Club News and Activities: Calendar of Activities: Calendar of Upcoming events in 2012: 02/02/12: We will have our Club level "Student Speaker Contest" during our regular club meeting, featuring fine students from Fullerton High Schools competing for scholorship money. 02/04/12: Co-sponsored with American Chess Equipment, Fullerton chess players will participate in the "Morrison Scholastic Chess Tournament". Click here for more information 02/15/12: Distribution of American Flags to all first graders in Fullerton in honor of President's Day. 03/?/12  Vision Screening using Lions Sight Mobile at Gilbert Community Health Fair 03/24/12 Ask-a-Scientist Day at Ladera Vista Jr. High. Saturday morning event bringing college professors and industry experts on campus to promote science 04/?/12 Vision Screening using Lions Sight Mobile at Garnett Community Health Fair 04/28/12  Participate in the Faces of Fullerton downtown community event, giving away free cotton candy and offering opportunity for kids to learn and play chess 04/28/12 Ask-a-Scientist Day at Nicolas Jr. High. Saturday morning event bringing college professors and industry experts on campus to promote science May 2012: We will run a food-booth during the "Fullerton Railroad Days". multiple items will be available during this fund-raiser. September 2012: We will hold our Annual "Putting Tournament". This fun-raiser combines generations of players together at "Golfer's Paradise" putting course (Full 18 holes), to fund our chess and youth programs.  Exciting news at the Fullerton Lions Club: In July, The Club presented checks to the winners of our 2011 "Bob Burnette" ($500.00) and "David Crawford" ($250.00) Scholorships. The Burnette was awarded to Mabel Tsui, past president of the Troy High School Leo Club, and past-president of the District 4L4 Leos. She is attending USC as a freshman. The Crawford was awarded to Andrea Lam, past-member of the Troy High School Leo Club, and also a freshman of USC. Congratulations to both! _____ 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, and the Troy H.S. Leo club coordinated by Pete Baron. Many activities involving the community and the environment are persued, including a bi-weekly clean-up of Orangethorpe elementary school ground. The club conducts a bi-weekly trash pickup to keep the Orangethorpe Elementary School campus squeaky clean for Monday morning. We will participate in the upcoming "Orphanages of Thailand" fundraiser. Calendar of Meeting Activities: 9/1  7:00 pm Monkey Business Café Charity presents their program to help young adults emerging from foster care homes 9/15 7:15 am Lions 4L District Governors visitation – DG Ken Sherwood presents district 4L plans and programs for the coming year 10/6  Exploring opportunities for supporting education at the Fullerton school district, with emphasis on promoting science programs 10/20  TBD 11/3  7:30  Carol Guscott Day – Author Carol Guscott summarizes her incredibly difficult journey of reconstructive surgery and multiple eye sight operations after having acid thrown in her face in her Jamaican homeland, described and detailed in her recently published book. Book signing follows talk. (Note: the Fullerton Breakfast Lions have provided moral and financial support to Carol over the past six years through the special efforts of Lion Dave Crawford (now deceased). 11/17 TBD 12/1   TBD 12/15  Fullerton Lions Christmas party Recently Past events: Community Yard Sale: We held another yard sale for Saturday, September 17, from 7:00 to 12:00 am at 1219 W. Baker (corner of Baker and Orchard). This time the proceeds will be dedicated to the more traditional Lions charity: vision care.  We run two annual vision screenings in concert with the Fullerton Community Health Fairs, and provide  vision care and financial assistance to those who can’t afford it. We also collect used glasses (do you have any?) for processing and distribution by Lions International. Your contributions of electronics,  furniture, household items and clothes are appreciated. Please drop items off at above address. Call Pete Baron at 714 525 2635 or on cell phone 714 225 2635 to ensure that he is there to accept them, or if you need help with transporting items. NOTE: Thanks to the support of the Orangethorpe Elementary neighborhood community, the two yard sales we had this past  year netted enough for the Lions to donate to Orangethorpe Elementary $900 for computer program site licenses, and $1000 to help send  a number of 6th grade students (who otherwise couldn’t afford it) to a 3-day Science Camp. Putting Tournament The fifth annual Lions Benefit Putting Tournament was held on Saturday, October 15, at 3:30 pm at the Golfers’ Paradise,  1600 N. Harbor.  This shotgun tournament is great fun on a lovely course, with lots of opportunities to win prizes and trophies. Nayleen Werner is coordinator of the event (714 871 3143). Details can be found in tournament flier (click here). Last year's event (08/12/10) was a great success with 42 golfers: Only one hole in one by Eric Poli. Last year’s overall winner was Larry Iboshi, and the net score winner Jim Guarin was determined after a playoff round against Joe Klahorst ( SEE PICTURES of past events). Silverado Days is back with a vengeance: we will be running a Cotton Candy booth as we have in the last 30 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 to Sunday, mid October at the William Peak Park (off of La Palma Ave.). Entrance is Free of charge. Come check out our cotton-candy booth! Ongoing Year-long Activities Fullerton School District Chess program sponsored by the Fullerton Lions (see detailed schedule) - Weekly and in some cases intermittent chess club meetings at junior high schools (Nicolas, Parks, Ladera Vista) and elementary schools (Laguna Road, Golden Hill, Acacia, Orangethorpe) - Weekly chess workshop on Thursdays, 3:00-5:00 pm at Banco Popular, 1701 N. Euclid, - Middle & High school chess tournaments 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) charity contributions and significant labor to upgrade and provide maintenance upkeep, participation in Sight Conservation program, including eyesight examinations at Health Fairs, and assistance for local students. Guest Speakers and Programs. Meetings are @: IHOP restaurant, 155 W. Orangethorpe ave. Corner of Orangethorpe and Harbor First & third Thursday of each month at 7:00pm / 7:15am, respectively. 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.