Papillion Area Lions Club
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 The Papillion Area Lions Club provides funding for both the Dare Program in Papillion LaVista Schools and sponsors and serves to faciiitate activities in the in the Graduate Straight Party for new Graduates of Papillion LaVista and Papillion LaVista South High Schools each May |
 The Papillion Area Lions Club annually invests in the Nebraska Lions Eye Bank and Nebraska Lions Eye Research Center. During the last three years we also financially support the Low Vision House at UNMC to assist low vision persons in making adjustments to their home life to more easily accomodate their vision liminations and improve their quality of life |
 The Papillion Area Lions Club financially supports the Nebraska Lions Foundation. The foundation exists to help the Lions Clubs in Nebraska to respond to emergencies and request by needy residents for help with vision and hearing related needs. |
 The Papillion Area Lions Club financially supports the Interenational Hearing Dog, Inc., a non-profit activity in Henderson, Colorado that is the source of hearing dogs provided by Lions Clubs to persons with hearing impairment that need the services of a hearing dog. |
 The Papillion Area Lions Club financially supports the Lions Leader Dog School in Rochester, Michigan that is the source of service dogs for the blind provided by our clubs. One of our members has obtained two dogs in the last fifteen years to assist her with her education and occupational capapbilities, as well as to safely and securely navigate from place to place. |
 The Papillion Area Lions Club financially supports the American Diabetes Association and its local youth diabetes camp in Nebraska, since diabetes is a major cause of blindness. |
 The Papillion Area Lions Club financially supports and several of its members serve the organization which provide special radio broadcasts and streaming transmissions over the Interenet to serve blind persons with news, sports and other information that is normally provided in newspaper an magazine media. |
The Papiilion Area Lions Club sponsors Leos Clubs at Papillion LaVista High School, Papillion LaVista South High School and Papillion Middle School. The Club invests approximately $8000.00 annually in scholarships for graduating Leos. The Leos Clubs are involved in many service projects and support Lions service.
