DISTRICT 4-L42018-2019

District Governor………………………………...…Randy McMillanLa Habra Host Lions Club

First Vice District Governor……………........................ Mark PivaHuntington Beach Host Lions Club

Second Vice District Governor…………………….….Steve LaceyCucamonga District Host Lions Club

Cabinet Secretary…………….….................................Joan ParksHarbor Mesa Lions Club

Cabinet Treasurer………….………………………..Carol LinehanHuntington Beach Host Lions Club

Foothill Region Chairperson…………………….......Robert TerryCucamonga District Host Lions Club

Foothill Zone B Chairperson…………………….…Michael ShawOntario Host Lions Club

FOOTHILL REGION MEETINGSMonday, September 24, 2018,,,,,,,,,,,1st Foothill Region Meeting

Monday, March 25, 2019……….......2nd Foothill Region Meeting

DISTRICT MEETINGSSaturday, July 21, 2018………………….....…1st District MeetingSaturday, October 20, 2018………..………...2nd District MeetingSaturday, January 26, 2019………….….…....3rd District MeetingSaturday, April 27, 2019…………………..…...4th District Meeting

CONVENTIONSFebruary 8-10, 2019………….….MD-4 Convention, SacramentoMay 17-20, 2019….........District 4-L4 Convention, Palm Springs

POMONA HOST LIONS CLUB2018-2019 OFFICERS

President

Anne Henderson

1st Vice President

Denny Mosier

2nd Vice President

George Kopiloff

Secretary

Beverly Sugerman

Treasurer

Ben Selters

Financial Secretary

Jack Lightfoot

Immediate Past President

Carmen Morris

DirectorCommunity

Outreach

Jo Fulton

DirectorFundraising

Carmen Morris

DirectorPublicity

Barbara Smith

DirectorMembership

Gil Smith

DirectorOperations

ClarkSelters

Lion Tamer

Steve King

Lion Tamer

Steve Lustro

Tail Twister

Ana Lorenz

Tail Twister

SteveStorbakken

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Lions Code of Ethics

To show my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious applications 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 customers and true to myself.

Whenever a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or action towards others, to resolve such doubt against myself.

To hold friendship as an end and not a means. To hold that true friendship exists not on account of the service performed by one to another but that true friendship demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit in which it is given.

Always to bear in mind my obligations as a citizen to my nation, my state and my community, as to give to them my unswerving loyalty in word, act and deed. To give them freely of my time, labor and means.

To aid others by giving my sympathy to those in distress, my aid to the weak, and my substance to the needy.

To be careful with my criticisms and liberal with my praise; to build up and not destroy.

LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL

Mission StatementTo empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs

Lions PurposesTO ORGANIZE, charter and supervise service clubs to be known as Lions Clubs.

TO COORDINATE the activities and standardize the administration of Lions Clubs.

TO CREATE and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world.

TO PROMOTE the principles of good government and good citizenship.

TO TAKE an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community.

TO UNITE the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual understanding.

TO PROVIDE a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest; provided, 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 reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavors.

