Congratulations to our 2018-19 Club Officers & Board: Mike St. Clair, King Lion and president; Tim Holt, 1st vice-president; Clyde Cameron, 2nd vice-president; Michael Doerfler, 3rd vice-president; Tim Roscoe, secretary; Kendra Folker, assistant secretary; Larry Duncan, treasurer; Ron Perry, tail twister; Bud Warner, lion tamer. At-large directors include: Karl Koebler, Tim Ruffo and Phil Berger. The Membership Committee is led by Harry and Jean Metcalfe.
New Members are always welcome!
Visit as our guest, and learn about our programs and projects. We meet for dinner and a meeting at 6:30 PM on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at the North Park Deckhouse on Rt. 19 in Cranberry Township. New member contacts: Harry and Jean Metcalfe, 724-742-0248.
Your old eyeglasses can change a life
If you have used eyeglasses you no longer need, those glasses can change another person's life.. Lions accept prescription and reading glasses, sunglasses and plastic and metal frames. Children's glasses are especially needed. Imagine if you could help a child read. An adult succeed in his job. A senior maintain her independence. And provide a community with more opportunities to grow and thrive. Our recycled eyeglass programs do all of this and more. In the past year, we've collected 4,000 + pairs of glasses and donated these to Mission Vision, an international non-profit based here in Cranberry, in the offices of ScottChristie.Learn more about Mission Vision, www.Mission-vision.org
Where are the Donation Boxes? The familiar Lions collection bins for used eyeglasses are available at Costco, WalMart, Sherwood Oaks, Plains Presbyterian Church, and the eye care offices of Pittsburgh Optical, Rt. 19; Robinhood Eye Center, Robinhood Dr., Dr. Thomas B. Staskiewicz; Your Family Eye Doctors, Rt. 19, Dr. David Strattan; and Family Eyecare North, Seven Fields, Dr. David English.
The Cranberry Township Area Lions Club is committed to community service and eliminating preventable blindness. Our primary goal is to support sight programs and services including vision screenings, eyeglass recycling, and to provide eye care services to those in need. We hold various fundraisers throughout the year, and we give it all - 100% of the proceeds - back to the community and people in need. That's what's special about Lions and being a Lion.
A short list Lions community activities - 100% of the proceeds from our many activities goes directly to support Lions' programs and projects
- Annual Community Days Pancake Breakfast
- Annually collect over 5,000 pair of eyeglasses to recycle for those in need
- Service/Effort/Initiative Awards to Seneca Valley Middle School Students
- Provided benches for the new Miracle League Field
- Miniature Golf Outing – to support Leader Dogs for the Blind
- Support the VIP Sports Camp at Slippery Rock University for the visually impaired
- Parties for clients of the Butler County Association for the Blind
- Support for recent flood victims, local food banks, the Township Library, and the Cranberry Civic Choral.
- Constructed the Skip Gross Memorial natural habitat at the North Boundary Park
- Support for MIRA Foundation USA, providing guide dogs for young people
If you would like to serve and give something back to the community, and people in need, visit an upcoming meeting and decide for yourself. Membership is open to men and women over age 18.
Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world.
