Cabrillo Host Lions Club Officers Installed

An installation ceremony was held on July 14 at the Cabrillo Lions Clubhouse in the Aptos Village Park for incoming officers of the Cabrillo Host Lions Club. Krista Brassfield was elected as the club president for 2016-2017 year of service. Brassfield has been an active member of the Cabrillo Host Lions Club since 2012.

Tim Piumarta was elected to serve as the new club secretary and was President of the club in 2013-2014. The club’s 1st Vice President is Keavin Shine and the club’s 2nd Vice President is Elaine Cole. Cole is also a Co-chairperson of the club’s Bingo Committee, their number one fundraiser held Wednesday’s starting at 5:30 p.m. every week at the Our Lady of Help Church 2401 E Lake Ave., Watsonville, in the Kennedy Youth Center.

2017 marks Lions International’s 100th year of service. Cabrillo Host Lions club is hosting a new Branch Veterans Club as well as focusing upon Centennial Legacy Service projects in the areas of vision, youth, environment and hunger.

According to one of the newest Cabrillo Host Lions Club member applicants, Jeannie Collins, Real Estate Broker, “I am looking forward to leading a new Legacy Tree Planting service project to benefit the families of Veterans and continuing the Cabrillo Host Lion Club’s commitment to serving the community.”

Collins is gearing up to present the project the Cabrillo Lions Board of Directors with another new member, Bobby Buckter, Horticulturist. The club is reaching out to the community with Mixers and New Membership Orientations. The most recent Mixer was held at the Wargin Winery Tasting Room at 5015 Soquel Drive in Soquel. Tasting Room Owners, Mikael and Denise Wargin recently joined the Cabrillo Lions Club, as well as Linda Catalli a Stroke Prevention Nurse at Dominican.

Since the club’s chartering in 1961, its members have worked on numerous projects in the local community, such as parks projects, beach cleanups, Student Speaker Contest, Lions International Peace Poster Contest for youth ages 11-13, as well as health screenings, and vision screenings. Proceeds from past fundraising events have gone to annual scholarships for Aptos High School and Soquel High School and most recently to the construction of the new Restrooms and Concessions building in the Polo Grounds County Park. Lions clubs are a group of men and women who identify and work together to fulfill needs within the community.

The Club is sponsoring upcoming vision screenings to be held at Rio Del Mar Elementary School September 8 and Valencia Elementary on September 9 and several more local schools during October.

Free Health Screenings will be conducted for the public during the Capitola Art and Wine Festival on Saturday, September 10 in front of the Capitola City Hall beginning at 9 a.m. in the ‘A. J. Robinson’ mobile Health Screening unit. The volunteer staff can measure height, weight, blood pressure, resting respiratory rate, and blood sugar. Equipment on board can screen visual acuity, color perception, and hearing. No diagnostic procedures are performed, but patients leave with a record of the findings they can bring to their doctor or health care professional for follow-up. The Cabrillo Host Lions Club and the Santa Cruz Lions Club are providing this service to the community as a joint effort.

The Cabrillo Host Lions Club meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 6:30 pm at the Cabrillo Lions Clubhouse in the Aptos Village Park.

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For more information or to get involved with the Cabrillo Host Lions Club, please contact club President Krista Brassfield at landmarkdesigns@gmail.com or 831-331-0432.

Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 45,000 clubs in more than 216 countries and geographical areas around the world. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit the Web site at www.lionsclubs.org.