Edward M. Alken, III *(3)……………….……………...………………1985-1986Diego Munoz (2)………………………….…………...……..……….. 1986-1987Kenneth G. Sherwood, Jr.* (2) ………………………………..……..1987-1988Carl S. Carini………………………………...……..………….……...1988-1989Keith Haydon *………………………………...……..……….............1989-1990John Todd………………………………...………………….………...1990-1991Tom Hollister………………………………...……..………...............1991-1992Bill Gustin*………………………………...……..………...................1992-1993Ben Selters………………………………...……..………..................1993-1994Dick Reyburn*………………………………...……..………...............1994-1995Mike Brown………………………………...……..………..................1995-1996Jack Lightfoot………………………………...……..………..............1996-1997Jerome Duffy *………………………………...……..……….............1997-1998Daisy Rose………………………………...……..………..................1998-1999Juan Baires-Adair………………………………...……..………........1999-2000Del Pfeifer *………………………………...……..………..................2000-2001Karen Powell Gutierrez………………………………...……..………2001-2002Ben Selters………………………………...……..………..................2002-2003Steve King………………………………...……..………...................2003-2004Gil Smith………………………………...……..………......................2004-2005Yolie Colenbaugh………………………………...……..………........2005-2006Yehia (Ben) Mortagy………………………………...……..………....2006-2007Richard Rodriguez………………………………...……..……….......2007-2008Steve King……………………………………………………………...2008-2009Gil Smith (DLOY)……………………………………………………...2009-2010 Jack Lightfoot (DCOY)……………………………………………......2010-2011Amanda Behnke……………………………………………..….….....2011-2012Barbara E. Smith (DPOY, DCOY)……………………………………2012-2013Richard Sugerman……………………………………….…………....2013-2014Ricky Ortiz………………………………………………………………2014-2015Denton Mosier………………………………………………………….2015-2016WendyAnn Stuard (DLOY, 2015-2016)……………………………...2016-2017Carmen Morris………………………………………………………….2017-2018

* Deceased (1) (2) (3) 1st, 2nd, 3rd place President in District(DLOY) District Lion of the Year (DPOY) District President of the Year(DCOY) District Division Club of the Year

DISTRICT GOVERNORS FROM POMONA HOSTEmery R. Yundt…………………………………………………….....1923-1924Roy O. Day…………………………………………………………….1937-1938

Esper H. Keiser………………………………………………………..1950-1951Phil Browne .……………………………………………………….….1995-1996

Also Chairman, Council of Governors ……………………......1996-1997Gil Smith……………………………………………………….……….2014-2015 Also President, California Lions Foundation……………………2016-2018

G.L. Kendrick *………………………………………………………...1940-1941W.E. May *……………………………………………………………..1941-1942George G. Stone *…………………………………………………….1942-1943Mack E. Wright *………………………………………………………1943-1944F.H. Dooley *…………………………………………………………..1944-1945F.M. Kepner *………………………………………………………….1945-1946Esper H. Keiser *………………………………………………………1946-1947J.I. Litwinenco *………………………………………………………..1947-1948Nick J. Wittry *…………………………………………………………1948-1949Lee D. Rupert *………………………………………………………..1949-1950Harry B. Pollock *……………………………………………………...1950-1951Roy G. Decker *……………………………………………………….1951-1952William R. Parsonage *……………………………………………….1952-1953John D. Swaim *…………………………………………………….…1953-1954G. Bryan Walker *……………………………………………………..1954-1955Harry S. Johnson *…………………………………………………….1955-1956James R. Johnson*……………………………………………………1956-1957Charles Stillinger *………………………………………………….…1957-1958Gene Neighbors *……………………………………………………..1958-1959Calvin B. Chamberlain * (1) …………………………………………..1959-1960Paul M. Wagner *……………………………………………………...1960-1961Lawrence C. Smith *…………………………………………………..1961-1962Maurice G. Williams *…………………………………………………1962-1963Frank Bono (2)…………………………………………………………1963-1964Herschell D. Rice *…………………………………………………….1964-1965Dale Coons (1)…………………………………………………………1965-1966Malcolm L. Birnie *………………………………….…………………1966-1967Billy L. Metcalf *………………………………………………………..1967-1968A. Frank Curts * (1)……………………………………………………1968-1969Lynn Rountree*……………………………………………………......1969--1970Ray J. Lepire *…………………………………………………………1970-1971Arthur H. Cox *………………………………………………………...1971-1972Frank R. Gardner……………………………………………………...1972-1973Robert E. Oaks *(3)…………………………………………………….1973-1974Floyd M. Stone *……………………………………………………….1974-1975James S. Baker *……………………………………………………...1975-1976William D. Conners *(1)………………………………………………..1976-1977Gerald L. Edwards *…………………………………………………..1977-1978Robert A. Smith *……………………………………………………...1978-1979Currier H. Thatcher *………………………………………………….1979-1980

Clifton L. Allen *(1)……………………………………………………..1980-1981Delbert A. Pfeifer * (3)………………………………………………….1981-1982Ora Lampman*………………………………………......……….……1982-1983Joel E. Ridley * (3)………….……………………………....................1983-1984Philip Browne * (1)………………………………………...……………1984-1985

Past Secretaries Rollie Stine*…………………………………………………….……...1921-?

