Palm Coast Lions Club - Lions e-Clubhouse

Welcome to the Home of the Palm Coast Lions

Thank You for your generosity in supporting the Ed Klukowski Memorial Walk for the Blind at our Spring Pancake Breakfast. With your help we will be more able to meet the needs of the blind and visually/hearing impaired in our community.

Some of our walkers

Thank you to our Sponsors

Hammock Beach Resort

Ardent Family Care PA

Arctic Breeze A/C & Heating

Rogers Towing Service

Coquina Real Estate & Construction

Coquina Bowling Lanes

Dermatology Associates

Finn's Beachside Pub

Flagler County Assoc. of Realtors

Flagler County Sheriff's Office

Gage & Tyler Korkes

Hilton Garden Inn

Ken Mazzie, CPA

Keyes and Strange, CPAs, LLC

Matty's Enterprises of Flagler, LLC

Southern Storm Motor Car, Inc.

Stitch Art Ink

Sun Country Pest Control

Sun Trust

Total Vision Eye Health Associates

Thank you to our Door Prize Donators

Hammock Beach Resort	Blue at the Topaz
Golden Lion	Red Lobster
CVS	Tuffy Tire & Auto Service
Joe's Pizza and Pasta	Home Care Pharmacy
Avon	Winn Dixie
Curves	Heidi Morrison
Bob Evans	Champs
Fantastic Sams	E'lan Hair Studio
Rocky's Pizzeria	Marcus Taylor Salon
Firehouse subs	American Family Haircut
Olive Garden	Kim's Serenity
Flagler Auditorium	Denny's
Tony's Pizza	Cocquina Lanes
Kohl's

Special thank you to Pat Rogers of Rogers Towing, Kyle and Gage Korkes and
Sarah Westbrook for their incredible fundraising efforts.

Pat Rogers was able to solicit many fine businesses in the Bunnell area
and Kyle, Gage and Sarah solicited many family and friends.

Thank you to our Co-chairs Elinor Goepel and Alison Rimer for all their hard work.

A few of our walkers "walked in the shoes" of the visually impaired

While some felt what it was like to walk with a guide dog

Ed Klukowski Memorial Walk for the Blind

This year's "Walk" is dedicated to the memory of Lion Ed Klukowski who passed away in November. As a member of the Palm Coast Lions Club for 32 years, Ed tirelessly volunteered his time and efforts to help the blind and visually impaired in the area. He volunteered at the Talking Books Library in Daytona Beach for over 30 years. A renowned artist in his own right, Ed chaired the Lion's Peace Poster Contest for many years, encouraging children to express their artistic ability and talents. He was instrumental in forming the Lion's Adult Ed Scholarship Program, rewarding those students who worked hard to receive their diploma and providing some help to continue their education. Finally, at the ripe young age of 90 years old, Lion Ed was the driving force behind organizing the "Walk for the Blind" in Flagler County. We all miss his leadership and dedication in following the Lions motto of "We Serve" and proudly dedicate this "Walk" in his memory.

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If you would like more info about donating please contact
David Bailey, Treasurer, Palm Coast Lions
donate@palmcoastlions.org

Click here to view the February 2012 Leos Tale

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Palm Coast Lions Picture Website

Click here to view a Lion PSA on Vision Screening

For any eye/vision related questions please contact:
Sight Conservation Chair: Janet Earnshaw
Email: janet631@cfl.rr.com
Home: 386-246-4138

For assistance with hearing aids please contact:
Hearing Conservation Chair: Gwen Dean
Email: gwenharry@bellsouth.net
Phone: 386- 437-5014

PALM COAST LIONS CHARITIES

Palm Coast Lions Need Your Help
in order to continue our programs that help the Blind & Visually Impaired.

Can you spare a couple of hours a week or a Saturday morning once a month to help those less fortunate?

Here are some of the activities that we need your help with:

Would you like to join our team of vision or diabetes screeners

1. Each Fall the PC Lions help the elementary school nurses perform vision and hearing screening on all the elementary school children in the county.

2. Preschool & Kindergarten vision screening program - Did you know that 1out of 4 children have a vision problem and most can be corrected with early detection and treatment. This program utilizes our Pedia-Vision Screening System to detect potential vision problems so that treatment can begin early.

3. Diabetes screener - Did you know that diabetes is one of the leading causes of blindness. On the 3rd Thursday of each month the PC Lions perform diabetes and glaucoma screening at the Florida Hospital-Flagler. Additional screenings are performed throughout the year.

Sight Conservation Team -
Each year the Palm Coast Lions Club receives many applications for assistance with obtaining eye examinations and eye glasses from those who cannot afford these items. In addition, the sight conservation team helps those who need assistance locating providers for eye surgery.
Become a member of this very important team.

