Coastal California Lions
Lions District 4-A3 is located along the coast of California, north of Los Angeles and south of Big Sur. If you'd like to find a Lions club in Ventura, Santa Barbara or San Luis Obispo counties, please click on Find a Club and enter the name of your city.
Raised: $159,162,268
Goal: $150,000,000
With Great Sorrow
Oxnard Noontimer Lion Irv Tucker died Saturday at his cabin at Lake Nacimiento. Lion Irv was City of Hope chairman for 50 years and raised thousands of dollars for his favorite charity. He was recently honored at City of Hope by a plaque in the Rose Garden and Noontimer president, Toby Scott, was invited to say a few words about Lion Irv's contribution at this year's Lions Appreciation Day at City of Hope.
His spirit and dedication will be sorely missed by the Noontimers and everyone else who knew him well. He was a kind and gentle man.
The memorial service will be held on Thursday, April 24, at 11 AM at Ivy Lawn Chapel, Ivy Lawn Memorial Park at 5400 Valentine Road, Ventura, 93003 (Victoria exit from 101).
CSFII Surpasses Goal
Campaign SightFirst II has surpassed the $150 million minimum goal. With three months remaining, Lions are now looking ahead to the additional challenge goal of $200 million and helping ensure the future of SightFirst through continued and expanded efforts to eliminate preventable blindness worldwide. Lions' support of CSFII is crucial in the remaining months. Visit the CSFII Web site for more information on the campaign and fundraising ideas.
Convention Notes
Congratulations to Lion VDG Joe Woodruff who was elected to be our District Governor next year and to Lion John Boes who was elected Vice District Governor. Our district is in good hands with them at the helm. Congratulations, too, to the Camarillo/Somis Pleasant Valley Lions Club for winning the Number One Club contest. Well deserved. We will have a full list of contest winners up soon.
Now that our District Convention is over, it is time to reflect on this past year and make plans for next. Our district membership is up about 75 members from a year ago and we gained one club. We hope to add another club before the end of the year and bring us to a gain of approximately 100 members. International president, Mahendra Amarasuriya, reports that membership in Lions worldwide has increased by about 10,000. President Hahendra is asking all Lions Clubs to designate one day during the week of May 11-17 as their Campaign Sight First II Day and to plan activities to invigorate our members to act for CSFII in one unified initiative.
Roster Corrections
There were some printing errors in the District Rosters as printed and some of the data has already changed. Please review the list of Roster Corrections.
Calendar of Events
| April 19 | Memorial Service for Oxnard Noontimer, Lion Irv Tucker | Ivy Lawn Memorial Park Chapel | 11 AM |
| May 11-17 | Campaign Sight First II Week | Clubs should select a day to plan CSFII activies. | |
| May 17 | Area Student Speaker's Contest | Carpinteria Lions Club |