James Granger*..………..…………………………….……………….……James Ferrell*………………………………………………………………Ed W. Thias*………………….………………………………..……1925-1944Raymond L. Adam*……..........………………...……………..…...1945-1985Delbert A. Pfeifer*…………………………...………………………1985-1988William Gustin*….………………..………………………,,,,………1988-1989David Harper………………………………………...……………....1989-1997James Fulton……………………………………………..……....…1997-2001Eddie Alejandre……………………………………………....……..2001-2002Kevin Maloney……………………………………………..…..……2002-2003Barbara DeBernardo*………………………………………...…….2003-2004Kevin Maloney………………………………………………..…..…2003-2004Steve King…………………………………………………….…......2004-2007Yolie Colenbaugh…………………………………………..…….…2007-2009Ben Selters……………………………………………………..…....2009-2010 Patrick Daniali…………………………………………………..…...2010-2012Beverly Sugerman (District Secretary of the Year) ……………..2012-2014 Helen Mosier……………………………………………,,,,,……..…2014-2015Barbara Smith……………………………………………….………2015-2017

Past PresidentsE.R. Yundt *……………………………………………………….…1921-1922L. Elmer Sheets *……………………………………………………….….1922 H.C. Kettell *…………………………………………………….......1922-1923W.H. Presnell *………………………………………………….…..1923-1924M.E. Fellows *……………………………………………………….1924-1925E.K. McComb *………………………………………………..........1925-1926G.H. Schisler *……………………………………………………....1926-1927Charles Short *……………………………………………………...1927-1928C.M. Eakin *…………………………………………………………1928-1929C.C. Perrin *…………………………………………………………1929-1930C.E. Rice *…………………………………………………………...1930-1931

I.L. Noggle *……………………………………………………….…1931-1932Roy O. Day *………………………………………………………...1932-1934C.S. Miller *………………………………………………………….1934-1935Walter Guerin *……………………………………………………...1935-1936Fran Bowen *……………………………………………………….………1936Walter Guerin *……………………………………………………...1936-1937 Jerome Ludden *…………………………………………….……...1937-1938R.C. Witter *…………………………………………………...........1938-1939Ben C. Dovey *……………………………………………………...1939-1940

Through the years, the Pomona Host Lions Club has had numerous distinctions and awards. We are proud of our five members who have been elected District Governor. In 1923-24, Emory Yundt, our charter president, served as the first governor for District 4, which then included California, Nevada and Hawaii. Roy Day became District Governor in 1937-38 and then became the first governor of District 4-E when the district was first divided. In 1950-51, Esper Keiser became the first governor of District 4-E1. Then in 1995-96, Phil Browne served as District 4-L4 Governor and subsequently in 1996-97, Chairman of the Council of Governors. Gilbert F. Smith served as Governor of District 4-L4 in 2014-15.

For many years, the Pomona Host Lions distinguished itself by maintaining a high percentage of attendance, winning twelve 100% banners. In 1947 and 1949, the club won the international pennant for the best attendance in the world. Then with 100% attendance at all meetings in 1962-63, the club won the international attendance award for clubs with weekly meetings. For this, it received the International President’s Banner and a cash award of $100.00.

