HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02052008 - C.13 IN THE MATTER OF HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 2008/73
THE EL CERRITO LIONS CLUB
FOR 80 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
WHEREAS, the EI Cerrito Lions Club was officially chartered on December, 17 1927; and
WHEREAS, in 1927 it took only seven hours to sign up the 22 charter members required to form the
El Cerrito Lions Club; and
WHEREAS, the El Cerrito Lions Club has met at numerous locations through the years, many of
which are no longer around, including Topsy's Roost, Bettger's, the 90 Club, Mission Inn,
Round-Up Barbecue, Legion Hall, Cerrito City Club, Six Bells Cafe, and the Hacienda, and
today the club meets at the Eskaton Hazel Shirley Manor; and
WHEREAS, the first president of the El Cerrito Lions Club was L.A. Sirard, and the first regular
meeting was held at the old Miami Inn; and
WHEREAS, many dedicated people have led and served in the El Cerrito Lions Club since its start,
supporting a long tradition of helping the community; and
WHEREAS, the El Cerrito Lions Club's first project was leveling the playground at Fairmount School;
and
WHEREAS, over the past eight decades, the El Cerrito Lions Club has planted trees, provided
Christmas baskets for people in need, sponsored holiday parties, helped a young girl get plastic
surgery and a man_get artificial legs;and provided free milk, shoes, hearing devices, dental work,
and glasses for those who could otherwise not afford them; and
WHEREAS, the El Cerrito Lions Club has also supported many local groups and efforts, such as the
Boy Scouts, and made donatlof s to numerous nonprofits including the Epilepsy League, the
Cancer Society, Cerebral Palsy, and the Red Cross, the City of Hope, the American Field
Service, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Guide Dogs for the Blind, and the Richmond Rescue
Mission; and
WHEREAS, The El Cerrito Lions Club backs the Student Speakers Contest, the flagging of the
veteran's gravgs on Veteran's Day, and the sponsorship of the Lions Sight Mobile visits to El
Cerrito; ,.• .p,
NOW BE IT RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County"Board of Supervisors congratulates the El
Cerrito Lions Club for its 80 years of dedicated, consistent and inspirational community service.
�EDERALD. GLOVER
Chair
District V Supervisor
4District
N GIOIA GAAE B. U A
I Supervisor District II Supervisor
N. PIEPHO - �'_ _ o�, SUSAN A. BONILLA
III Supervisor * _ * District IV Supervisor
O - illy 9_ ` I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an
a bae 4 ' action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date shown:
O�sr4 COUIZ� G ATTESTED: February 5,2008
JOHN CULLEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and
County Ainistrator
By Deputy
Introduced by Supervisor Gioia, District I