CLUB HISTORY.
Our Lions Club was chartered in February 1948 in an unincorporated area of San Jose, then known as the Mayfair area because of the phone prefix, hence the name, Mayfair Lions Club. Within a year however, the name was changed to Alum Rock Lions Club, because the membership was comprised of merchants along Alum Rock Avenue. Alum Rock Avenue, at the time, was the only commercial area in the East Valley. The balance of the land mass was primarily agricultural. In 1968, in order to broaden our appeal for membership and to accurately reflect our service area, our name was changed to San Jose East Valley Lions Club. Some of the community leaders associated with our club include Bill Grace, Ron Paterson, Herb Terrell, Thomas P. Ryan, Senator Jack Thompson, Dr. Frank Fiscalini, Jack Emery and many more. Over the years, we have been active in District 4-C6 affairs and activities: Providing leadership on numerous committees, zone and regional chair positions. We are also proud to have amongst our membership two Past District Governors: Lion Tony Pisciotta and Lion Roger Hartsell and District 4-C6 Lion of the Year 2004-2005, Cliff Cooper. Immediately upon formation, the Lions club began filling a need as an unofficial Chamber of Commerce, a political action committee, a community conscience and a promoter of education and friend of the needy. Community projects have included the Jack Emery Christmas Basket Drive (since 1949), started Pop Warner Football, started East Hills Little League, sponsored Boy Scout Troop 13 (since 1950), Girl Scouts, scholarship funds, Student Speaker contests, the Youth Exchange and lighting the athletic field at James Lick High School. We have helped fund and construct the Santa Clara Valley Blind Center and continue to help maintain the facility. We provide financial support for Canine Companions for Independence, the Lions Eye Foundation, the Lions Ear Foundation and have started and funded our own San Jose East Valley Lions Charitable Foundation. Each member is most proud of our efforts in supplying eye exams and eyeglasses for each and every needy child recommended by the school nurses of our East Valley schools. These good works have been funded through the years by donkey baseball games, the Christmas Amateur Show, Annual Pancake Breakfasts, Casino Nights, Western Dances and BBQs, firework sales, light bulb sales and many other events. These events are made possible by our membership: Volunteering their time and talent and sometimes the time and talent of their spouses and friends to raise the funds necessary to accomplish our lofty goal of?SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
HONOR ROLL - PRESIDENTS OF THE CLUB.
An organization cannot survive without leaders who take on that little bit extra, the added responsibility of PRESIDENT to guide and monitor and we recognize their contribution in our Presidents Honor Roll -
1948-1949 Thomas P. Ryan*
1949-1950 William E. Grace*
1950-1951 Joseph R. Garofalo*
1951-1952 Thomas R. Oliveira*
1952-1953 Les Harms
1953-1954 Ron Paterson*
1954-1955 Darwin D. Allred*
1955-1956 Dr. Frank Fiscalini
1956-1957 Ray E. Shaw*
1957-1958 W A. Woodworth / W. Rl Carlson*
1958-1959 Herbert T. Terrell, Jr.*
1959-1960 Procopio Calado*
1960-1961 Frank Guarascio*
1961-1962 Floyd Carlson*
1962-1963 Dr. Robert A. Greenley
1963-1964 Howard I. Hollen*
1964-1965 John J. Ventry
1965-1966 Harley Adams*
1966-1967 Stanley Styczynski*
1967-1968 Anthony Peters*
1968-1969 Virgil G. White
1969-1970 Henry J. Kreutzmann
1970-1971 Archie B. Cline*
1971-1972 Frank Catalano
1972-1973 Joe D'Innocenti*
1973-1974 Tony J. Pisciotta
1974-1975 Nick Morgado*
1975-1976 Tom McDonald*
1976-1977 Rod Lopes*
1977-1978 Gene Morgado*
1978-1979 William Bunny Ribbs
1979-1980 Terry Terrell
1980-1981 Dr. Charles Wolf
1981-1982 William DeForce*
1982-1983 Donald Kern, Jr.
1983-1984 Joseph P. Fialho*
1984-1985 Bud LoMonaco, Sr.
1985-1986 Roger Hartsell
1986-1987 Gene J. Pires
1987-1988 Don Ramirez*
1988-1989 Eddie Fields*
1989-1990 Joe Sabino
1990-1991 Jim Styczynski*/ Gene J. Pires
1991-1992 Dale Yoshihara
1992-1993 Fred Chow
1993-1994 Bud Semas*
1994-1995 Alan Woertink
1995-1996 Marvin D. Neu, Sr.
1996-1997 Ken A. Stein
1997-1998 Joseph Marques Sr.
1998-1999 Gerry Stasko
1999-2000 Allen L. Belleza
2000-2001 Bob Long
2001-2002 Mark Carlson
2002-2003 John Finan
2003-2004 Cliff Cooper
2004-2005 Bill Evans
2005-2006 R Dean Merkley
2006-2007 Dawn Cooper
2007-2008 Harry Evans
2008-2009 Val Esquivel
IN APPRECIATION As an extension to the Turkish Lions' contribution, the Brisbane Ekibin Lions Club of MD 201 Q1 (Australia) offer assistance to Lions Clubs who want to take advantage of the Turkish Lions offer, but are not familiar with web publishing. They've already set up many sites for Lions Clubs world-wide, using Lionwap.
In recognition of the contribution of the Lions Clubs of Turkey, especially Lion Dr. Enzar Tore, in providing free web page hosting for Lions Clubs everywhere, the Lions Club of SAN JOSE - EAST VALLEY proudly displays the flag of Turkey on our site.
Click on the flag to go to the web site of Lion Dr. Enzar's home club - the Lions Club of Canakkale. 
If your club wants to be on the internet, and would like some help, leave a message in the Ekibin Guest Book by clicking on the image above. This is a FREE SERVICE, so you don't spend a cent for their work. As Lionwap is also FREE, this means you get a web site that you NEVER have to pay for. - Is that a deal or what?
All your Club has to do is have someone update and maintain your page, which needs not take more than a few minutes each month. The Ekibin Lions will even give you some tips on that!