Also, the Pomona Host Lions Club was named District Club of the Year in 1959, 1965, 1968, 1979, and 1984, and after the clubs were divided into divisions, it received the Division B Club of the Year in 2011 and 2013. Six club presidents have received the District Governor’s first place awards: Calvin Chamberlain in 1959-60, Dale Coons in 1965-66, A. Frank Curtis in 1968-69, William Conners in 1976-77, Clifton L. Allen in 1980-81, and Philip Browne in 1984-85. Other presidents were recognized with the Governor’s second place awards: Frank Bono in 1963-1964, Diego Munoz in 1986-87, Kenneth G. Sherwood, Jr. in 1987-88. Third place awards have gone to Robert E. Oaks in 1973-74 and Delbert A. Pfeifer in 1981-82. In 2009-10, Gilbert F. Smith was awarded the District 4-L4 Lion of the Year, which is the district’s highest award, and in 2012-13, Barbara E. Smith received the District 4-L4 President of the Year Award. That same year, the District Secretary of the Year Award went to Beverly Sugerman. Our Immediate Past President WendyAnn Stuard received the District 4-L4 Lion of the Year Award for 2015-16.

The Pomona Host Lions has also extended or helped extend at least twelve new Lions clubs throughout the years. Club records indicate that we extended La Verne, Ventura Downtown, Pomona Uptown, Pomona Breakfast, Costa Mesa-Newport, Claremont Breakfast, and WesternU Lions Club. We also co-

chartered Chino and Ontario Host and assisted in Banning, 29 Palms, and Victorville.

As the Pomona Host Lions Club looks forward to its 100th Anniversary in 2021, our growing membership is redoubling its commitment to helping others and to the motto of Lions, “WE SERVE.”

exams to a total of 3,120 patients. The club also supported the Junior Olympics, the Rose Parade, Camp Fire Girls, the Red Cross, student memberships in the Pomona Valley Concert Association, the Pomona Valley Human Relations Council, the YMCA, and the Junior Blind.

Varied fundraisers have supported the club’s charitable projects. From 1944 to 1954, the club’s variety and minstrel show was the biggest money-maker, averaging $3,500 each year. Then for four years in the 1950s, in conjunction with the Pomona Uptown Lions and later the Pomona Breakfast Lions, the club sponsored a rodeo. Other memorable fundraising projects have been car-give-aways, rummage sales, community fairs, street dances, pancake breakfasts, bean feeds, Cal Poly Road Shows, trip drawings, White Cane Drives, broom sales, and fruitcake sales. From 1976 to the early 80s, the club put on Tennessee Walking Horse Shows. The most successful of the shows was one in which Zsa Zsa Gabor rode her Tennessee Walker. In later years, the club’s largest fundraiser has been the annual Charities Bowl-a-thon, which began on October 3, 1981. At its peak, the Bowl-a-thon raised $17,000. Some other fundraisers have been the Race for Kids, co-sponsored with PUSD, used car sales, See’s candy sales, and Concerts under the Stars. Recently, the club has initiated the Sight for Success campaign, where donors are given a certificate, honoring them for providing eyeglasses to a student, who otherwise could not obtain vision correction.

In recent years, the Pomona Host Lions has developed strong partnerships with the Pomona Unified School District and Western University, and many projects focus on helping students and teachers. In the early 2000s, the club led the fundraising drive that culminated in the 2002 opening of the $95,000 Lions Vision and Hearing Center donated to the Pomona Unified School District. In conjunction first with the Southern California College of Optometry and now with the Western University, College of Optometry, the vision center is used to provide eye exams for children. Our Lions club purchases eyeglasses for children in need.

Some other recent projects include classroom teachers’ mini-grants, a literacy program for elementary students, Flag Day reading and flag distribution for first and second graders, eyeglasses recycling and feeding the homeless.

Club membership has fluctuated over the years with a high of 160 members in the 1960s and a low of 28 in 2009, at which time the club answered the challenge by launching its “Remaking the Club for the Next Generation” campaign, targeting younger members and the recently retired. Since then, the club has had around 40 to 50 members.

a young boy, putting on annual Christmas parties both at the Fox Theater for 3,000 children and at Casa Colina Hospital when it was in Chino. The club also gave baskets of food and toys to needy families.

