Pugliese from C6, wonderful

Guests Speakers, PCC David Radtke on Diabetes and Rose

Parade topics, PID Bill Iannaccone and Lion Eleanor Britter

on Global Initiative on Health and Wellness, all wonderful

Lions Speakers on Forum by the Bay topic by the

Cosmopolitan Lions Club by Lion Angie Louie, Lion

Yolanda Stern, Lion Gary Mingle, and Lion Lorna Dietz,

and Colon Cancer c/o by the SF Unified Lions Club. I

would like to express my thanks and appreciations to

District Secretary Alison Wilson, Assistant Secretary

Margaret Lee, Region 1 Chair Lion Verdie Thompson, Zone

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Alert/Disaster Preparedness & Response

Chair: PDG Jack Van Etten

Disaster Preparedness & Response Program

Chair: Clayton Jolley

Guardian Angel AED/CPR Program

Chair: Sandee Schlickman

Co-Cahir: Teresita Degamo, MD

Ambassador-at-Large

Chair: PDG Macy Mak Chan

Budget & Finance

Chair: Frank Tang Members: Mark D

Paskvan, Conn Buckley, Flocerfina "Flo" Camota, District Treasurer: Margaret K.

Lee, Ass't Treasurer: Bill Camota

Campus Clubs

Chair: Margaret K Lee

Co-Cahir: Evelyn Ching Evaristo

City of Hope

Chair: Jane Simonini

Club Contests

Chair: Maryah Tucker

Advisor: William H Britter

Constitution & Bylaws

Chair: PDG Ray Rosenthal

Co-Chair: PDG Eugene Chan

Emeritus: PDG Don Stanaway

Cancer

Chair: Jane Simonini

Convention

Chair: PDG Rod Mercado

Housing: PDG Mario Benavente

Registration: PDG Lydia Taylor-Bellinger

Venue Committee: PDG Macy Mak Chan,

PDG Esther Lee, PDG Stephen Picchi,

James “Jimmy” Ness

Secretary/Protocol: Denise Kelly

Treasurer: PDG Michael Simonini

Certification/Credentials Co Chairs: Oriye

“Ora” Seyler, Venetia Young

Elections: William H Britter

Entertainment: Pat Ancheta

Convention

Contests: PDG Eugene Chan

Programs: Richard Picchi

Memorial Services: Yolanda & Rodrigo

Cayabyab

Golf Coordinator: Kevin Kielty

PIS Chair: PDG Esther Lee

PIS Members: Rosemarie Benavente, Larry

Bellinger, Helen Habeeb, Luisa Valera

Role Documentation: Liza Bautista

Honorary: DG Helen Ariz Casaclang, 1st

VDG Fanny Chu, 2nd VDG Augusto “Jun”

Valera, MD

District Committees...

Cultural & Community Activities

Chair: Araceli Aguilar

Co-Cahir: Marlene Dumpit

Diabetes Awareness & Action

Chair: Eleanor Britter

Co-Cahir: Felicidad Mele

Directory:

Chair: Rudy R Pedagat

Co-Cahir: Alison Wilson

Directory & Installation Program

Advertising:

Chair: Rudy R Pedagat

Co-Cahir: Alison Wilson

District Financial Adviser

Chair: Richard Lee

District Governor Advisors

Chair: PDG Ray Rosenthal

Members: PDG Mel Phillips, PDG Rod

Mercado, PDG Elma Loredo, PDG Emil

Kantola, PDG Jack Van Etten, PDG Ken

Ibarra, PDG Esther Lee

District Sight Preservation, Awareness &

Action:

Chair: PDG Mel Phillips

Environment

Chair: Kevin Kielty

Family & Women’s Member-

ship Development

Chair: Angie Louie

Flag Days

Chair: Martha Sandy

Habitat for Humanity &

Rebuilding Together:

Chair: James Bigelow

Co-Chair: Don Fleming

Health Fairs:

Chair: Elizabeth Yulo

Co-Chairs: Felicidad Mele,

Faye Pobre

Health & Wellness

Chair: Eleanor Britter

Hearing Preservation

Awareness & Action:

Chair: Librada Yamat, Dr

Co-Chair: Aileen Joy

Casaclang Obillo

Historian

Chair: PDG Emil Kantola,

PCC

Honorary

Chair: PDG Ray Rosenthal

Hunger

Chair: PDG Mario Benavente

Co-Chairs: Deborah Kielty,

Elizabeth Yulo

Informational & Technology

& Website:

Chair: Allison Wilson

Co-Chair: Mark Casaclang

International Relations:

Chair: Augusto Valera, Jr, Dr.

