Lions Clubs work together to send band to Rose Bowl
By Scott Rawdon Buckeye Lake, Ohio – The Lions Club Foundation, including the Millersport Lions Club is raising $80,000 to send the Ohio State School for the Blind Marching Band to march in the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California.
Millersport Lion Rondia Sexton said the OSU Blind Marching Band is the only one [...]
Lions battle against preventable blindness
Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center handles 500,000 donations annually
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer
Individuals across the country annually drop about 6 million pairs of glasses into local Lions Clubs’ refurbished mailboxes, but not many donors know where those used spectacles go.
JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Allentown Lions Club President Robert Strovinsky sorts glasses with various prescriptions at the club’s [...]
Milestone Toward Ending River Blindness In The Western Hemisphere By 2012
ScienceDaily (Apr. 7, 2009) — An international team of researchers led by Rodrigo Gonzalez of the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala reports that the transmission of onchocerciasis or river blindness has been broken in Escuintla, Guatemala, one of the largest endemic areas in the Western Hemisphere to date to stop the transmission of the parasitic [...]
Retailer donated 30,000 pairs of sunglasses and reading glasses to charity New Eyes for the Needy
S-based travel retailer Hudson Group has donated the sunglasses and reading glasses inventory from its New York and New Jersey airport, bus and rail terminal stores to charitable organisation New Eyes for the Needy, which recycles glasses for distribution to poor people in developing nations.
The 30,000 pairs of glasses were worth over $1m in retail [...]
Lions Clubs see a need for local optical care
By Pamela Dickman Loveland Reporter-Herald
Steven Elwell was 76 when he had his first eye exam. “I’d never had my eyes checked by a doctor,” said the Loveland resident. “I’d always used reading glasses.” But when he noticed new problems, his daughter got him in touch with the Loveland Lions Club, which helps residents who [...]
Stunning Success of Campaign Means Sight for Millions
By :Albert F. Brandel, President
The International Association of Lions Clubs
The Navajo Reservation in Arizona is beautiful, rugged country. The landscape matches the people. Many Navajo survive with little income yet they maintain a strong sense of community. Sadly, one thing their community often has lacked is vision care. Maureen and I were privileged to participate [...]
“Vision for All” Achieved Success of Sight Campaign Means 74 Million to be Saved from Vision Loss
For three years Lions clubs worldwide set aside portions of the proceeds from pancake breakfasts and festival food booths, held golf tourneys, raffles and walks, and even staged comedy shows to benefit Campaign SightFirst II (CSF II). The hard work of the 15,000 participating clubs has paid off. Lions now have raised $200 million to [...]
LCIF Funded Eye Clinic First to Aid Underserved Populations Since Hurricane Katrina
Today the Lions Clubs International – LSU Eye Clinic was inaugurated. University staff, local Lions and Lions Clubs International Past President Jimmy Ross attended the launch event.
Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) has awarded a grant of $500,000 to the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center’s Department of Ophthalmology to establish the Lions Clubs International – [...]