In 1932, the 5-instrument Pomona Host Lions Band was formed under the direction of Roy Day and was destined to become world famous. Designated as “the official entertainment group in Multiple District 4,” it performed at 17 international conventions.

During the years of World War II, the club helped man the U.S.O. building on the City Hall grounds, helped in bond drives, sponsored rubber drives and did much in the area of local defense. After the war, the club undertook projects to support a home for boys from broken homes. This had been a dream of Pomona Host Lion LeRoy Haynes and finally became reality in 1946. The home was later known as LeRoy’s Boys Home and later still as the LeRoy Haynes Center. Over a period of some years, the club donated the labor to build the swimming pool, provided funds to build a new wing (the Lions Den), and contributed money for the athletic program and table and chairs for the new dining room. Club members then donated $3,000 to build the chapel and to purchase a Baldwin organ. The club also provided labor during the chapel construction. During this time period, the club purchased uniforms for the Pomona High School band, for its concert band and for the Fremont Junior High School band.

Throughout the years, the Pomona Host Lions Club has continued to serve the youth, the vision and hearing impaired and the physically and mentally disabled, as well as stepping up to meet special needs of the community. The club organized the livestock auction at the Fair for 4-H and Future Farmers, and it purchased a cataract bed and a magnetic unit for removing metal particles from the eye and body. It also sponsored Little League and Colt League baseball teams.

Then in 1964, under President Frank Bono, the club began its long-term

commitment to the Braille Institute in Los Angeles, financing a weekly bus to take blind residents of the Pomona Valley to the institute for classes. For many years, members transported the blind to and from the Braille bus, which then transported them into Los Angeles.

In the 1960s and 70s, the club made visitations to Ensenada, including a dental trip, and the club particularly enjoyed the District conventions in Catalina, where in 1971, club members sold “Seagull Insurance,” which insured the purchaser “under all provisions of said insurance policy against all wrongful acts of seagulls who wantonly fly overhead without regard to human life.” During this time, the club sponsored three glaucoma clinics, giving one-hour

POMONA HOST LIONS HISTORY1921 to 2018

The Lions Club of Pomona, later known as the Pomona Host Lions Club, formed in 1921 when it became the first service club in Pomona, California and the tenth Lions club in all of California, Nevada and Hawaii, then known as District 4. Some reports say that the first planning session was held in January 1921. In subsequent organizational meetings in February, the Los Angeles Host Lions, the sponsoring club, helped the Pomona club get started. The charter was granted on March 4, 1921. However, the charter night was delayed until July 25, 1921 so Melvin Jones, the founder of Lions, and other international officers could travel to Southern California after the international convention in Oakland. Melvin Jones spoke at the Charter Night.

At the time of the charter approval, 37 members had joined the club; 54 members signed the actual charter, and 60 had become members by charter night. Emery R. Yundt was elected charter president. Rollie Stine became the first secretary, and Edward Galle the first vice president. Directors were E. Fred Aunger, Robert C. Watson, Herman Friedman and L. Elmer Sheets.

The club’s first meeting place was the banquet room of the Chamber of Commerce in the Investment Building. In later years, it met at the St. Charles Restaurant, Pomona Valley Club, Robbie’s Restaurant, the Elks Lodge, Mountain Meadows Golf Course and now the Pomona Valley Mining Company Restaurant.

Among the club’s earliest activities were the elimination of itinerant salesmen from Pomona streets and a united effort to build a fire station. An early project that has had a lasting impact was the origination of an agricultural fair, originally known as the Pomona Community Fair, but soon transformed into the Los Angeles County Fair. Pomona Host Lions L. Elmer Sheets and F.W Ritter hatched the idea for a fair, and another club member, Lloyd P. Hamilton,

who was a reporter for the Progress Bulletin, publicized it. Sheets, who was the second club president at the time, made the motion to the club to begin the fair, and Emory R. Yundt seconded it. Club members promoted the idea by selling windshield stickers and by wearing straw sombreros with streaming red ribbons to business and social events. When Sheets presented the idea of a fair to the Pomona City Council, it adopted it. Lion Sheets became president of the Los Angeles County Fair Board, and Lion Merrill Fellows was elected to the board.

