In This Issue

MAX TGIF Benefit
CAVM: Collaboration of AIDS Volunteer Managers of the Bay Area
Shanti Project Volunteer Benefit celebrates 24 years of service
Quarterly Lions in Sight Workday at the Warehouse
Ron Wilmot Bike Ride for PI: the Castro Lions Rest Stop
Mother’s Day Stuff
An AIDS Ride Note from Bond:
AIDS Walk SF 98 - Lion Sams' Pledge Match
We need your Leather
Other Noteworthy Events

MAX TGIF Benefit

Friday May 29th GUMP’s 135 Post Street San Francisco $10 donation Silent Auction, Martini Bar, special appearances by Paula West & Ken Muir Proceeds benefit the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation, Continuum, UCSF-AHP, Coming Home Hospice, New Village, NAAP, & Projecto Contrasida por Vida
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CAVM: Collaboration of AIDS Volunteer Managers of the Bay Area

Born in 1996 the idea of pooling recruitment ideas and other volunteer management resources and ideas has finally come together for a dedicated set of HIV/AIDS Volunteer Managers throughout the Bay Area. In coming together, they’ve produced a VOLUNTEER GUIDE brochure that allows the individual to visually pick from a menu of alternative volunteer options. Say for example, that after years of direct one-on-one service to a client, you need a break - something like meal deliveries, or pet walking - this brochure directs you to the proper contact. Making the life of the manager easier because is helps bring new volunteers into the fold, helping the volunteer by making a one-stop shop available. For more information - or a copy of the brochure - contact JoVanna Luque at VNH Volunteers 415-750-6800 x21698
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Shanti Project
Volunteer Benefit celebrates 24 years of service

Saturday May 30 8pm - midnight at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Shanti Volunteer Service Program holds a benefit party featuring a casino with craps, blackjack, roulette tables and entertainment complimentary refreshments, no-host bar and a special visit by Shanti founder Dr. Charles Garfield. Sponsorship opportunities and ticket information - call 415-487-4741
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Quarterly Lions in Sight Workday at the Warehouse

442 pairs of used eye glasses were collected and turned in at the Vallejo warehouse this quarter. This brings to something like 3000, the number of glasses we’ve collected and turned in this year alone. The Castro members able to attend this quarter’s work day were GEH household members Lions Gardner, Ed, & Hector, Lions Matt Hudson, Jan Sibley, Bond Shands and Carl Tebell. These 7 Lions worked a total of some 21 hours (that 3 each for the bean-counters) doing everything from sorting to cleaning to packing to labeling for shipment. We also discovered - the here-to-fore unusable, they weigh too much to ship - eye glass cases - now have a home as well. Community Thrift Store is taking them - and was very glad to get them - we dropped off about 300 cases on Saturday - so even at say $.50 each - we could be making some real money here! Thanks to all these hard working Lions - remember - the next work day is Nov 14 - get it on your calendar now. In the mean-time : Help collect glasses & cases Recruit new workers Tell a Friend about the Eye Care Fund/United Way contribution options. Donate Used items to Community Thrift - it too supports our eye care fund. Call Lions Gardner or Sams for details. Some collection materials are available, pickups are available too if the quantity is sufficient.
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Ron Wilmot Bike Ride for PI: the Castro Lions Rest Stop

Another volunteer opportun-ity the members of the club had over the weekend of May 8th was staffing one of the rest stops in the Project Inform fund raiser - the Ron Wilmot Memorial Bike Ride. The event was nearly twice the success it was in 1997. With seed money from the Castro Lions and other sources, the PI event came down to 42 riders going 7 miles each on the Day of the Event having raised some $74,000 - including a match-ing grant gift from the BWB Trust. This is $30k+ more than last year and with an administrative overhead of some 5-10% (including in-kinds) the event average for each rider was $1,586.00 raised. These are great returns!

Congratulations to the riders, the volunteers and the pledgers - just make sure those pledges (some $22k is still outstanding) make it to PI soon - Special thanks to Lions Sims for coordinating the effort and Lion Tress for being the ‘Center Stage Volunteer’ - by the way - CONGRATS to the COLE Hardware people for donating the water bottles to the riders! We like this action where my words are stuff.
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Mother's Day Stuff

We also had a hand in the dedication ceremonies in the Rikki Stryker/Colliningwood Park celebration on Mother’s Day. Lion Michelle Jester tells us several members and their friends including Lions Matos, Hintermann, & Saeger stopped by throughout the day - by the way - the club garnered $100 for our efforts at the gate not to mention the ‘presence in the community’. Thanks to everyone that attended - especially those wearing vests!

