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.

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