Sightlines February 2013 (Updated)

Thank you for your continued support! By supporting the Foundation in our mission to restore and preserve sight, you rescue thousands from a lifetime of blindness.

Children's Vision Screening Helps Child Read

“Thanks so much for this program. Even though the correction needed by Cheyenne is not as life-changing as for some children, this program fills a need that doesn’t exist for many kids.” – PCC Pat Porterfield

As members of the St. Charles Lions club, PCC Pat and PDG Lyn Porterfield are very familiar with the Children’s Vision Screening program, having volunteered at screenings for much of the past decade. When asked about why they volunteer, Pat said, “It’s a program with proven results and is life-altering for those kids we catch. A few hours out of a day to make a difference in the rest of a child’s life – what could be more important than that?”

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In Your Community

March
1

M3 Open House at MLERF

Friday, March 1, 2013
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
404 Portland St.
Columbia, MO 65201

MLERF is pleased to invite Lions attending the M3 district convention to an open house. Staff will conduct tours of the MLERF facilities, and light refreshments will be served.

April
19

Celebration of Life & Rose Dedication Service

Friday, April 19, 2013
12:00 p.m.
404 Keene St.
Columbia, MO 65201

Join Heartland Lions Eye Banks, University Hospitals and Clinics and Midwest Transplant Network to honor donor families, transplant recipients and other people touched by donation. For more information, contact Kharim Strayhorn at 417-882-1532 ext. 1014 or KStrayhorn@hleb.org.

Lions Sight Week is April 15-20

Lions Sight Week (LSW), to be held April 15-20, 2013, is a week-long observance celebrating the Missouri Lions’ support of the Foundation’s six programs that preserve and restore sight.

You can help us save sight this April in several ways:

1) Volunteer at a Children’s Vision Screening event.
2) Host an organ and eye donor registration drive in your community.
3) Make a financial donation to our mission.

With your support, we hope to break records in community service by screening more than 2,000 children for the leading causes of blindness during LSW. An informational packet will be sent to your Lions club in February. For more information in the meantime, please visit the LSW web page.

Order National Eye Donor Month Materials

Eye donation really can save a life. This March, during National Eye Donor Month, you can be a hero by supporting eye donation in your community. In 2012, Heartland Lions Eye Banks (HLEB), its hospital partners, and generous donors and donor families saved 2,464 people from a lifetime of blindness. As a Lion, your continued support of eye donation throughout the year helps corneal surgeons and HLEB honor eye donors and rescue the sight of people in your community suffering from eye diseases, disorders, and injuries.

The communications department at the Foundation has created promotional materials to help spread the word this March. If you’d like to help promote NEDM in your community, you can order posters (see image at right) by contacting Clayton Clark at 1-800-283-1982 x115 or cclark@mlerf.org by 03/01/2012 with the quantity of posters you’d like and an address for shipment.

Missouri Lions Clubs

Take a look at what we're doing in your community! Review the monthly program stats for your Lions district and the top-giving Lions Clubs for 7/1/12 - 1/31/13.