Besides collecting books, the Leos raised funds to pay for shipping them. About 10 Leos and about 10 Lions and family members helped pack up all those books in 90 minutes on Super Bowl Sunday.
Great job, Leos and thanks to everyone who helped!
More photos at Flickr
Mark your calendars now to join us at the Sunnyvale Host Lions 5th Annual Family Barbecue on August 16. This fun filled event for the whole family is held at the Santa Clara Elks Lodge, 1680 Martin Avenue, Santa Clara. Tickets are just $25 per adult. Children under 12 are free, and kids 13-18 are just $10 each. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Fill up on tri-tip, burgers, dogs, sausage, chicken, salads and all the fixin's while browsing the Silent Auction. Games include horseshoes, bocce, and cards. Kids get your faces painted, jump in the bounces houses and play games on the lawn. Raffles, wine tastings and other activities round out the day for the whole family.
Tickets available from any Sunnyvale Lion or Mountain View Silicon Valley Lion. Or order your tickets online or by phone at 1-800-838-3006.
The Silicon Valley Lions will partner with the Silicon Valley Soap Box Derby and the Palo Alto Elks on this year's second annual Derby on June 1st.
The Silicon Valley Lions are putting together a "Dog Contingent" for the Downtown Spring Parade. Any Dog owners who want to participate should contact siliconvallelions@yahoo.com
Sunnyvale Host Lions and Silicon Valley Lions will join forces to support the Mountain View Leos Book Drive for the Tsoana-Mantata Secondary School in the Kingdom of Lesotho. The Leos are well on their way to collecting 1,000 books for a school that probably has four or five at most to share among its students and faculty.
February 3rd, Leos and Lions will work side-by-side packing up the books and labeling them for shipment to New Orleans, where they will be consolidated with 24 other libraries bound for Africa, to be shipped via ocean container.
Besides books, the Leos are also raising about $500 in funds that will be needed to pay for postage and shipping supplies.
To support this effort, contact hugh {dot} donagher [at] yahoo {dot} com. Manpower and financial support are both greatly appreciated.
Welcome to the brand spanking new blog for the equally brand new Mountain View Silicon Valley (Branch) Lions Club! Our friends simply call us the Silicon Valley Lions. After all, Mountain View is the birthplace of Silicon Valley.
Anyway, we're glad you're here. Please bookmark us and check back often. As you might expect from a club named for the epicenter of the technology revolution of the last 40 years, we plan to make effective use of this kind of medium to keep our members and our public informed about what we're up to and when we're up to it!
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