Co-Chair: Yolanda “Yolly”

Cayabyab

Members: Flocerfina T Camota,

Cindy Zheng

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District Committees...

Kases for Kids

Chair: Cipriano Avalin

Co-Chair: Roy Ronald Blanco

Member: Tamera Guess

Lions Eye Foundation of CA/NV, Inc. (LEF)

Lead Trustee: Yvonne Kantola

Trustees: Sandra “Sandee” Ige, Charles “Smitty” Smith

Advisors: Pat Ancheta, Maryah Tucker

Trustee-At-Large: PDG Esther Lee

Trustee Emeritus: PDG Arthur “Art” Pignatti, Sam Lerner,

PDG Larry Wong

Executive Director Emeritus: PDG Don Stanaway

Program Coordinator: Mark Paskvan

Lions In Sight California Nevada (LIS)

Trustees: Eleanor Britter, Verdie Thompson

Lions Opportunities for Youth:

Chair: Calvin Chin

Co-Chair: Jimmy Ness

Includes Peace Poster Contest, Leo Clubs, and

Lions Youth Camp and Exchange (YCE) Chairs

Peace Poster Contest

Chair: Michael Chan

Co-Chair: Melite Wood

Leos Clubs

Chair: Charles “Smitty” Smith

Co-Chairs: Alvin Louie, Frank Tang

Lions Youth Camp and Exchange (YCE)

Advisor: Augusto “Jun” Valera, Jr., MD

Chair: PDG Macy Mak Chan

Co-Chairs: Rodrigo Cayabyab, Mark Casaclang,

Rufo Macaraeg

Lions Project For Canine Companion

Independence, Inc. (LPPCI)

Chair: PDG George Habeeb

Lions Quest

Chair: Venetia Young

Co-Chair: Margaret Lee

Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF)

Chair: Amy Fink

Lions Service For Children

Chair: Aileen Joy Casaclang Obillio

Co-Chair: Lynn Toveg

Lions Rose Parade Pasadena

Chair: Augusto “Jun” Valera Jr., MD

Lions Veterans Charities

Executive Director: Kevin Kielty

Trustees: Stephen Moore, Charles “Smitty” Smith, Kevin Guess,

Pat Hughes, Sandra “Sandee” Ige, Richard Kishimoto,

Charles Ogburn, Wendell Quan, Frank Rescino, Helen Wong

Honorary: DG Helen Ariz Casclang

Executive Director Emeritus: PDG Roger Chinn

Long Range Planning

Chair: PCC Emil Kantola, PDG

Marketing and Communications Committee

Chair: Alison Wilson

Co-Chair: Yolanda Cayabyab

Newsletter

Chair: John Gill

Co-Chair: Rudy Pedagat

Photographers

Photographer: Michael Chan

Photographer: Paul Larson

Photographer: Alison Wilson

Parliamentarian

Chair: PDG Eugene Chan

Pin And Banner Trader

Chair: Carl Miller

Public Relations And Lions Information

Chair: Alison Wilson

Co-Chair: Renatio “Ray” Satorre

Print Media

Co-Chair: Mario Panoringan

Protocol

Chair: Alison Wilson

Reading Action Plan

Chair: Not Listed

Social Media

Chair: Mark Casaclang

Co-Chair: August Valera III

Special Olympics

Chair: Teresita Degamo

Co-Chair: Bart Speccia

Student Speaker Contest

Chair: Michael Coffaro

Co-Chair: Margaret K Lee

Student Speaker Foundation

Treasurer: Richard Picchi

Director: PDG, Jack Van Etten

Sunshine

Chair: Marian Mann

Tail Twister

Chair: Erik

Winkler

The Thread

Chair: Denise

Kelly

USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum

Chair: Eleanor Britter

Co-Chairs: Margaret K Lee, Melite Wood

Youth Exchange Program (YEP)

Chair: Augusto Valera, Jr., MD

District & Club Photographers for this

issue:

Frank Jang, Alison Wilson, Paul

Larson, Michael Chan, PDG Ken

Ibarra, Club photographers on

Facebook

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LCI 3rd VP Lion Patti Hill Pin Contest...

