Palm Coast Lions Club - Lions e-Clubhouse

Welcome to the Home of the Palm Coast Lions

Thank You to all those who attended the Spring Pancake Breakfast and those who paticipated in and sponsored the Ed Klukowski Memorial Walk for the Blind

Please click on "Our Award Winers" on the left to see
our latest Melvin Jones Fellow and Lion of the Year

If you would like to donate from this website using your
Credit Card or PayPal please click the
DONATE Button.
If you would like more info about donating please contact
David Bailey, Treasurer, Palm Coast Lions
donate@palmcoastlions.org

Saturday Paper Drive

Regretfully after 30+ years of our monthly paper drive it is no longer feasible to
continue in most areas. If the paper drive is discontinued in your area you will receive a notice.

Please click here for more details and thank you for your support over the years.

Recycling containers will still be available for collection at
Palm Harbor Shopping Center - Near Salsas Mexican Restaurant or
Publix Super Mkt at Belle Terre Crossings - Corner of Palm Coast Pkwy & Belle Terre

     Location of Used Eyeglasses Collection Containers

Tom Gibbs Chevrolet
Dr. Kostick's office
Flagler County Public Library-Palm Coast
Curves - Palm Coast
D.I.V.A.S. Club at 9 Palm Harbor Village Way
Publix at Palm Harbor Shopping Center
Tax Collector's Office Old Kings Rd., near Staples
Eye Care Express Old Kings Rd.
Eye Style Optical, 7 Old Kings Rd. N Near Staples
Government Services Bldg., Rt. 100, Bunnell
Chamber of Commerce on Moody Blvd., Bunnell
Belle Terre Racket Club
Vince Carter Rehab. Center off Rt. 11, Bunnell
Plantation Oaks Clubhouse
Flagler Beach Library
Tomoka Eye Center at the Medical Bldg
Las Palmas lobby
VFW Palm Coast
Total Vision

Click here to view the May 2013 Leos Tale

Click here to view the April 2013 Leos Tale

Click here to view March 2013 Leos Tale

Click here to view the February 2013 Leos Tale

Click here to view the January 2013 Leos Tale

Click here to view the December 2012 Leos Tale

Click here to view the November 2012 Leos Tale

Click here to view the October 2012 Leos Tale

Click here to view the September 2012 Leos Tale

Click here to see a Lion Rap Video

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 Chairs: Don or Alice Green
Email: dagree3538@att.net
Phone: 445-5040

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 County Public Library in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach 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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Please click on Photo Gallery and Our Award Winners on the
upper left to see recent Club Activities and to see more pictures
go to http://palmcoastlions.shutterfly.com/

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 Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with more than 1.3 million members in approximately 45,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world.