Sharing the Vision: One Pair Eyeglasses At A Time

Seventeen boxes..... two thousand two hundred and fifty four.... Eyeglasses, sunglasses, reading glasses, and cases that is.  That's what the Aurora Borealis Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center in North Pole, Alaska, will be receiving in the next few days.

The two Juneau Lions Clubs collect eyeglasses as a joint effort.  All eyecare centers in Juneau have a collection box and every year in October, we have a Recycle for Sight collection drive.  This effort is a year's worth of collecting.

Lions Mike Norton, Ted Quinn, Soapy Lingle

Once they are received at the North Pole recycle center, Lions and other volunteers will clean them, fix them, label their prescription, and file away until needed.  Every year this recycle center redistributed approximately 30,000 eyeglasses to needy people around the world.  Sharing the Vision.  #Lions100

We Serve!

Lion Nancy Norton
Juneau Mendenhall Flying Lions

Centennial Projects September

Clubs are busy in their communities, constantly striving to serve more.  LCI's goal to serve 100 million people by June 30, 2018, has already been met!  Besides increasing membership, we have our four Centennial service activity challenges as well as Legacy Projects to complete.

The following clubs have completed one or more Centennial service activity:  

Engaging Our Youth:
Anchorage Mt. McKinley Lions
Palmer Lions
Mt. View Lions
Anchorage Benton Bay Athletic Lions
Anchorage Muldoon Lions
Sutton Racing Lions

Sharing the Vision:
Anchorage Mt. McKinley Lions
Kenai Lions
Palmer Lions
Mt. View Lions
Soldotna Lions
Anchorage Mabuhay Lions
Anchorage Muldoon Lions

Relieving the Hunger:
Anchorage Mt. McKinley Lions
Kenai Lions
Palmer Lions
Copper River Basin Lions
Anchorage Mabuhay Lions
Girdwood Turnagain Arm Lions
Anchorage Polynesia Lions

Protecting Our Environment:
Anchorage Lions
Soldotna Lions
Seward Resurrection Bay Lions
Anchorage Mabuhay Lions
Anchorage 1st Hmong Lions
Anchorage Polynesia Lions

The following clubs have completed all four of the Centennial Service Activities:

1. Eagle River Sleeping Lady Mountain Lions
2. Juneau Mendenhall Flying Lions
3. Kodiak Lions
4. Wasilla Lions

Clubs that have not reported service activities OR Centennial service activities this year are shown below.  If you believe your Club IS participating in service activities and the Centennial challenges, please talk to your Club President and Secretary:  
Bethel Lions
Eagle River Lions
Juneau Lions
Spenard Lions
Kachemak Bay Lions
Big Lake Lions
Anchorage Latinos Lions
Ballyhoo Lions
Houston Lions
Willow Lions
Anchorage Captain Cook Lions
Kenai Peninsula Racing Lions
Anchorage Racing
Chugiak Lions
Anchorage Alaska Sports Car Lions
Alaska State Sno-X Lions
Bethel Winter House Lions
UAA Aurora Borealis Campus

Legacy Projects:
A Legacy Project is a VISIBLE gift we give our community.  It isn't a financial donation.  It isn't something we "do" every month or every year.  It isn't something we give to one person.  A Legacy Project is a VISIBLE gift we give to OUR COMMUNITY.  If you cannot affix a Centennial Plaque to it, you might want to reconsider if it's a legacy project at all:  

Level 1:
Anchorage Mt. McKinley Lions:  1 project
Eagle River Sleeping Lady Mountain:  2 projects
Kodiak Lions:  6 projects
Soldotna Lions:  1 project
Copper River Basin:  2 projects
Seward Resurrection Bay Lions:  1 project
Juneau Mendenhall Flying Lions:  1 project
Sutton Racing:  1 project

Level 2:
Seward Resurrection Bay Lions:  1 project
Juneau Mendenhall Flying Lions:  1 project
Eagle River Sleeping Lady Mt.:  1 project
Sutton Racing:  1 project

Level 3:
Eagle River Sleeping Lady Mt.:  1 project

If you're uncertain whether your projects qualify as a Legacy Project, check out LCI's webpage here.

We Serve!
#Lions100