Help with our recycling programs-

1. The PC Lions recycle approximately 200 eyeglasses/ month, in addition to hearing aids.
Recycling containers can be found at the Flagler Public Library and some Publix super-markets. These eyeglasses are boxed each month and delivered to Daytona on their way to refurbishing.

2. Paper/Aluminum can recycling - Recycling containers are located at Publix on the corner of Palm Coast Parkway and Belle Terre, as well as, in the Palm Harbor Shopping Center. The PC Lions also conduct a monthly paper drive on the last Saturday of the month, picking up papers along various routes throughout the city. Drivers and helpers always needed.

3. In addition, we recycle printer cartridges and cell phones.

Volunteer at the Talking Books Library in Daytona
The Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library Services serves more than 39,000 Florida residents who cannot use standard print reading materials as the result of a visual, physical, or reading disability. It is the largest library of its kind in the U.S., with a collection of more than 2.4 million items in Braille on cassette or digital, and annual loans exceeding 1.6 million items. Some of the Palm Coast Lions volunteer at the library one morning a week, mailing out the books, restocking the shelves and rewinding the cassettes.

Serve as an advisor for one of our Leos Clubs

The Palm Coast Lions Club sponsors Leos Clubs at both the Flagler/Palm Coast and Matanzas High Schools. Leadership-Experience-Opportunity are just a few of the rewards that young
people gains from participating in Leos. Leo clubs are a place to have fun and grow while
experiencing the benefits of community service.

Artist Needed - Peace Poster Advisor
Each year, Lions clubs around the world proudly sponsor the Lions International Peace Poster Contest in local schools. This Contest encourages young people worldwide to artistically express their visions of peace. Students, ages 11, 12 or 13 on November 15, are eligible to participate. Each year's contest consists of an original theme incorporating peace. Participants use a variety of mediums, including charcoal, crayon, pencil and paint, to express the theme. The works created are unique and express the young artists' life experiences and culture.

Golfers Wanted
Help organize and plan one of our biggest Fund Raisers - The Jim Miskelly Golf Tournament.

Cooks- Coffee Makers -Wait Staff Needed
Become part of the team that serves the best Pancake Breakfast in Flagler County twice a year.

If you are interested in helping with any of these activities, please contact Lion Ralph Johnan (439-3284) or Lion Stan Niedzwiecki (445-9179).

WHAT LIONS DO!

Lions raise funds and give their time freely to help the less fortunate. You may already be familiar with some of their activities in our own community, but did you know that your local LIONS have helped the following organizations?

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Alcohol & Drug Educ. (FADE) Adopt-a-Road

Council on Aging Church Women United

FL. Sheriff’s Youth Ranches FPCHS Scholarship Award

GED Scholarships Glaucoma/Diabetes Testing

Hospice of Flag/Volusia Cty Ministerial Fund (FAMA)

VIP Soccer Toys for Tots

Paper/Aluminum Can Pick-up Preschool Vision Screening

Boy/Girl Scout Troops Family Life Center/Safe House

Friends of the PC Library Habitat for Humanity

Public Service Award

LIONS SPONSORED SERVICES

Florida Braille Association Florida Conklin Center

Florida Lions Foundation Florida School for Deaf & Blind

Leader Dogs Lions Club Int’l Foundation

North Florida Lions Eye Bank Youth Exchange Scholarship Fund

Florida Lions Camp Florida Hearing Aid Bank

2-Leo’s Clubs

LIONS SERVICE ACTIVITIES HAVE RESULTED IN:

· Operation of the vast majority of eye banks throughout the world, providing over 18,000 cornea transplants in a single year.

· More than $50 million donated toward research, training and rehabilitation for the blind.

· Ongoing funding for schools for the blind.

· Hundreds of thousands of youngsters learning to make responsible decisions, combat peer pressure and resist the temptation of drugs and alcohol.

· 356,000 diabetes screenings conducted during one recent year.

· Research into new treatments for diabetic retinopathy—the leading cause of blindness in developed nations.

· Hospitals, playgrounds and schools built through Lions’ efforts in their own communities.

· Worldwide relief for flood, earthquake and tornado victims.

· Vocational training programs worldwide.

The Lions’ motto is WE SERVE.

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upper left to see recent Club Activities and to see more pictures
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OUR TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION

The Palm Coast Lions Club is the sponsor of our Palm Coast Lions Charities, a non-profit corporation enabled as its activities arm and a separate fund-raising entity for the betterment of our community of Flagler County, Florida. The Internal Revenue Service has determined that we are exempt from Federal Income Tax under section 501 ( a ) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization described in section 501 ( c ) 3. Our Registered Charities EIN is 59-3624247. We are also registered with the State of Florida. “A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL– FREE 1-800-435-7352 WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.”

Lions are an international network of 1.3 million men and women in 205 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world.