Lions, Lionesses, & LEOs - Are you...

Creative? Artistic? Eager to contribute?

Help design a Pin for VP Dr. Patti’s service as an Executive Officer of LCI

International 3rd Vice President Dr. Patti Hill team is looking for a Fundraising Pin

Design and invites your input!

Who May Participate: Any Lion, Lioness, or Leo in the WORLD may submit a design.

How to Participate:

Step 1: Create a pin design. We need a design that will be produced in a series of pins

reflecting her services as 3rd VP, 2nd VP, 1st VP, President, and LCIF Chairperson.

Please ensure that your design meets the following specifications:

● Should be no smaller than 1 cm and no larger than 2.54 cm in diameter.

● Should incorporate the Lions logo.

● Pins should include the possibility to be individualized for each year of Dr. Patti’s

service as an Executive Officer (e.g., design should have a year, or state position [3rd

VP] on the pin) for each year in the series.

● Should include VP Patti’s name.

Step 2: Submit your design drawing (digitally in high resolution) with your name, Lions

Club name, and email address to mdccouncilsecretary@gmail.com.

Step 3: Watch for the release of the Winning Pin Design in November.

Deadline: October 31, 2019.

The Lion, Lioness or Leo submitting the winning pin design will be presented each of

the pins in the series by VP Dr. Patti.

Peninsula Council of Lions Club

President: Martha Sandy

1st Vice President: Debbie Kielty

2nd Vice President: Venetia Young

Secretary: Tamera Guess

Treasurer: Mary Koo

Immediate Past President: Erik Winkler

Photographers: Paul Larson, Alison Wilson

Advisors: PDG Mario Benavente, Paul

Larson, Scot Marsters

SF Coordinating Council of Lions Club

President: Rodrigo Cayabyab

1st Vice President: Evelyn “Ching” Evaristo

2nd Vice President: Peter Lam

Secretary: August Valera III

Treasurer: Angie Louie

Immediate Past President: George Poon

Advisors: PDG Larry Wong, PDG Eugene

Chan, PDG Esther Lee

District 4-C4 Council of Lions Clubs

Editor’s Minutes..

I am honored and

excited to serve my

sixth District Governor

as your District

Newsletter Editor. This year, I

have a Co-Chair in past PCL

President, Rudy Pedagat. I look

forward to working with Lion

Rudy to produce a good

newsletter for us. As I was asked

to do this role shortly before the

Cabinet meeting, we didn’t have

our normal set up time in July.

Our future issues will be out by

the 5th of the Month.

Region 1 Zone 1 Chair *

Peninsula Council of Lions PP

2016-2017 * San Mateo LC * SF

Premier LC Associate

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Answers to Logic Puzzles…

* Green. Yellow, red and blue

are primary colors, green is not.

* December. The other months

have only 30 days.

* Calculus. The others are cloud

types.

* Cabbage. The others are vege-

tables that grow underground.

* Shovel. The others have

prongs.

* They were both hurricanes.

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District Leaders

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Lions Clubs International Leadership

Jung-Yui Choi

International President

Brian E Sheehan

Second Vice President

Dr. Patti Hill

Third Vice President

Haynes Townsend

First Vice President

Cabinet Photos: Cabinet Uniform, District

Installation, District Pink Shirt. Installation

Photo by Frank Jang List of Cabinet Officers with Regions and Zones

Lions University Graduates of District 4-C4...

Bachelor’s: Intended to develop the skills necessary to lead a Lions Club.

Master’s: Intended to develop the skills for Lions to support Clubs as District leaders. This program is aimed at

District Level leaders such as: District Governors, Vice District Governors, Zone Chairs, District Committee Chairs,

Certified Guiding Lions, and other leaders that are ready to foster quality clubs in their District.

2016 —-

2017 —-

2018 —-

Bachelors:

PDG Mario Benavente * Michael Chan

Margaret K. Lee * Augusto Valera Jr.

