[ April 24, 2009; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
The Uniontown Lions have been recycling eyeglasses for years. We collect hundreds of glasses a week and our volunteers sort, categorize and repair...
In all of our projects and community involvement we strive to restore hope to our community. Whether through our extensive...
[ April 24, 2009; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
Charlie Hall Sun Journal
Christine Turner of Bridgeton was grocery shopping with her three children Wednesday afternoon when she saw the North Carolina Lions Foundation free eye-screening bus in the parking lot of Merci Clinic.
Turner works in a sandwich shop and doesn’t have insurance. Her husband, Christopher, recently started a new job at a retail [...]
Township trustees on Monday appointed Capt. Jack Coontz to be the new chief of the Uniontown Police Department.
Coontz, a 26-year veteran of the department, had been in charge of the department following the retirement of former chief Don Hensley last month.
Trustees announced Coontz’s selection as chief after a 32-minute executive session. The appointment is effective [...]
The Uniontown Lions Club recycles used eye glasses, both children and adults. We separate by class, clean and read the prescriptions of the eye glasses collected from various counties in our area.
These glasses are recorded with our lensometers, the prescriptions noted and placed in individual plastic see-through bags and packaged in boxes-of lots of 100.
If [...]
The Uniontown Lions Club recycles used eye glasses, both children and adults. We separate by class, clean and read the prescriptions of the eye glasses collected from various counties in our area.
These glasses are recorded with our lensometers, the prescriptions noted and placed in individual plastic see-through bags and packaged in boxes-of lots of 100.
If [...]
Charlie Hall Sun Journal
Christine Turner of Bridgeton was grocery shopping with her three children Wednesday afternoon when she saw the North Carolina Lions Foundation free eye-screening bus in the parking lot of Merci Clinic.
Turner works in a sandwich shop and doesn’t have insurance. Her husband, Christopher, recently started a new job at a retail [...]
NICOLA WILLIAMS - Eastern Courier Auckland New Zealand
Lions clubs have carried out one of the most impressive fundraising efforts Starship hospital has seen.
Bucklands Beach Lions Club member Roger Robinson began the fundraising project by challenging clubs district-wide to contribute $500,000 towards the cost of remodelling the hospital’s oncology ward.
Last week Bucklands Beach and Remuera Lions [...]
OAK BROOK, IL USA, and Geneva – The International Association of Lions Clubs (LCI) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have joined forces in order to strengthen the essential role volunteers play in preparing for disasters and in responding to emergencies at the community level.
At a ceremony to mark [...]
OAK BROOK, IL USA, April 6, 2009 – More than 100,000 people are homeless and 100 dead following the devastating earthquake centered in the medieval city of L’Anquila, Italy the morning of April 6. The 6.3-magnitude quake occurred 60 miles northeast of Rome. In all, 26 towns and villages were damaged.
Lions throughout Italy are assisting [...]