And speaking of vests, jackets and other club-logo items, Lions Sams, Gallup and Heimann have a variety of things for purchase by the membership.

VESTS:
Purple: L $25, XL & XXL $30
Yellow: w/pockets M &L $25; XL at $30
MEMBER Window decals are also available for $1
Small multi-colored (double headed lion) vest patches $3
Friendship banners to give to club heros: $3

Call 415-90-LIONS for yours!

CASTRO Lions Jackets ‘Silver’ w/logo call Lion Gallup 415-647-3081

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An AIDS Ride Note from Bond:

Just a note to let you know I've continued my training rides for the upcoming California AIDS Ride 5 (May 31 - June 6). With less than two weeks left before the big event, there's only a few training dates left. I'm taking advantage of opportunities to log a few more miles as often as possible. Yesterday (Saturday) was the longest and most gruesome ride I've yet attempted. It's with a great sigh of relief that I report having finished in the front group of all on the ride (over 80 riders). The reason the event will remain memorable to me was that it represented my first "Century" ride (over 100 miles). However, it wasn't so much the distance which proved gruesome as the elevation. By the time I had returned home my wrist accumu-lative altimeter had recorded over 5400 feet of elevation gained during the course of the ride. In addition to my altimeter, my bike has a gadget which records other statistics about the ride. I've been logging that information into a book after each trip. Here are some of the statistics from my "Century" ride. Distance traveled - 112.6 miles Average Speed - 12.4 miles Total Ride Time - 9 hours and 3 minutes Maximum Speed - 37.0 mph Ride Start Time - 8:15 a.m. Ride Finish Time - 7:15 p.m. Total Stops and Breaks - 1 hour and 57 minutes There are more than a hundred of you who are sponsoring my ride with contributions to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. You've all been terribly generous and the total amount raised has far exceeded my expecta-tions. Together, your sponsorship contributions total more than $5,500. Thanks very, very much. I truly value your support. Bond

FYI: California AIDS Ride 5 Presented By Tanqueray from May 31st through June 6th covers a 560 mile route from Ft Mason SF to Century City in LA. During kickoff weekend, over 600 volunteers will be needed to set up at Fort Mason on Friday, May 29; to staff Day Zero on Saturday (processing riders, crew and equipment); and to be part of the emotional Opening Ceremonies on Sunday, May 31st. It is not too late for your sister, best friend, boss, or dentist to feel the adrenaline and share in the excitement of this year's Ride. There are great assignments still available (heck, they're all great assignments!). Interested volunteers should call Abby immediately at 415/908-0400 x 410.
WEBSITE: AIDSRIDE
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AIDS Walk SF 98 - Lion Sams' Pledge Match

As he has for the past 12 years, Lion Sams is 'stepping out' to be top fund raiser in the annual AIDS Walk SF. He will personally match every dollar he raises, up to $10,000 total for the event. If you'd like to help break him financially - send your tax deductible check to him, made payable to AWSF98 to the club address: 584 Castro Suite 200, SF, Ca 94114. A letter of acknowledgment will be sent after the walk (which is July 19) when he has his totals. Lion Sams has raised more than $287,000 in this event over the years.

If you want to join him in the walk - call the club hotline 415-90-LIONS and leave your name, home address and telephone number - he'll get back to you and get you registered.
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We need your Leather

Please contact Lion Tom Rodgers 415-861-0516 if you have or know of leather items for our annual auction fund raiser to be held in July of this year. The auction is our largest fund raiser for the beneficiaries of the Castro Lions, without your help, we can’t help.

Also - be sure to join us for the beer bust and auction itself - Sunday July 11 at the SF Eagle 3pm!
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Other Noteworthy Events

ART.Rage.Us
The art and outrage of Breast Cancer
April 24 through Jun 14 SF Main Library Jewett Gallery 415-543-2979 Info

Ear of the Lion News
Ear of the Lion "Day at the Stick: Aug 8 SF Giants vs. Braves.
Jun 6 Foster City Lions Abalone Feed $100/person.
1-800-327-8077 EoL Foundation (limit 100 persons)

SHANTI Project's Ride for Life Motorcycle Tour
Needs volunteers. October 18 is this year’s event - many folks are needed to help logistically with this motorized - long range touring fund raiser - call Laura Giacomini at 415-487-4741 for details.