Sept. 16, 2010, BARRINGTON, N.J. – Members of the Barrington-Haddon Heights Lions Club will raise funds at the Lawnside Pathmark on Rt. 30 this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 18 and 19, as part of the semi-annual White Cane Day fundraiser. Donations from community members will be used to help those less fortunate with visual impairments.
According to Roger Riehm, the club’s president, “Money raised this weekend will allow Lions to provide glasses and vision screenings in our community including during the Barrington Harvest Festival this October. Screenings will be conducted by the Mobile Vision Clinic, operated by the South Jersey Eye Center and Lions Low Vision Clinic. Lions members thank everyone who contributes to this important work. You are truly helping Lions make a difference in our community.”
The Barrington-Haddon Heights Lions Club has 27 members and meets on the first Wed. of the month at 7 p.m. at Barrington Borough Hall, 229 Trenton Ave. Lions clubs are groups of men and women who identify needs within the community and work together to fulfill those needs. For more information or to get involved with the Barrington-Haddon Heights Lions Club, please visit www.BHHLions.org or contact President Roger Riehm at 609-707-6452 or BHHLions@gmail.com.
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. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit the Web site at www.lionsclubs.org.
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