Together, We Serve.
Projects
Kansas to Kenya is a group of volunteers who do a medical mission (from Kansas to Kenya!) every year. The Lawrence club has partnered with them to provide readers and sunglasses to hundreds of people in need; these glasses help provide opportunities to work, helping women and children out of abject poverty, domestic violence, human trafficking, and helping people of all ages improve their health and quality of life.
The group is preparing for their 2024 trip coming up in June, and they're seeking sponsorship for the additional baggage fees in order to bring more glasses to the people in Kenya. The cost in $100 per additional bag.
We'd like each club to please consider sponsoring all or a portion of a bag. Any amount will make a BIG difference! If your club is interested in supporting the project, please let me know.
Donations are payable to the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, with "Kansas to Kenya Medical Team" in the memo. Mail them to Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, 835 SW Polk St Topeka Kansas 66612
They need the donations by June 1st.
Recent Club Service Projects:
- The Lawrence Lions Club sponsors a Vision Assistance Program, which partners with local eye doctors to provide exams and glasses for those in need.
- Partnered with the city of Lawrence Public Works department on eyeglass collection competition in schools.
- Support the Kansas Lions Band Foundation; high-achieving high school students travel the world representing Kansas at Lions events.
- Support the Kansas Lions Mobile Screening Unit; this mobile health lab travels around Kansas, offering free screenings for diabetes, vision-related problems, hearing and blood pressure.
- Sponsor local youths to participate in Lions Clubs International's annual, world wide Peace Poster contest.
- Helped establish and support a glasses clinic at Babcock Place.
- Collect and sort used eyeglasses; usable glasses are distributed to the poor in various countries around the world, and broken/unusable glasses are recycled or repurposed.
- Support the Kansas Lions Sight Foundation, including the Heartland Lions Eye Banks.
- Park cleanup - maintain the Lions-built shelter house in Broken Arrow park, and keep the park clean.
- Support local audio information service Audio-Reader to provide services free of charge to anyone who can't read standard printed materials.
- Help administer a local technology grant to help provide resources to increase independence and accessibility, including training, for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
- Support KSDS Assistance Dogs, Inc., a fully accredited training organization based in Washington, KS, which traings guide dogs for the blind and visually impaired; service dogs for people with disabilities, and facility dogs that assist professionals in a wide variety of professional settings.
- Hold Trivia Night Fundraisers at Conroy's Pub to raise money for local needs.
- Collect and distribute "Blessings Bags" of personal care items for community members in need.
- Complete regular and ongoing recycling projects to improve our environment and support organizations like Ronald McDonald House Charities and our local parks.
- Conduct early childhood vision screenings for pre-K and elementary aged children.
Club members at the Fall 2023 Art Sale in South Park
Club members working on lens crafts during winter 2023
