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Our King Lion, Hugh Lantz
received a Certificate of Appreciate from the District
Governor and becomes a Charter Life Member of the Blind
Center of Nevada, Audrey Bascum Tait Fellow.
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WHAT LIONS DO . . .
WASHOE
COUNTY LIONS SIGHT CONSERVATION/LIONS EYE FOUNDATION: PROVIDE EXAMS,
EYEGLASSES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES AND FOLLOW UP CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED.
EYEGLASSES:
EYEGLASS RECYCLING PROGRAM.
LIONS
LADIES AUXILIARY: EYESIGHT TESTING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; THIRD
GRADE
STUDENTS IN WASHOE COUNTY ARE TESTED AND THOSE IN NEED ARE GIVEN
REFERRALS.
HEARING
FOUNDATION: TO HELP THE HEARING IMPAIRED WITH TESTING AND PROVIDING
RECYCLED HEARING AIDS.
WHITE CANE
DAYS: SIGHT FIRST, RAISING FUNDS FOR NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS SERVING
THE BLIND (ALL FUNDS RAISED DURING THIS DRIVE MUST GO FOR SIGHT RELATED
NEEDS).
LEADER DOGS
FOR THE BLIND: FOUNDED BY LIONS IN 1939, LEADER DOGS HAS BEEN
“LEADING THE WAY TOWARD GREATER INDEPENDENCE” BY PROVIDING TRAINED LEADER
DOGS AS GUIDES FOR THE BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND DEAF-BLIND.
CAMP DAT-
SO-LA-LEE: A CAMP EXPERIENCE FOR TEN YEAR OLD CHILDREN.
CITY OF
HOPE: MEDICAL CARE FOR THE NEEDY, (CANCER AND CRIPPLING DISEASES).
DIABETES:
DIABETES AWARENESS AND PREVENTION.
EYE CLINICS
AND EQUIPMENT: THESE ARE PROVIDED TO THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.
LIONS-IN-SIGHT PROGRAM: FIGHTING RIVER BLINDNESS IN THIRD WORLD
COUNTRIES.
WHEEL CHAIR
FOUNDATION.
FLAG
PROGRAM: LIONS CLUBS IN AMERICA GAVE AWAY, OVER 300,000 AMERICAN
FLAGS LAST YEAR TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS; 6,500,000 IN THE LAST 30
YEARS.
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT SPEAKER CONTEST: UP TO $20,500.00 IN SCHOLARSHIP EACH YEAR
FOR THE WINNER, LESSER AMOUNTS TO RUNNERS UP. SCHOLARSHIPS NOW TOTAL OVER
$100,000.
THE HUGH
O’BRIAN YOUTH (HOBY) LEADERSHIP TRAINING SEMINAR: FOR HIGH SCHOOL
SOPHOMORES.
NEVADA
CENTER FOR THE BLIND: PROVIDES VOCATIONAL TRAINING, COUNSELING AND
SOCIALIZATION.
CLICK HERE
TO LEARN ABOUT OUR SRI LANKA PROJECT
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U.S. Philanthropist Provides Single Largest Contribution to
Lions Clubs Campaign to End Preventable Blindness
OAK BROOK, Ill. (July 28, 2008) – Blackhawk, Ca.-based
philanthropist, Kenneth E. Behring, well known for founding
the Wheelchair Foundation, Water Leaders Foundation and most
recently the Global Health & Education Foundation, made the
single largest donation to Campaign SightFirst II (CFSII), a
coordinated, global fund-raising effort, announced Lions
Clubs International Foundation (LCIF). Mr. Behring gave
US$7.5 million to CSFII, which has a global mission of
restoring the eyesight of people suffering from preventable
blindness by supporting cataract surgeries, helping to build
or expand eye hospitals and clinics, distributing
sight-saving medication and training eye care professionals.
“We are proud to have raised more than US$200 million during
our latest fundraising campaign and, on behalf of Lions
Clubs International, I want to thank Mr. Behring for the
extreme generosity he has shown,” said Albert F. Brandel,
international president, Lions Clubs International. “With
his help, we will be able to extend our mission to prevent
blindness around the world and give many thousands back the
gift of sight.”
Mr. Behring requested his donation be earmarked to support
cataract programs in India, China and Mexico.
“Since 2000 I have been involved in helping disadvantaged
people in 158 countries overcome adversity. I feel
passionately about what I can do to provide resources to
those in need,” said Mr. Behring. “Our partnership with
Lions Clubs International Foundation will help eradicate
preventable blindness throughout the world. Think of a
grandparent seeing their grandchild for the first time. This
is only one of the miracles our partnership will provide.”
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