C0me by our facility at 1850 Hillandale Rd. on Saturday April 20, 2024 to recycle Childrens Books

Eyeglasses and Sunglasses, Cell Phones, Hearing Aids and Lightweight Plastic

VIEW THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS

WE HAVE SUPPORTED

HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS

• Governor Morehead school for the Blind

• Camp Dogwood (visually handicapped camp)

• Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts

• Boys and Girls Home

• Triangle Radio Reading Service

• Glasses and hearing aids

• Christmas baskets in the local community

FUNDRAISING PROJECTS

• Election Day Pancake Jamboree

• 16th Annual Durham Lions Club Golf Tournament (May 2021)

• Facility Rental Proceeds – We allow individuals and originations to rent the Durham Lions Club Scout Center for their special events. Proceeds from the special event rentals allow us to provide a facility for a Boy Scout Troop, Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Crew, and two Girl Scout Troops free of charge! Please consider hosting your next event at the Scout Center, which will directly benefit the youth in our community.

Lions meet the needs of local communities and the world every day because they share a core belief - to serve their community.

Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization. We have 1.35 million members in more than 45,000 clubs in more than 206 countries and geographic areas.

Lions have a dynamic history. Founded in 1917, we are best known for fighting blindness, but we also volunteer for many different kinds of community projects - including caring for the environment, feeding the hungry and aiding seniors and the disabled.

Lions give sight. By conducting vision screenings, equipping hospitals and clinics, distributing medicine and raising awareness of eye disease, Lions work toward their mission of providing vision for all. We have extended our commitment to sight conservation through countless local efforts and through our international SightFirst Program, which works to eradicate blindness.

Lions serve youth. Our community projects often support local children and schools through scholarships, recreation and mentoring. Internationally, we offer many programs, including the Peace Poster Contest, Youth Camps and Exchange and Lions Quest.

Our Leo Program provides the youth of the world with an opportunity for personal development through volunteering. There are approximately 144,000 Leos and 5,700 Leo clubs in more than 140 countries worldwide.

Lions award grants. Since 1968, the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) has awarded more than US$700 million in grants to support Lions humanitarian projects around the world. LCIF was also ranked the number one nongovernmental organization in a 2007 study by The Financial Times.

Lions help during disasters. Together, our Foundation and Lions are helping communities following natural disasters by providing for immediate needs such as food, water, clothing and medical supplies – and aiding in long-term reconstruction.

Lions are active. Our motto is "We Serve." Lions are part of a global service network, doing whatever is necessary to help our local communities.

For more about Lions Clubs, go to www.lionsclubs.org

FEATURED PROJECTS

SATHI EYE CAMP

We are back in college after a productive summer in Rayavaram , India . The eye camp we hosted was very successful, but we can hardly take credit for all that happened. It was only due to your guidance and support that this camp became a possibility. The camp revealed the dire need for eye care services in Puddhukottai District and we are now working towards transforming the camp site (an ancestral home) into a permanent vision center.

On camp day we examined approximately 250 patients, with 33 of them being referred for and receiving free cataract surgeries at Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai , India . We were very fortunate to receive Aravind Eye Hospital ’s partnership and hope to continue working with them to establish the vision center.

During the camp, we conducted thorough research to assess the effectiveness of our camp. We found that by having a camp site in the rural village the cost barrier to care was decreased to about 3 rupees. 96% of respondents felt that the Rayavaram camp site was an easily accessible eye care provision facility. 100% of respondents believed that the Aravind camp staff was attentive and that the camp was organized and efficient. 100% of respondents also believed that quality of care that they received was good. Given these positive results, we are now in the process of transforming the ancestral home camp site into a permanent vision center.

We’ve identified four recent high school graduates from the community who are from economically disadvantaged families and encouraged them to apply for training at the Aravind Eye Hospital as technicians. These women would not have had an opportunity to gain a degree otherwise. After the completion of training in two years, they will be salaried health technicians permanently staffing the developing Sathi Vision Center .

Malini Veerappan
Rewa Choudhary