Transcript Meadville Lion’s Club

Meadville Lion’s Club
Founded in 1924
83 Years and Still Going
Strong
Meadville Lions Club 2006/2007
Meeting Times and
Locations
Club Contacts
President Karen Faivre
First and Third Thursdays 12:00 PM Phone 814-336-1117
Email [email protected]
Wesbury Retirement Community
Membership Chairman
N Park Ave.
Dave Hollern
Meadville, PA
Phone 814-336-2947
Board Meetings Monthly
Email [email protected]
Second Thursday 6:00PM
Vietnam Vet Post 52
Dunham Rd.
Club Website
Meadville, PA
www.meadvillelions.com
General Meeting Monthly
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Meadville Lions Club 2008/2009
Club Officers
Title
Member
President
Karen Faivre
1st Vice President
Barb Lucas
2nd Vice President
Doug Nola
3rd Vice President
Cynthia Fiorillo
Secretary
Melissa Woodworth
Tail Twister
Major L. Garth Faulds
Lion Tamer
Florence Hughes and Mindy Cole
Treasurer
Jeffrey Davis
1st Year Director
John Salak
Martha Consla
Major Garth Faulds aren Faivre
2nd Year Director
Scott Ladner
Dutch Dine
Jean Weber
3rd Year Director
Dave Hollern
Larry Mineweaser
Arden Hughes
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Helen Keller’s Challenge (1925)
“The opportunity I bring to you, Lions, is this: To
foster and sponsor the work of the American
Foundation for the Blind. Will you not help me
hasten the day when there shall be no
preventable blindness; no little deaf, blind child
untaught; no blind man or woman unaided? I
appeal to you Lions, you who have your sight,
your hearing, you who are strong and brave and
kind. Will you not constitute yourselves Knights
of the Blind in this crusade against darkness?”
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We Serve
(Lions Motto)
The Meadville Lions Club is a nonprofit
service organization founded in 1924 to
serve the blind and needy of the Meadville
area. The Lions’ motto “We Serve” is key
to our activities in support of our
community, our Lions District 14F, our
state, and the world through Lions Club
International.
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How We Serve the Meadville Area
Eye Screening
We provide eye glasses to the
needy of Meadville.
The Keystone Blind Association
Northwest Eye Bank
Crawford County Leader Puppies
Cambridge Braille Vision Program
Beacon Lodge (Blind Children’s Camp)
Eye Surgery Trust Fund
Lions Eye Bank
Eye Research
Salvation Army Bell Ringing
Meadville Civic Improvement
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David Mead Log Cabin
Maintenance
Christmas Lights
Miss Crawford County Scholarship
Big Brothers & Big Sisters
Meadville Medical Center
Audiology Department
Optometry Department
Hearing Research
Diabetes Research
Christmas Donations to Needy
Families
Make a Difference Day
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How We Serve the Needy of the
World
Monetary Contributions to Lions Club International
Foundation Sightfirst II Initiatives
– Lions Eye Health Program (LEHP)
LEHP is the main SightFirst-funded initiative for industrialized nations.
LEHP is a community-based public awareness initiative that encourages
the early detection and timely treatment of glaucoma and diabetic eye
disease and the appropriate treatment for low vision. LEHP has been
active in the United States, Japan, the British Isles and Ireland, Canada,
Australia and Turkey. LEHP has been revamped and improved in the
United States. The new LEHP for the United States includes a new CDROM format, a new logo and design, a new LEHP Web site and
development of new print materials. Perhaps most importantly,
everyone interested in eye health can now participate in LEHP, not just
Lions clubs. This will help increase eye health awareness.
– Project for Elimination of Avoidable Childhood Blindness
A US$3.75 million SightFirst grant is funding pediatric vision centers and
training programs in 30 countries. The program is being done in concert
with the World Health Organization. The program represents a broad
counterattack against preventable childhood blindness.
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How We Serve the Needy of the
World
Monetary Contributions to Lions Club International Foundation
Sightfirst II Initiatives
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SightFirst has supported more than 80.5 million treatments of river blindness in
Africa and Latin America since it forged a partnership with The Carter Center in
1999. The treatments for river blindness have transformed individual lives and
communities in 12 countries in Africa and Latin America. In fact, in Latin America,
experts foresee eradicating river blindness once and for all by 2010. The grant to
the Carter Center also targets trachoma, the world's leading cause of
preventable blindness. SightFirst is controlling trachoma among 4.6 million
people with zithromax treatments.
– SightFirst China Action Project
Completed in 2002, Phase I of LCIF's SightFirst China Action (SFCA) supported
2.1 million cataract surgeries in China and established surgical eye units in 104
rural counties that previously had none. Phase II will once again address
blindness on a large scale. A SightFirst grant of US$15.5 million was matched
with about US$200 million from the Chinese government. The goal of Phase II is
to perform at least 2.5 million cataract surgeries as well as to strengthen eye
care infrastructure by creating secondary eye care units at hospitals in 200
underdeveloped counties, provinces and Tibet. To assure sustainable eye care
services for the vast populations of rural poor, training courses for paramedics
will be created in the western and northern provinces
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How We Serve the Needy of the
World
Contributions to VOSH of Pennsylvania (Volunteer
Optometric Services to Humanity)
– We have helped prevent blindness in the jungles of Guatemala
by donations of;
Money
Ball caps and glasses
Personal commitments of PDG Dutch Dine who has made many
trips to Guatemala to help the medical teams provide treatment to
the needy.
Donations to Leader Dog School in Rochester MI.
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How We Fund Our Projects
We fund our projects through;
– Personal donations of time and money
– Available Grant Funding
– Trust Funds available for our use
– Fundraising Projects
Some of our Major Fundraisers are,
Parking for Wesbury’s White Cane Day
BBQ and REC’s
Lions Broom Sales
Invertors Meeting
Lions Club Mints
The Lions Club
Garage Sale
Koeze Nut Sales
Harley Motorcycle Raffle
County Fair Raffle
Beef Raffle
Mother’s Day Dinner
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How We Have Fun
(Our Projects for Family Networking)
Marching in the JC’s Halloween Parade
Bus Trip to the Leader Dog School in Rochester, MI
An evening at Jr’s. Comedy Club in Erie, PA
Group Picnics
Annual Christmas Party
Cruising on Conneaut Lake
Meadville Lion’s Club First Valentine’s Day Party Japanese Style at
the Aoyama Japanese Steakhouse
Upcoming club trip to the Lions International Convention 2007 in
Chicago, IL
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Our Projects
Our Family
Cruising
Parade
Leader Dog School
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Our Projects
Our Family
County Fair
Assorted Projects
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Meadville Lion’s Club
Club # 5971
District 14F
(Governor Becky Eldridge)
Region III
(Region Chairman Major Garth Faulds)
Zone I
(Zone Chairman Rob Sharp)
Zone I Clubs: Centerville, Conneaut Lake, Conneaut Valley,
Meadville, Townville, Vernon Township
“There is no better way to thank God for your sight then by giving
a helping hand to someone in the dark.” Helen Keller
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