AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE BETHLEHEM LIONS CLUB
The BETHLEHEM LIONS CLUB was founded more than 50 years ago.
1. The focus is on aiding the blind and hearing impaired in the community as well as worldwide. We finance these projects mainly from our Christmas Tree Sale and the sale of carwash tickets etc. In addition, we collect used glasses and hearing aids in deposit boxes at various locations in town and then provide more than one thousand items to a local physician who, in the company of several Albany Med students, travels bi-annually to Uganda to provide medical services where there is none. They distribute these glasses there.
2. We fund two $1000 scholarships for high school students residing in the Town of Bethlehem, including those attending private institutions outside the district.
3. We participate in the NY State “Adopt-a-Highway” program (RT 85A) by scheduling four clean-ups per year.
4. We fund the “File-for-Life” project of the Senior Services Office. This emergency medication record is attached to the refrigerator. See sample enclosed. We encourage you to use it or some similar device for your entire family.
5. We sponsor the annual Senior Citizen Picnic in collaboration with the Town’s Senior Services Office.
6. We provide support to the Lions Eye Institute in Slingerlands and aid various camps for blind and hearing-impaired children.
7. We support applications for financial aid for various requests such as the Eagle Scout program and to persons in need.
8. We participate in the “Shoes for the Shoeless” program, which provides tens of thousands of pairs of shoes to the needy in Appalachia.
Membership:
Presently we have 20 active members. The membership is open to all individuals and couples. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday at the Normanside Country Club for dinner meetings: (6-7 pm bar, 7-8:30 pm dinner, and meeting. We do not meet from the middle of June to the first week in September. Occasionally we have a guest speaker.
Hours of participation:
1. 2 meetings per months (see above)
2. 4 Highway Clean-ups (generally on Saturdays 8-10:30am)
3. Senior Picnic (9:30am-2pm, third Thursday in August)
4. Christmas Tree Sale (3-4 weekends, variable time, average 4 hrs ea. day)
Fees: $40 per half year. A portion of this goes to Lions International http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/lions_lcif.shtml
Prospective Member Form
Thank you for your interest in becoming a Bethlehem Lion. Lions Clubs International is a network of individual clubs united in helping others. To learn more on becoming a Lion go to the following link www.lionsclubs.org/EN/about-lions/index.php
Lions club members are important. Members enable clubs to meet diverse local and international needs. Individually and together with their club, Lions take on projects as varied as cleaning up the neighborhood park while they also combat international issues, develop relationships and fulfill their potential.
Are you interested in becoming a Lion?
Please provide us with your name and contact information.
Please send the completed form to info@bethlehemlions.org or P.O. Box 141, Delmar, New York 12054.
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