Other early projects were helping a local boys’ school, sponsoring two Boy Scout troops, building playgrounds, financing the orthopedic treatments for

Publicity

Club Roster – Create and disseminate a directory of all members’ contact information, of club officers, operations, history and general Lions information

Photography –Take photographs at meetings and club activities. Multiple photographers are needed.

Press Releases - Write and submit information to local print and online news outlets.

Information Brochure – Update and make available the club information brochure semi-annually.

Facebook – Provide photos and information for Facebook and post them to the club Facebook page.

Membership Committee continued

Reactivation of Inactive Members - Contacts and, when needed, provides transportation to encourage inactive members to renew participation

Sponsors/Mentors – Sponsors/mentors guide and encourage new members as they bond with the club and work toward their Proud Lion, including accompanying the new member to the activities that fulfill the Proud Lion requirements

Fundraising CommitteeBowl-a-thon – Planning, teams, manpower for the Bowl-a-thon

Quartermania – Planning, sponsors, prizes, manpower

Sight for Success – Certificates for donors who contribute money to purchase eyeglasses for children in need

Ink/toner Cartridge Donations – Donation of ink and toner cartridges to help cover club printing, paper and other costs

New Charities and Operations Fundraising Ideas – Development/Implementation of new fundraising ideas

CARS - Donation of used cars

Operations

Allocations Committee – Makes recommendations about the expenditure of charities monies and presents these recommendations to the board for a vote.

Program Committee –12 volunteer Lions, each one responsible for finding a program for the two meetings in the assigned month

Community Outreach Committee continued

Help for Those in Need

Feeding the Homeless Hope Partners Food/Toiletries Collection

Kennedy-Austin Foundation Santa Cop Toy Collection

Membership Committee Introduce Lions to people in the Pomona Valley -- both

spontaneously and planned. Prospective members are invited to help on projects and/or attend a meeting.

Disseminate Lions Information – Information brochures, fliers, Lions magazines given at public events and to professional offices. Send letters and make phone calls to businesses and organizations.

Promote visibility activities – Activities where the Lions can be visible and network in the community, e.g., Chamber events.

Plan recruitment event - Club event, where prospective members are introduced to Lions, such as a Meet and Greet Reception.

Connecting Members’ Interests to Projects - Lions’ interests matched with upcoming projects.

New Member Orientations - Preparation of printed and PowerPoint materials, host, food, and/or speaking

Proud Lion Program – Award for new members who have completed five assignments to learn about Lionism in the first six months Required Assignments: 1) Attend a club board of directors’ meeting. 2) Participate in a club service or fundraising activity. 3) Introduce a new prospective member to the club. 4) Make a visit to another club. 5) Attend a zone/region/district meeting, multiple district or international convention.

MEMBER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIESIf you can work on a project or serve on a committee, contact the director or chairperson. The opportunities are listed below under the directors’ areas of responsibilities. The Directors for Community Outreach, Membership and Fundraising hold committee meetings, and the Operations Director holds Allocations Committee Meetings when needed. The Publicity Director asks for volunteers on specific projects.

All club members are encouraged to participate on at least one committee and as many projects as possible.

Community Outreach Committee

This committee plans all community service projects and recruits club members to chair and work on the projects. It also helps activate new and existing members. The Community Outreach focus areas and projects are:

Youth Development Flag Day Learning Expo Literacy Program Science Fair Judges Student Speaker Contest

Vision/HearingLions Friends in Sight Screenings Eyeglasses/Hearing Aids/Cell Phones RecyclingLions Marshall School Vision and Hearing CenterHearing Screenings

Social ResponsibilityConcerts in the Park Pomona Beautification Day Teacher Mini-Grants Pomona ReadsLittle Free Libraries