Lions Wednesday noon meeting program speakers
There is always something interesting to everybody.....
Every week the Lions Club present interesting speakers with a wide range of fascinating topics.......we share, we learn, we educate, and we tell jokes too. Click on the links where available to learn more about the speaker and program. Program Chairman, Lion Tim DuClos.
Featured programs are presented at the Wednesday noon Los Gatos Lions Club meetings at 12 PM to 1:30 PM, at the Masonic Lodge on Main St., Los Gatos, 95032
January 7, 2026: Sara Quuilici, Los Gatos High School girls basketball coach, and some of the team members will be presenting.
January 14, 2026: Ann Ravel, attorney and lecturer at UC Berkeley. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at The United States Department of Justice and Former County counsel at County of Santa Clara. Ann is also a Los Gatos Lions club member.
January 21, 2026: New Lion District Governor George Clark will share his plans for the New Year. Lion Stanford Stickney will make a short preview of a Strutt wheelchair which is designed to avoid obstacles.
January 28, 2026: Lion Alex Shultz will return with the final memories of his father George P. Shultz. He was an American economist, businessman, diplomat, and statesman who served in various positions under Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. A member of the Republican Party, he is one of the only two persons to have held four different Cabinet-level posts. He was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Reagan in 1989.
February 4, 2026: Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School District Superintendent Heath Rocha, will give updates and information on what's happening in the District.
February 11, 2026: Los Gatos Lions Club Student Speakers Contest. This will be the first round of presentations. This year's topic is: "Youth Mental Health: Overcoming Barriers to Well-Being"
February 18, 2025: Anh-Quan Nguyen, Saratoga High School Robotics class teacher will be presenting two students from their Robotics class.
April 1, 2026: Los Gatos High School Choir.
April 22, 2026: Los Gatos residents, Stuart and Maggie Cheshire, will talk about their exhibit at the annual "Burning Man" event. They will tell us about the event and their plans for this year's exhibit. Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the Western United States.
April 29, 2026: Guest speaker, Charles Pasternak, the artistic director of Santa Cruz Shakespeare since 2023. Over the past 3 years, Charles has more than doubled SCS’ offerings, expanding from a 3-show summer repertory of shows to add a 2-show fall repertory of shows. During Charles’ tenure, SCS’ yearly budget has grown by over a million dollars and tickets sales are up over 25% across the board. This summer and fall, Charles will direct Much Ado About Nothing and perform the role of Elyot in Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Over the past twenty years, Charles has built a national career as an actor and director. He was the founding artistic director of The Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Company in Los Angeles, which he ran for fifteen years.
May 6, 2026: Club President Rob Stephenson
May 13, 2026:
May 20, 2026: Los Gatos High School Scholarship Awards
May 27, 2026: Lions Club Nita Esparza with Mission College
June 3, 2026:
August 12, 2026: Stanford Blood Center coordinator, Clayton Toller, will give the presentation for the annual Blood Drive happening on Wednesday 8/19/26.
August 19, 2026: Stanford Blood Drive Location and time to be determined
Pending date confirmation. Los Gatos residents, Stuart and Maggie Cheshire, will talk about their exhibit at the annual "Burning Man" event. They will tell us about the event and their plans for this year's exhibit. Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the Western United States.
