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by Joshua Friedman
Lions in Thailand are returning to school in droves. They’re not there to learn but to screen for vision problems and to distribute eyeglasses. In three years, teams of Lions, healthcare workers and Johnson & Johnson Vision Care employees have screened nearly 350,000 children for refractive error and other vision problems.
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by Dan Crawford

Author Dan Crawford is a member of the Tulsa Brookside, Oklahoma, Lions Club and an Attorney-at-Law in Tulsa as well as the Municipal Judge for the City of Henryetta, Oklahoma. He explains, “The main reason I have ‘adopted’ the Oklahoma Lions Boys Ranch as my personal mission revolves around juvenile crime. Every week, […]

by Melitta J. Cutright
Each year hundreds of Lions clubs around the world hold vision screenings, community education programs, eyeglass collections and other special projects to mark Lions World Sight Day. “Although LWSD is officially held on the second Thursday in October, we encourage Lions to hold events throughout the entire month of October,” says […]

by Sue Crosson-Knutson

Every Lions club and district — yours included — is encouraged to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the world’s first cornea transplant operation. With pride, your club or district can publicize Lions’ contributions to the sight-restoring miracle of cornea transplants. Inform your community that Lions’ dedication to restoring sight has resulted in the […]

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
1. Denied vice district governor election complaint in District 315-A2 (Bangladesh), and declared Lion Sk. Mohiuddin as vice district governor of District 315-A2 for the 2005-06 term.
2. Denied vice district governor election complaint in District 315-B3 (Bangladesh), and declared Lion M.A. Matin as vice district governor of District 315-B3 for the 2005-06 term.
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The long history of Lions battling against blindness has many exciting and poignant chapters. The story started with Helen Keller’s dramatic appeal to Lions to become “Knights of the Blind.” Pioneering the white cane as a symbol of independence for blind people was an early highlight. Establishing camps for blind children, regional eye banks and […]

by Ashok Mehta
President The International Association of Lions Clubs
An especially important event took place at our 88th International Convention in Hong Kong, China—the launching of our monumental
Campaign SightFirst II. Its fundraising target of $150 million, and stretch goal of another $50 million, will enable the SightFirst program to expand its capacity to successfully fight […]