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“The Biggest Little Lions Club in Nevada since 1962”

P. O. Box 603
Sparks, NV 89432

For Information Call
(775) 323-0110

Meetings Every Wednesday
12-Noon

Sparks Denny's
on Nugget Ave

Sparks, Nevada

   

 

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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    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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    Last updated: 07/01/08.