Ways We Are Serving!

 

 

Lions KidSight USA Program - District 14-C Pre-School Vision Screening Project – Lions throughout the district do vision screening with specially designed cameras to find if anomalies appear in the pre-school students.  Lions KidSight is a district program bringing clubs together to ensure our children receive eye screenings and follow-up care when needed. We train and mobilize caring people to be able to easily and efficiently screen the vision health of our nation’s youngest, dearest, and most vulnerable children to help ensure they receive early academic and social development success that we all deserve — guided by the fact that 80% of a child’s learning and development requires healthy, corrected vision.

PA Lions Sight Conservation and Eye Research Foundation - Donations are used to fund PA researchers who are doing cutting edge investigations into eliminating blindness in our world.

Lions recycle for Sight Recycle Eyeglasses – Refractive errors can be easily corrected with eyeglasses, yet millions living in low- and middle-income countries lack access to basic eye care services.  District lions’ clubs collect used eyeglasses with eyeglass donation boxes placed throughout their communities.  Eyeglasses are turned over to the district eyeglass chairperson that packages them and sends them to Lions Eyeglass Recycling centers for cleaning, sorting, tagging and shipping to where they can have the most benefit. 

Leader Dogs for the Blind – empowers people who are blind or visually impaired with lifelong skills for safe and independent daily travel.  All services from Leader Dog are funded by donations and all services are provided free of charge to clients, including travel in the U.S. and Canada, room and board, equipment and training. 

 

 

Pennsylvania Lion – Care – Care For The Kids – District supports the PA State Council of Lions Clubs in a partnership with the Four Diamonds which mobilized Lion’s to conquer childhood cancer.  The partnership is between Lions Clubs and Four Diamonds focusing on pediatric cancer.  As childhood cancer kills more children in the United States than any other disease, District Lions Clubs are committed to providing ongoing support to Four Diamonds to find better treatments and ultimately a cure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lions LEO Program - “Leadership, Experience, Opportunity.” That’s what makes a Leo. Members of Leo clubs embody the best qualities of our incredible organization. They are devoted young people who realize the power of action. Together, Leos and Lions form a powerful partnership — one of mutual respect where Lions learn from the innovative insights of Leos, and where Leos gain access to the proven strategies of those who’ve successfully served the world for decades.

What are LEOs

  • LEOs are youth 12-18 years of age.
  • Lions have over 7,700 LEO clubs in over 150 countries and complete over 60,000 service projects each year.
  • LEOs get:
    • LEADERSHIP - Develop skillls as a project organizaer, time manager and team leaders.
    • EXPERIENCE - Discover how teamwork and collaboration can change your community and the world.
    • OPPORTUNITY - Discover how teamwork and collaboration can change your communty and the world.

Lions International Peace Poster and Essay Contest – For over three decades, Lions clubs around the globe have been sponsoring a very special art contest in schools and youth ages 11, 12 or 13. Creating peace posters gives children everywhere the chance to express their visions of peace and inspire the world through art and creativity. 

This year’s contest theme is “Together As One”.

Poster deadlines:

  • October 1: Deadline to purchase kits from the Club Supplies Sales Department at International Headquarters.
  • November 15: Postmark deadline for a club to send one winning poster (per contest sponsored) to the district governor.
  • December 1: Postmark deadline for a district governor to send one winning district poster to multiple district council chairperson.
  • December 1: Postmark deadline for a district governor not belonging to a multiple district to send one winning poster to the Brand & Creative Department at International Headquarters.
  • December 1: Postmark deadline for a club not belonging to a district to send one winning entry to the Brand & Creative Department at International Headquarters.
  • December 15: Postmark deadline for the multiple district council chairperson to send one winning poster to the Brand & Creative Department at International Headquarters.
  • February 1: International winners notified on or before this date.

Past District Winners:

Celebration of the winners L to R:  Evlyn Licharowicz-2nd place winning poster sponsored by the Arendtsville Lions Club, 3rd place winning poster- held by Emily Seils, the art teacher at the Upper Adams Intermediate School created by Ana Ugalde Diaz sponsored by the Upper Adams Lions Club, Eli Gates- honorable mention winning poster sponsored by the Apple City Leo Club under the guidance of the Arendtsville Lions Club, and Madison Sevier- 1st place winning poster sponsored by the Jacobus Lions Club, Inc.  Madison Sevier, also, achieved 3rd place in the Multiple District Competition.