PDG Macy Mak Chan * Sharon Eberhardt

* Amy Fink * Melite Wood * Venetia Young

* PDG Ken Ibarra * PDG Esther Lee

2019 —- Mark Casaclang * John Hui * Jimmy Ness

Masters:

2016 —- none

2017 —- PDG Mario Benavente

2018 —- Sharon Eberhardt * Amy Fink * Melite

Wood * Venetia Young * PDG Ken Ibarra

* PDG Esther Lee * Margaret K Lee

2019 —- DG Helen Casaclang * John Hui

* Jimmy Ness * Melite Wood

* Venetia Young

Doctorate: Intended to focus on the skills needed to be a training facilitator for adult volunteers. In affect, Lions completing

the Doctorate program are prepared to be great trainers of other Lions.

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Chair Lion John Gill, Zone Chair Lion Kali

Azariah, Region 2 Chair Lion Peter and Mei Lam, Zone

Chair Pierre Morison, and Zone Chair Bill Stipinovich

for doing a great job in hosting the event. Thank you

very much also, to all the Lions that helped during the

Cabinet Meeting.

Our District 4-C4 Directory for 2019-2020 was

completed and available during the 1st District Cabinet

Meeting, August 24, 2019. I would like to express my

sincerest thanks and appreciations to Lion Rudy

Pedagat for doing a great job as the District Directory

Chair for this year. My deepest thanks and

appreciations to everyone for your kind support,

assistance and generous donations in making our

District Directory and Installation Program. Lion

Alison Wilson and Lion Rudy Pedagat are working

towards the possible posting of our District Directory to

the District 4- C4 website in the nearest future.

Our 2nd District Cabinet Meeting is scheduled on

November 2, 2019 at 8:30 AM to 2 PM at the Parkside

Middle School, San Bruno, and to be hosted by the

Regions 3 and 4. Thanks to PDG Mel Phillips for

coordinating the venue. Please you are all cordially

invited to attend the 2nd District Cabinet Meeting. You

are all encouraged to attend and participate during the

District Cabinet Meeting, most especially all the Club

Officers. Your participation during the Cabinet

Meetings is highly appreciated and at the same time it

gives you all the opportunity to connect and interact

with the other Club Officers and Members, promote

your Club projects and events with the other Lions

Clubs, learn about other Clubs projects, and improve

camaraderie among Lions.

Together, we continue to serve with Compassion,

Advocacy, Excellence and Empowerment.

Thank you very much and God Bless to everyone,

Helen Ariz Casaclang

District Governor

District 4-C4

(Continued from page 5) Photos of First Cabinet Meeting...

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Cabinet Installation with IP Choi...

Cocktails Session with State Senator Hill... Pinning of Cabinet by IP Choi...

Installation Line Dance... Show Dances for IP...

General Photos...

LIONS DISTRICT 4-C4

We Serve—San Francisco to Palo Alto

SF

PA

www.lions4c4.org

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Lions District 4-C4 Newsletter

Lion John Gill

POB 4864

Foster City, CA 94404

Lions Code of Ethics & Objectives

Ethics

TO SHOW my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application to

the end that I may merit a reputation for quality of service.

TO SEEK success and to demand all fair remuneration or profit as my just due, but

to accept no profit or success at the price of my

own self respect lost because of unfair advantage

taken or because of questionable acts on my part.

TO REMEMBER that in building up my business it

is not necessary to tear down another’s; to be loyal

to my clients or customer and true to myself.

WHENEVER a doubt arises as to the right or ethics

of my positions or actions towards my fellow man,

to resolve such doubt against myself.

TO HOLD friendship as an end and not as a means. To hold that true friendship

exists not on account of the service performed by one another, but that true friend-

ship demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit in which it is given.

ALWAYS bear in mind my obligations as a citizen to my nation, my state and my

community, and to give them my unswerving loyalty in word, act and deed. To give

them freely of my time, labor and means.

TO AID my fellow men by giving my sympathy to those in distress, my aid to the

weak and my substance to the needy.

TO BE CAREFUL with my criticism and liberal with my praise, to build up and not to

destroy.

Objectives

TO CREATE and foster a spirit of under-

standing among the peoples of the world.

TO TAKE an active interest in the civic,

cultural, social and moral welfare of the

community.

TO UNITE the choice in the bonds of

friendship, good fellowship and mutual

understanding.

TO PROVIDE a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest; pro-

vided, however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by

club members.

TO ENCOURAGE service-minded people to serve their community without personal

financial rewards, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards

in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavors.

Lion of the Year & Si Moyer Award Winners