RUSTON LIONS CLUB

 

The Ruston Lions Club engages in two major club projects during the year. One of the projects is a  fundraiser while the other is a community service project.

 

Fundraiser –

·        Annual Lions Golf Tournament – This event is usually held in late May and accounts for the clubs fundraising proceeds. Members support the event by selling sponsorships, securing prizes, recruiting players, and assisting on the day of the tournament. From early sponsorship sales to the actual tournament the event lasts 3-4 weeks.

 

Service Project –

·        CubSight Screenings - CubSight is a preschool vision screening program designed to prevent childhood blindness through early detection of the most common vision disorders that can lead to amblyopia (lazy eye). The Ruston Lions Club is the custodian of a leading edge technology screening instrument that is used to screen children throughout Lincoln Parish. Lions do not interpret screening results but rather forwards those results to a State Coordinator who provides expert interpretation. This is a year round program but heavily concentrated in the early part of the school year. Members support this program by volunteering for Screening Teams who conduct sessions of 1-2 hours duration during normal school hours.

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Consistent with the major focus areas of Lions Clubs International, the Ruston Lions Club provides monetary support to programs that serve the needs of people who are blind or visually impaired and to programs designed to meet the needs of young people in the community and the state. Although the actual amounts may vary based on fundraising results the Club generally provides support to the following organizations in the proportions noted - 

 

·         Louisiana Lions Eye Bank                             19%

·         Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation                    23%

·         Louisiana Lions Children’s Camp                   23%

·         Eye glasses assistance                                    9%

·         Other sight related programs                            9%

·         Local Youth Programs                                      9%

·         All other                                                            8%

                  Total                                                            100%

 

The Ruston Lions Club is on the web at http://lionwap.org/eclub/sites/RustonLA/