Welcome to the Home of the Palm Coast Lions
White Cane Days
February 17, 18, 19
"Help the Lions Help the Blind"
The Lions will be out en masse this weekend collecting donations from the public to support our programs and services for the blind,
and the visually and hearing impaired.
This year we have received an overwhelming number of
applications for assistance with securing
eye examinations and eyeglasses.
Please be as generous as possible so that we may meet the
need of all those seeking help.
If you would like to donate from this website using your
Credit Card or PayPal please click the
DONATE Button.
If you would like more info about donating please contact
David Bailey, Treasurer, Palm Coast Lions
donate@palmcoastlions.org
Click here to view the February 2012 Leos Tale
Click here to view the January 2012 Leos tale
Click here to see a Lion Rap Video
Palm Coast Lions Picture Website
Click here to view a Lion PSA on Vision Screening
For any eye/vision related questions please contact:
Sight Conservation Chair: Janet Earnshaw
Email: janet631@cfl.rr.com
Home: 386-246-4138
For assistance with hearing aids please contact:
Hearing Conservation Chair: Gwen Dean
Email: gwenharry@bellsouth.net
Phone: 386- 437-5014
PALM COAST LIONS CHARITIES
Palm Coast Lions Need Your Help
in order to continue our programs that help the Blind & Visually Impaired.
Can you spare a couple of hours a week or a Saturday morning once a month to help those less fortunate?
Here are some of the activities that we need your help with:
Would you like to join our team of vision or diabetes screeners
1. Each Fall the PC Lions help the elementary school nurses perform vision and hearing screening on all the elementary school children in the county.
2. Preschool & Kindergarten vision screening program - Did you know that 1out of 4 children have a vision problem and most can be corrected with early detection and treatment. This program utilizes our Pedia-Vision Screening System to detect potential vision problems so that treatment can begin early.
3. Diabetes screener - Did you know that diabetes is one of the leading causes of blindness. On the 3rd Thursday of each month the PC Lions perform diabetes and glaucoma screening at the Florida Hospital-Flagler. Additional screenings are performed throughout the year.
Sight Conservation Team -
Each year the Palm Coast Lions Club receives many applications for assistance with obtaining eye examinations and eye glasses from those who cannot afford these items. In addition, the sight conservation team helps those who need assistance locating providers for eye surgery.
Become a member of this very important team.
Help with our recycling programs-
1. The PC Lions recycle approximately 200 eyeglasses/ month, in addition to hearing aids.
Recycling containers can be found at the Flagler Public Library and some Publix super-markets. These eyeglasses are boxed each month and delivered to Daytona on their way to refurbishing.
2. Paper/Aluminum can recycling - Recycling containers are located at Publix on the corner of Palm Coast Parkway and Belle Terre, as well as, in the Palm Harbor Shopping Center. The PC Lions also conduct a monthly paper drive on the last Saturday of the month, picking up papers along various routes throughout the city. Drivers and helpers always needed.
3. In addition, we recycle printer cartridges and cell phones.
Volunteer at the Talking Books Library in Daytona
The Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library Services serves more than 39,000 Florida residents who cannot use standard print reading materials as the result of a visual, physical, or reading disability. It is the largest library of its kind in the U.S., with a collection of more than 2.4 million items in Braille on cassette or digital, and annual loans exceeding 1.6 million items. Some of the Palm Coast Lions volunteer at the library one morning a week, mailing out the books, restocking the shelves and rewinding the cassettes.
Serve as an advisor for one of our Leos Clubs
The Palm Coast Lions Club sponsors Leos Clubs at both the Flagler/Palm Coast and Matanzas High Schools. Leadership-Experience-Opportunity are just a few of the rewards that young
people gains from participating in Leos. Leo clubs are a place to have fun and grow while
experiencing the benefits of community service.
Artist Needed - Peace Poster Advisor
Each year, Lions clubs around the world proudly sponsor the Lions International Peace Poster Contest in local schools. This Contest encourages young people worldwide to artistically express their visions of peace. Students, ages 11, 12 or 13 on November 15, are eligible to participate. Each year's contest consists of an original theme incorporating peace. Participants use a variety of mediums, including charcoal, crayon, pencil and paint, to express the theme. The works created are unique and express the young artists' life experiences and culture.
Golfers Wanted
Help organize and plan one of our biggest Fund Raisers - The Jim Miskelly Golf Tournament.
Cooks- Coffee Makers -Wait Staff Needed
Become part of the team that serves the best Pancake Breakfast in Flagler County twice a year.
If you are interested in helping with any of these activities, please contact Lion Ralph Johnan (439-3284) or Lion Stan Niedzwiecki (445-9179).
WHAT LIONS DO!
Lions raise funds and give their time freely to help the less fortunate. You may already be familiar with some of their activities in our own community, but did you know that your local LIONS have helped the following organizations?
COMMUNITY SERVICES
Alcohol & Drug Educ. (FADE) Adopt-a-Road
Council on Aging Church Women United
FL. Sheriff’s Youth Ranches FPCHS Scholarship Award
GED Scholarships Glaucoma/Diabetes Testing
Hospice of Flag/Volusia Cty Ministerial Fund (FAMA)
VIP Soccer Toys for Tots
Paper/Aluminum Can Pick-up Preschool Vision Screening
Boy/Girl Scout Troops Family Life Center/Safe House
Friends of the PC Library Habitat for Humanity
Public Service Award
LIONS SPONSORED SERVICES
Florida Braille Association Florida Conklin Center
Florida Lions Foundation Florida School for Deaf & Blind
Leader Dogs Lions Club Int’l Foundation
North Florida Lions Eye Bank Youth Exchange Scholarship Fund
Florida Lions Camp Florida Hearing Aid Bank
2-Leo’s Clubs
LIONS SERVICE ACTIVITIES HAVE RESULTED IN:
· Operation of the vast majority of eye banks throughout the world, providing over 18,000 cornea transplants in a single year.
· More than $50 million donated toward research, training and rehabilitation for the blind.
· Ongoing funding for schools for the blind.
· Hundreds of thousands of youngsters learning to make responsible decisions, combat peer pressure and resist the temptation of drugs and alcohol.
· 356,000 diabetes screenings conducted during one recent year.
· Research into new treatments for diabetic retinopathy—the leading cause of blindness in developed nations.
· Hospitals, playgrounds and schools built through Lions’ efforts in their own communities.
· Worldwide relief for flood, earthquake and tornado victims.
· Vocational training programs worldwide.
The Lions’ motto is WE SERVE.
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Please click on Photo Gallery and Our Award Winners on the
upper left to see recent Club Activities and to see more pictures
go to http://palmcoastlions.shutterfly.com/
OUR TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION
The Palm Coast Lions Club is the sponsor of our Palm Coast Lions Charities, a non-profit corporation enabled as its activities arm and a separate fund-raising entity for the betterment of our community of Flagler County, Florida. The Internal Revenue Service has determined that we are exempt from Federal Income Tax under section 501 ( a ) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization described in section 501 ( c ) 3. Our Registered Charities EIN is 59-3624247. We are also registered with the State of Florida. “A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL– FREE 1-800-435-7352 WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.”
Lions are an international network of 1.3 million men and women in 205 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world.
