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Club News and Activities: Newsworthy Items; 2009/2010, Current Events: Latest activity consisted of a "White Canes" Day on 11/26/09 in Front of the "Staters Bros." market on Euclid. We gave out little white canes, and accepted donations for our sight impaired activities. This event was an opportunity appraise the public of our work and promote our club. Upcoming events will be: Fullerton Lions Christmas Scholastic Chess Tournament in late December (Click Here) Flag distribution to all Fullerton First graders, Student Speaker Contest in February. 37th Morrison Scholastic Chess Tournament in February (Click Here) (Held for the first time in Fullerton!). _____ Please scroll down to read the full listing of activities for throughout the year! ____ We are actively involved with the Sunny-Hills Leo club through the coordination of Marc Poli. Many activities involving the community and nature are persued, including the recent elementary school kits for Ensenada. We just participated in the recent "Orphanages of Thailand" fundraiser. Note: the Fullerton-Breakfast club is sponsoring a Leo club at Troy H.S. We are involved with keeping Fullerton clean with our ongoing "City Clean-up project"; we pick up trash with the help of the Leos clubs in a predetermined section of town. We do this once a month, and rotate areas of pick-up. Calendar of Events: January: Peace Poster Contest: this gives school children the opportunity to design a poster that may be used for Lions International to promote their annual themes. February: Student speaker contest. This provides the opportunity for High school students to earn scholarship money by displaying their oratory skills. Flags are given out to every First grader (with a flyer retelling it's history and significance) in Fullerton: SEE PICTURES. To be distributed by President's Day. We have been doing this for over 20 years, and give out approximately 1100 flags yearly March: Pending city funding, in  March we will be participating in the Fullerton City sponsored "Health fair", providing eye-sight screenings in cooperation with doctors and interns from the SCCO (Southern California School of Optometry). Look for the Lion District "Eye-mobile". April: We will have a promotional booth at the YMCA sponsored "Youth Days", located at Independence Park (Next to the DMV). We will feature Chess game demonstrations, with the help of a few local champions.  We will participate in the popular "Faces of Fullerton" fair. This is located at the Downtown Plaza, adjacent to the Fullerton Museum. It runs from 10am to 2pm, and features booths from all the local service groups. This fair is geared toward the family, and we will be giving away cotton-candy to every person who draws a Lion. The "eye-mobile" will also be available to provide sight screenings to all who are present. Note: there will be an eyeglass collection box, so bring your used eyeglasses (they must be intact - Broken pairs will be discarded). May: Chess Tournaments: The Host Lions annually sponsor two city-wide chess championships in May. The first is for indivviduals to determine the grade level city chess championships for grades 2 through 12. The second is a five-person team tournament to determine the top Junior High team in the city. Tournaments are free, with trophies for the winners. June/ July: Officer installation and Dinner. Summer break. Lions International Convention. September: Charity Putting tournament: "Putting for Chess". At "golfer's Paradise" in Fullerton; SEE PICTURESof past events. Last year's event (08/21/08) was a great success with 42 golfers, Overall winner was Larry Iboshi, and the net score winner Jim Guarin was determined after a playoff round against Joe Klahorst. Contact Pete Baron to participate as a player or a sponsor in next year's event. We are planning our "White Canes" days and selling See's Chocolate bars, in front of the Fullerton Ace Hardware Store on Commonwealth (1 block West of Harbor). October: Silverado Days is back with a vengeance: we will be running a Cotton Candy booth as we have in the last 28 years: Cotton candy, Pickles & Fried Candy bars, in what is one of our largest fund raising activites of the year; over 20,000 people attend this local fair in Buena Park. The event will run from Friday 10/16 to Sunday 10/18/10 at the William Peak Park (off of La Palma Ave.). Entrance is Free of charge. Come check out our cotton-candy booth! November Event: "Casino Night". At the Fullerton Senior Center on 11/13/09. Friday night from 7 to 11pm. Will feature casino games such as roulette, craps, let-it-ride, blackjack, texas hold'em (extra fee). Entrance fee includes food catered by Chin Ting's restaurant of Placentia (Orangethorpe Ave.), and a chance to win prizes. Go to Order form: Tickets. Call: Peter Baron at 714-525-2635 for more information. Ongoing Activities Middle school chess tournaments, Boys & Girls Club Tennis Workshops. Collection of Used Glasses at the Fullerton Public library (Main), for processing by Lions International to help their global program to improve vision for all. Camp Teresita Pines (for the deaf children) contributions and upkeep, Guest Speakers and Programs. Meetings are @: IHOP restaurant Corner of Orangethorpe and Harbor First & third Tuesday of each month at 7pm. All editorial contributions and items of news should be submitted to Marc Poli at lions@kiromark.com. All complaints must be addressed to Matt Hunyadi.