Kindness Matters
Congratulations Farmville Lions Club - District 24-I
The Farmsville Lions Club was selected by LCI as one of the winning submissions for 2025-2026.
The project was very special and entailed adopting a room at Madeline's House Domestic Abuse Shelter in Southside, VA.
The equiped a children's library to give a safe encouraging space to children housed at the shelter.
LCI Selected 30 projects from all submissions for the 2024 - 2025 Kindness Matters Awards
Winners were from
Australia, Argentina, Brazil (3), China, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan (6), Malaysia, Nepal (2), Tanzania, Turkiye, UK and United States (8)
Look at the wonderful projects - you never know when something will ignite the fire to create new service projects in your service area.
http://e-district.org/userfiles/374/file/2024%20-%2025%20Winners.pdf
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Hearing Aid Donations
Mail your used hearing aids to be recycled
Lions of Virginia Hearing Aid Bank Foundation
1881 Campus Commons Drive Suite 450
Reston, VA 20191
(571) 371-2002
Central Virinia Lions Hearing Aid Bank
10286 Staples Mill Road #131
Glen Allen, VA 23060
(804) 248-9938
Diabetes Assessment
Take a few minutes to do the online assessment to see if you are at risk for Type II Diabetes. COpy and paste the link below to your search bar.
https://www.idf.org/type-2-diabetes-risk-assessment/?utm_source=lionsclubs.org&utm_medium=landing-page&utm_campaign=wdd
Lions of Virignia
Child Vision Screening
Virginia Lions provide vision screenings for over 33,000 students annually, ages 3 to 16.
Please see below for very important information regarding Lions vision screening in Virginia public Schools
http://e-district.org/userfiles/374/file/Childhood%20Vision%20Screening%20Program%20for%20MD24_.pdf
NEW CERTIFICATION UPDATE
https://www.lionskidsightusa.org/certifications
KidSight USA certification test logon information for MD24 Lions
When ready, visit the website at
http://e-district.org/sites/kidsightusa/page-11.php
Review the quick instructions.
Log into the Members Section at the left:
Username: virginia
Password: KidUSA
Then proceed to the Test.
The first section asks for your email address, name, District, State and Membership ID# - See your club Secretary for your Member ID.
The second section consists of 50 multiple choice questions.
The third section is an Open Book test
Eyeglass Recycling
Lions collect and recycle used eyeglasses at two Eyeglass Recycling Centers in Virginia. Cleaning and sorting eyeglasses to be sent around the world providing vision to those in need.
Drop off locations in Salem
| Salem Utilities Office | 114 North Broad Street | 375-3026 | |
| Vistar | 426 West Main Street | 855-5100 | |
| Invision | 101 West 4th Street | 387-1183 | |
| Gary L. Best Optometry | 904 Apperson Drive | 389-0731 | |
| CVS (on Main Street) | 11 Chestnut Street | 387-4567 | |
| Salem Baptist Church | 103 North Broad Street | 387-0416 | |
| First United Methodist Church | 125 West Main Street | 389-5459 | |
| College Lutheran Church | 210 South College Ave | 389-4963 | |
| Salem Presbyterian Church | 41 East Main Street | 389-3881 | |
| Shiloh Baptist Church | 210 South Market Street | 389-0409 | |
| Salem Church of Christ | 401 West Main Street | 389-2400 | |
| St. Paul's Episcopal Church | 42 East Main Street | 389-9307 | |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Hope Catholic Church | 314 Turner Road | 387-0491 | |
| Barker Realty | 13 East Main Street | 389-1100 | |
| First Christian Church | 712 Front Street | 389-6831 | |
| Riverside Evangelical Methodist Church | 1920 Lucas Street | 387-0326 | |
| Bethel Baptist Church | 1601 S Colorado Street | 389-2376 | |
| CVS Ridgewood Farms | 1875 Electric Road | 387-1696 | |
| Valley Computers Service and Sales | 509 East 4th Street | 387-4500 | |
| H2 Health | 126 Mill Lane | 387-4311 | |
| Lotz Funeral Home | 1330 East Main Street | 389-9208 | |
| John M Oakey Funeral Home | 305 Roanoke Boulevard | 389-5441 | |
| Salem Library | 28 East Main Street | 375-3089 | |
| Johnson Curran Optometry Center | 1205 West Main Street | 444-5656 | |
| Salem YMCA | 1126 Kime Lane | 387-9622 | |
| Salem Walmart Vision Center | 1851 West Main Street | 387-3369 |
Lions Club brooms may be purhased at the following locations
Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest
Congratulations to all artists who submitted posters to the Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest. We would love to be able to share all of the posters with you.
The MD24 winning poster that has been submitted to Lions Clubs International to compete against posters from around the world can be found on the home page.
Each Sub-District submitted two posters for the MD24 competition.
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