The club collects used eyeglasses, hearing aids and cell phones for reconditioning and offered for reuse by individuals worldwide. Locally, the Park Ridge Lions Club has raised funds to support projects and services with grants to:
Avenues to Independence -programs for individuals with developmental disabilities;
Center of Concern -Senior Citizen services;
Have Dreams -educational programs for children with autism;
Jeanine Schulz School
Maine Niles Special Recreation
Park Ridge Library Low-Vision Services
Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care
Grants to local residents in need of vision or hearing screenings, eyeglasses, hearing aids and other low vision equpment may also be provided. Click this link for additional information.
Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world.