CABRILLO HOST LIONS CLUB
OF
APTOS
CABRILLO
LIONS COMMUNITY CENTER
Aptos
Village Park, Aptos, California
“Where the Redwoods Meet the Sea”
Meeting Place of
Cabrillo
Host Lions Club of Aptos
2nd
and 4th Thursdays 7:00 p. m.
We Serve
March 21, 2009 will mark the 48th
anniversary of the Cabrillo Host Lions Club of Aptos helping in their
community.
In 1961, Paul Hansen, Hugh
Keturakat, Charles Spenser, and David Chamberlain met at the Aptos Beach Inn to
discuss forming a Lions Club. Several promotional meetings were held. At the
charter night forty-one members became Lions at the historic Aptos Beach Inn.
The Aptos Beach Inn is long
gone, but the Cabrillo Lions are still living
The Lions motto, “We Serve,”
in the Aptos-Soquel Community.
EYESIGHT CONSERVATION
The Club provides eye exams and glasses for those who
otherwise would not have them. There are eyeglass collection boxes in several
areas. Eye treatments are provided to those in need. More complex surgeries are done through the
Lions Eye Foundation in San Francisco.
The club has purchased
Braille-writers, testing machines, and other equipment for local school
districts.
YOUTH
ACTIVITIES
The Flag Day committee visits
local first grade elementary schools for a special Flag Day presentation. Flags
are distributed to the students.
The club supports
extracurricular programs in the local elementary and high schools, and youth
activities such as Little League, Pony League, Pop Warner
Cabrillo awards scholarships
to deserving Aptos and Soquel High School students. Scholarships are supported
by the Scolarship Fund, originally set up in the memory of Leroy Dreis, the
club’s first Disrtict Governor.
In 2008 Cabrillo Lions
awarded scholarships to eleven students. One of the
Club’s scholarships is
awarded in honor of Lion Richard Powell, who
was a past Cabinet Secretary
of District 4C6.
FUNDRAISING
Some past fundraisers were from the sale of fireworks, which
ended when the county banned fireworks for safety reasons. Until 1993 the club
collected paper at a bin in Aptos Village. Declining paper prices contributed
to the end of this project. The club raised funds by working at Laguna Seca
Road Races until September, 2005. For several years the club had a concession
during the Christmas Fair held at the County Fair grounds.
Currently the major fundraiser is bingo sponsored by the
Watsonville Associated Lions Clubs. Bingo is a joint project of Cabrillo and
Freedom, Lions Clubs. A new beach cleaning project has been added. Several
times a year club members will clean Hidden Beach. Our Aptos High Leos with
advisor Joanna dang love this service project.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Members of Cabrillo Lions saw the need for a community
building for the use of local non-profits. There was an unused property owned
by the county near Aptos Creek.
A group of Lions headed by Lion Robert Harry, Leroy Dreis,
and Wes Thomas approached the County and offered to build a community center
for the use of Lions, seniors, scouts and others. A grant for materials came
through the federal government. 6,000 hours were donated by Cabrillo members and
other volunteers to construct the Community center. The clubhouse has a meeting
room, kitchen, handicapped access ,and a patio with picnic benches. The area is
now Aptos Village Park maintained by the County Parks Department.
The club received the “Man of the Year” award in recognition
of the effort in the original proposal and construction of the center. The
first flag was raised there by Lion Victor Aguirre, aide to General Bradley in the
Phillippines during World War II
The club won a Lionism academy award for sponsoring the
permanent bathrooms in the Polo Ground Park. Cabrillo vets branch serves
lunches every Wed. and maintains a food pantry. Some members also help with
meals to the homeless at the Santa Cruz shelter.
DISTRICT ACTIVITIES
Cabrillo Host Lions Club
has proudly furnished four District Governors and Three Cabinet Secretaries;
PDG Leroy Dreis 1975-76 deceased
PDG Dick
Beaman 1982-83 deceased
PDG Ed
Rittue 1992-93 deceased
PDG Barbara
Chamberlain 2015-2016 Still kicking
Lions Dick Powell, Wes Thomas and Dave Chamberlain all
served as Cabinet Secretaries. Other
Lions have served on District Committees and Offices.
Charter President Secretary/Treas.
1960-61 Hugh
Keturakat HansonIn
1961-62 J.A. Jones Roberts
1962-1963 Charles Spenser Roberts
1963-64 Dell Frizzell Fath
1964-65 Ray Botello Dreis
1965-66 Len Pearson Hallan
1966-67 Don Kitchen Peters
1967-68 Dick Steck Dreis
1968-69 Al Mobaldi Hanlan
1969-70 Leroy Dreis Pearson
1970-71 Harry Hamlan Pearson
1971-72 Ron Wignal Thomas
1972-73 Archie Eitzen Thomas
1973-74 Bob Harry Thomas
1974-75 David Chamberlain Munoz
1975-76 Jeff Squires Powell
1976-77 Wes Thomas Powell
1977-78 George Piumarta Barker
1978-79 Jerry Thomas Powell
1979-80 Dick Beaman Solbach
1980-81 Dick Powell Reynolds
1981-82 Lowell Russell
Rittue
1982-83 Tom Cole Rittue
1983-84 Chuck Solbach
Peterson
1994-85 Gary Reynolds
Hawes
1985-86 Ed Rittue Drummond
1986-87 Don
Yee Lima
1987-88 Dave
Hawes Lima
1988-89 Peter
Weaver Lima
1989-90 Larry
Franich Carr
1990-91 Jim
Garske Carr
1991-92 Dan
Nielsen Carr
1992-93 John
Dykmans Piumarta
1993-94 Marvin
Pepper Piumarta
1994-95 Donald
Keyser Piamarta
1995-96 Tom
Garske Powell
1996-97 Bob
Madsen Holdeman
1997-98 John
Newlin
Postle
1998-99 Pat
Lowey
Postle
1999-00 David
Chamberlain S-Rittue, T- Madsen
2000-01 Dan
Nielsen S-Piumarta,
T-Madsen
2001-02 Ed Rittue S-Piumarta, T-Madsen
2002-03 Michael
O’Leary S-Munoz, T-Madsen
2003-04 Fil
Munoz S-Piumarta, T-Madsen
2004-05 Pat
Faith S-Pickerill, T-Madsen
2005-06 Joe
Pickerill S-Madsen, T-Schmida
2006-07 Bob
Postle S-Madsen, T-Schmida
2007-08 Barbara
Chamberlain S-Madsen, T-Schmida
2008-09 Paul
Henry S-Madsen T-Schmida
2009-10 David
Chamberlain S.-Madsen T-Schmida
2010-11 Jess Allen S-Madsen T-Schmida
2011-12 Bob Madsen S-Chamberlain T-Schmida
2012-13 Tim
Piumarta S.
Madsen T. Schmida
2014-15 Rob Ewald S- Piumarta T. G. Piumarta
2015-2016 Barbara Chamberlain S-Piumarta T G. Piumarta
2016-2017 Krista Brassfield S.Piumarta T G. Piumarta
2017-2018 Dan Nielsen S. K. Brassfield T. B. Chamberlain
2018-2019 Elaine Cole S. John Parda T. B Chamberlain
2019-2020 Janet Sparks
