The Thread: 02/23/25

February 23, 2025

“Service – Community – Integrity”

District Governor Clayton Jolley

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#3E3E3E; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">February 2025

Monday, February 24

PCL: Meeting hosted by Bay Area Special Olympics

Wednesday, February 26

SFCCLC: Meeting hosted by SF Chinatown

Thursday, February 27

Peninsula Special Interest: 2nd Annual Lunar New Year Celebration

Friday, February 28

Burlingame: Blood Drive

SF Cosmopolitan: A Night To Celebrate NEW

#3E3E3E; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">March 2025

Saturday, March 1

Burlingame: St. Patrick’s Dinner

Tuesday, March 4

District 4-C4: New Member Orientation

Friday, March 7

Silicon Valley Cyber: 9th Spring Festival Banquet NEW

Friday, March 14

Foster City: 23rd Annual Crab Feed Fundraiser

Saturday, March 15

District 4-C4: Eyeglass Collection

San Carlos: Whiskey Tasting

Friday, March 21 – Sunday, March 23

MD-4: Emerging Lions Leadership Institute – Anaheim NEW

Friday, March 21

Lions Day at United Nations – New York

Saturday, March 22

Foster City Bair Island Cyber: Crab Feed

Friday, March 28

PCL: Police, Sheriff and Firefighters Awards Banquet

Friday, March 28 – Sunday, March 30

Save the dates: Leo Leadership Forum – Camp Teresita Pines

#3E3E3E; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">April 2025

Friday, April 25

Daly City Host: Pasta Bingo

SFCCLC: Police, Firefighters & Sheriffs Awards

Saturday, April 26

Save the date: District 4-C4 Region 3 Diabetes Event NEW 

Monday, April 28

Save the date: PCL: Meeting hosted by Half Moon Bay

#3E3E3E; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">May 2025

Thursday, May 15 – Sunday, May 18

District 4-C4: Annual Convention:

Registration Form (Print)

Registration (Online)

Volunteers are needed to register for 2nd floor hotel rooms facing the Courtyard, please email 4C4Convention@gmail.com

Hospitality Rooms

Contest Information

Food Fair

#3E3E3E; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">June 2025

Saturday, June 7

Save the date: SF Ocean Ingleside: 40th Anniversary Celebration

Monday, June 23

Save the date: PCL: Meeting hosted by Bay Area Global Outreach

#3E3E3E; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">July 2025

Sunday – Thursday, July 13-17

Lions International Convention

DISTRICT 4-C4

Student Speakers Contest

This is a list of all scheduled contests and will be updated as contests are reported.

District Vision Screeners

District 4-C4 has four vision screeners (2 Spot and 2 PlusOptix) available for club use on first come, first serve basis.

Contact Vision Screener Scheduler Lion Mary Picchi (mpicchi@comcast.net)

District 4-C4 Region 2: Humanitarian Project

District 4-C4 Region 6: Recycling Project

CLUBS

San Mateo Metropolitan/Bay Area Benefit Tomorrow: Free Consultation Community Service

MD-4

CA Lions Leadership Marketing Event for Our Youth Projects

Tuesday, March 4 New Member Orientation

AEDs are available from:

Region 3 Chair Asia Kan asiakan@svlions.club 415-850-8488

Region 3 Zone 1 Chair Sharon Eberhardt sme314@att.net 415-585-3394

Region 4 Chair Paul Larson lionpaul@chapelofthehighlands.com 650-773-1169

Region 5 Chair Uni Buckley unibuckley02@yahoo.com 650-892-2578

Region 6 Chair Bradley Roxas bradleyroxas@gmail.com 415-517-9518

District 4-C4

Foster City

Menlo Park Live Oak

Millbrae NEW

SF Geneva-Excelsior

SF Unified

Millbrae Leo

ENDORSED PROJECTS:

Global Initiative for Health and Wellness

Partnerships

Lions Veterans Charities

Save the date: 11/15/25: USO Night

District Clubs:

Silicon Valley Cyber: A “Taste of Peace” Wine Label Program

District 4-C4 Committees:

SFCCLC: Police, Firefighters & Sheriffs Awards Event Program

LCIF:

Lions International Foundation

Presidential LCIF Supporter Pins

Endorsed Projects:

California Lions Foundation

Lions Project for Canine Companions

City of Hope

Lions Eye Foundation of California-Nevada

Student Speakers Foundation

#3E3E3E; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Lions Clubs International Foundation

Click here for specifics or contact District 4-C4 LCIF Co-Coordinators Michael Coffaro (sclionmike@yahoo.com) or Amy Fink (amyefink@yahoo.com)

#3E3E3E; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">California Lions Foundation

Click here for information or contact PDG Mario Benavente (mxbdds@aol.com)

Use of Lions Emblem/Logo

2024-2025 District 4-C4 Directory: Corrections/Updates



2024-2025 District 4-C4 Protocol: Order of Precedence

2024-2025 District 4-C4 Cabinet Contact Information

2024-2025 District 4-C4 Clubs by Region and Zone

Sunshine News:

Please report to Lion Yvonne Kantola at lionyvonne1.ed@gmail.com

District 4-C4

PO Box 25301, San Mateo, CA

415-545-8107

Lions4Service@gmail.com

Copies of The Thread are available on District 4-C4 Website

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