LCIF Website: https://lcifpride.org/video/exchanging-bags-for-benches-to-beautify-our-planet/
Facebook: “Bags for Benches” Plastic Recycling Project Friends #BagsForBenches
Contact: Lion Jennifer Gass
Email: Bags4Benches@gmail.com
We will be dedicating the San Joaquin Lions’ Helen Keller Mural and the District 4-A1 Lions Clubs & Helen Keller Challenge 2.0 “Bags for Benches” bench on Saturday, June 28, 2025 – 1 to 2 PM at Maya Angelou Library, 2324 Pock LN, Stockton CA 95205. Please RSVP to Lion Jennifer Gass – Email SanJoaquinLions@gmail.com or call 209-407-4047
Bags For Benches Project – July 23, 2024
https://vimeo.com/993000864?share=copy
and https://fox40.com/video/stockton-city-leaders-celebrate-opening-of-new-childrens-playground/9893258/
Bags For Benches Project – September 1, 2023 https://youtu.be/wUH12Hijbk0?si=6wf4IKqCPyE6bcww
The Stockton San Joaquin Lions Club expressed heartfelt thanks to Zone Chair Kirk and Global Membership Team Chair Phil from the 4-A1 Cabinet and San Joaquin Region for attending their “Bags for Benches, Round 7” Inclusive Playground Ribbon-Cutting & Bench Dedication Ceremony on July 23. ZC Kirk brought sound equipment and his Canine Companion-in-Training – and accepted recognition on behalf of District 4-A1 as one of 27 Plastic Partners in the project. […] Stockton-San Joaquin Lions also expressed gratitude to Tokay High School Leo Club President Meredith Garcia and Stockton Delta Pacifica Lions Club Vice President Eileen Guadagnolo for braving the heat by attending the ceremony and receiving the Plastic Partner recognition for contributing a minimum of 10 pounds of plastic to Stockton San Joaquin’s project. Atwater-Winton, Lodi, Merced Golden, Stockton Host, Tri-Dams, and West Point Lions Clubs were also recognized as partners that evening, but could not attend. Great job Lions, together – “We Serve!”
~ Rodrigo, San Joaquin Zone Chair 2
Bags for Benches” Round 4 | Bench Dedication at Williams Brotherhood Park of Stockton https://youtu.be/zNltVVWx6AA?si=-E-kH3R7PsF7DGqj
The Stockton San Joaquin Lions Club was honored to install our fifth “Bags for Benches” bench Saturday, November 4, 2023 at Williams Brotherhood Park Playground, Stockton. We thanked and recognized 30 plastic partners, including the following, who were able to attend in person yesterday: Cindy Milford, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Stockton; Arh Vang, Latinas United Republican Women Federated; Paul Wagner, Linden Lions Club; Elena Torres, SJC Chapter National Federation of the Blind; Laurel Bates, YMCA of San Joaquin County; and special representation from the City of Stockton.
Heartfelt thanks to the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors and The Stockton City Council for their support in recognizing the efforts of our club, plastic partners, and everyone who contributed to the “Bags for Benches, Round 4” campaign.
A special mention and gratitude to Tom Patti County Supervisor, Chris Rouppet the Chief of Staff and Representative of Vice-Chair Supervisor Miguel Villapudua, Vice Mayor Kimberly Warmsley- Stockton City Council District 6, and Stockton District 2 City Council Member Dan Wright for your presence at the bench dedication ceremony. Your attendance was a testament to your dedication to our community. Thank You.
Collections continue in Round 7, together we have recycled 7500 pounds of plastic to keep it out of the landfills and counting! Our club, our community and our planet thank you! 
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In the “Bags for Benches” project, a club recycles soft plastics through a partnering area store within a specified six-month-period to earn a free composite bench made of plastic, mixed with wood, from the Trex company. We solicit suggestions from the community of where they would like to see a bench and place them in special spots in the community; some are even commemorated as memorial dedications.
Link to program info: https://nextrex.com/view/programs
The following clubs have earned benches, are in the process of earning benches, or have contributed plastic to help other clubs and our district earn benches by donating and/or recycling plastic to help beautify our environment. Our district, our communities, and our planet thank you!
Earning/have earned bench(es): Arnold, Atwater-Winton, Linden, Livingston, Modesto 500, Stockton Delta Pacifica, Stockton-San Joaquin, Sonora, Tracy Breakfast, Tracy Tank Town, Turlock Twelve Ten.
Contributed plastic: Jackson, Lodi, Madera Evening, Merced Breakfast, Merced Golden, Oakdale. Stockton Host, Tri Dams, and West Point.
Bench Dedication for Chung Wah Lane, Stockton, Round Two: https://youtu.be/j_xpYtRjcbM Bench Dedication for Hutchins Street Square, Lodi, Round Three: https://youtu.be/f0DkqeuNnzw
Here’s the Facebook post with the video of our first bench dedication ceremony at Pixie Woods: https://fb.watch/lrtbibwac0/?mibextid=cr9u03
“Bags for Benches, Round 5” memorial dedication at Victory Park, Stockton for Alycia Reynaga (a 15-year-old who lost her life last April). This environmental project was accomplished with help from a California Lions Foundation grant and a tree planting donated by City of Stockton.
Stockton-San Joaquin Lions Club has earned our sixth bench, and has turned in 100 /500pounds towards our fourth “Bags for Benches” bench for District 4-A1. The dedication of our fourth bench for Williams brotherhood Park is waiting on the City of Stockton but should be placed soon. Attendees of the April 2023 Convention had a chance to win a Trex bench.
District 4-A1 Lions 