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Volume VII, No. 3

RECLAIMING THE VISION

Do you see what I see?

LION, THE KING AND EYE- ASSISTANCE NEEDED
GLASSES TOO! FOR
VISUALLY IMPAIRED
The Daughters of the King, a group in St. STUDENTS
Luke's Episcopal Church, completed a special
“secret” project. On Friday December 6, 2019 Lion Emer-
son Campbell joined Lions Julian Em-
On Sunday, October 13, they surprised Lions brack and Andy Gouzoulis (Ridgewood /
Francilla and Glendale / Middle Village Lions Club) to
Gregory Moore, (Brookville) with a large honor a group of visually impaired
box containing over 100 pairs of eyeglasses children. (See photos)
and cases. We delivered the “surprise
package” to Leo District Chair, Stephanie The celebration was in recognition of their ZC Emerson dines and support.
Simeon (Springfield Gardens) who needed recent graduation and to solicit donations
the eyeglass cases to be decorated and re- to help purchase adaptive equipment,
purposed for a special Leo project. including braille machines and hearing
aids which are very expensive.
Submitted by,
Lions Francilla & Gregory Moore Pledges totaling $1500 were made at that
Brookville Lions
event. But hey still face a significant fund-
ing shortfall. Can you help?

Reported by
ZC Emerson Campbell

Lion Francilla accepts surprise gift of used
eyeglasses

SPRINGFIELD GARDENS that discussed the significance The event ended with
of the White Cane, the causes light refreshments and
TEACHES WHITE CANE of vision loss, and current tech- participants were given
SAFETY AND ASSISTIVE nology that aids individuals an opportunity for
with vision loss to read printed
“hands - on” examina-
LOW VISION tion and trial of the
material. Two devices dis-
cussed were the Script View equipment.
TECHNOLOGY and the Script Talk. Both de-
vices are provided by Envision Written by:
On October 26, 2019, the Spring- and provide reading capabilities
field Gardens Lions Club hosted for prescription medicine bot- Secretary Lion Iris
their Annual White Cane Safety tles in several different lan- Allen Springfield
Day at the Laurelton Library. This guages. In addition, Lion Low- Gardens Lions Club
year’s theme was Technology to ena demonstrated the use of
Aid Individuals with Vision Loss.
several portable CCTV (Closed
Lion Lowena Howard, event Circuit Televisions) and a
Chairperson, provided a Microsoft white cane to the audience,
Office Power Point presentation made up largely of members of
the community.