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In the Walnut Bottom area community, the Jacksonville Lions:

  • Honor student of the month scholars
  • Provide medical equipment to community members in need during their convalescence
  • Maintain collection boxes for used eyeglasses, hearing aids, cellphones and ink cartridges for recycling & distribution
  • Support the South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Company
  • Host bingo at the South Newton Township firemen's fair
  • Participate in the spring and fall community craft shows
  • Sponsor the child ID program conducted by the county Sheriff's Department
  • Support the Big Spring High School post-grad party
  • Host the community Easter Egg Hunt (see below)
  • Provide free Kidsight USA eye screening to community children
  • Provide eye care for community members in need
  • Co-conduct neighborhood food drive and collection for local food pantry
  • Sponsor community Trunk or Treat  (a safer alternative to dark sidewalk-less streets!)
  • Build home access ramps for disabled

Regionally, nationally, and internationally, the Jacksonville Lions support:

  • PA Lions Beacon Lodge Camp and annually sponsor a camper there
  • PA Lions Hearing Research Fund
  • PA Lions Sight Conservation and Eye Research Foundation
  • Warm the Children program
  • Leader Dogs for the Blind
  • Northeast PA Lions Eye Bank Endowment Fund
  • Diabetes Awareness
  • Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF) disaster relief, measles vaccinations, etc.

The Jacksonville Lions recently sponsored their 47th annual Easter egg hunt for the community’s children. About 100 children and their families enjoyed this year’s event on the morning of April 7. The weather was fabulous, so the hunt was held outdoors at the South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Department. Children were divided into four groups based on their ages. They searched for Easter candies that Lions club members had hidden. Those lucky enough to get specially marked Easter candy picked a prize from the winners’ table. In earlier days, chocolate was nowhere to be found. Members and their helpers dyed hundreds and hundreds of hard-boiled eggs. Children finding prize eggs received live peeps and bunnies! As time passed, candy eggs and chocolate bunny prizes became more desirable for all concerned, except perhaps to parents whose children got a sudden burst of energy from “chocolate overload!” Toys with Easter themes were given out as prizes again this year.

The Jacksonville Lions have sponsored over 50 annual Easter egg hunt for the community’s children.  About 100 children and their families enjoyed this year’s event. The weather was fabulous, so the hunt was held outdoors at the South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Company.  Children were divided into four groups based on their ages. They searched for Easter candies that Lions club members had hidden. Those lucky enough to get specially marked Easter candy picked a prize from the winners’ table.

 

In earlier days, chocolate was nowhere to be found. Members and their helpers dyed hundreds and hundreds of hard-boiled eggs. Children finding prize eggs received live peeps and bunnies!  As time passed, candy eggs and chocolate bunny prizes became more desirable for all concerned, except perhaps to parents whose children got a sudden burst of energy from “chocolate overload!” Toys with Easter themes were given out as prizes again this year.
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