Lions RECYCLE For Sight Program
(Partial List of EYEGLASS COLLECTION SITES BELOW):
If you have a pair of glasses you no longer need, bring them to any of the following locations:
EYEGLASS BOX COLLECTION SITES:
San Carlos Library
600 Elm Street, San Carlos
or
REIGN Financial, Kevin Clay,
542 El Camino Real, San Carlos, CA 94070
Caring Cupboard
In 1989 realizing a local need, three San Carlos Service Clubs, San Carlos Lions, Kiwanis and Rotary collaborated with the San Carlos Parks and Recreation Senior Center to create The Caring Cupboard food distribution program targeted at low-income seniors. The Caring Cupboard distributes almost $30,000 worth of food each year. Local volunteers, who also are seniors, contribute hundreds of hours each month to make the program a success.
What does Caring Cupboard offer? A free bag of groceries twice a month.
How to qualify: San Carlos resident, over 50 years of age, Total monthly income from all sources is less than: $1885.00 for single or $2428.00 for couple.
How do I sign up? Register at the San Carlos Adult Community Center. Your registration is free and strictly confidential.
For more information call Anna Kertel at 802-4384
Student Speaking Contest
San Carlos Lions Club
“We Serve”
74th Annual Student Speaker Contest
Time and Date: 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Topic: “Enforcing our Borders; State vs. Federal Rights”
All students currently in grades 9-12 may compete in this contest. The winner will be awarded $75.00 and move on to compete in the zone contest. Finalists will each be awarded $25.00.
Zone contest winner will be awarded $100.00.
Region Contest winner will be awarded $150.00.
District Contests—15 winners will each receive a
$4,500.00 scholarship.
Area Contests—4 winners will each receive a
$6,500.00 scholarship.
Final Contest—The winner will receive a
$10,000 scholarship.
Students must speak on the topic for a minimum of 5 minutes and no longer than 10 minutes. All speeches will be judged on text, delivery and effectiveness. Note cards no larger than 3 x 5 cards are accepted at the club level. The use of props or displays of any nature are cause for disqualification.
The club is limited to contestants. To participate, students should contact Lion Paula Ebejer-Moffitt at 650-454-6287 or paula@primaprinting.com before 02/04/11.
Student Scholarship Program
San Carlos Lions Club
Chartered March 31, 1938
“We Serve”
San Carlos Lions Club Application for Scholarship
The San Carlos Lions Club was chartered on March 31, 1938, by the Association of Lions Clubs International. From the beginning, this club’s symbol has been its strong tradition of community involvement. The club has donated money to many youth organizations over the years, as follows: children with special needs, youth sports groups, the 4-H Club, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, youths who need assistance with medical care and local public schools. The club also launched the construction project of the San Carlos Museum of History in the late 1960s that was completed in the 1970s and dedicated to the city of San Carlos.
Several years ago, the San Carlos Lions Club expanded its financial support in the field of education to include three $1,000 scholarships (funds permitting) to graduating high school seniors. To be eligible, senior should simply follow the guidelines listed below:
1) Any high school student who is a senior (or in 12th grade), anticipates receiving a high school diploma in May or June of 2011 and seeks to qualify for a scholarship.
2) The student must be a resident of the city of San Carlos (and proof may be required).
3) A formal application for scholarship will be by essay (that is, the student must submit a legible essay not to exceed two (2) pages outlining his/her education, family background, school of higher learning he/she has been accepted to, major he/she has selected, his/her future aspirations and why he/she should be selected. The student’s name, address and telephone number also must be included.
4) The deadline for submitting an application is March 31 of each year, and the application must be mailed to the address listed below. Applications postmarked after March 31 automatically will be rejected.
5) The winner(s) will be notified by April 15 and invited to attend a regular club dinner meeting on April 21, at which time the winner(s) will be presented with a $500.00 check.
6) To qualify for the balance amount of $500, at the end of the first semester or quarter, each student must provide a report card or other form of confirmation from his/her college/university that he/she is returning to college to continue his/her education and submit the report card to the San Carlos Lions Club Scholarship Chairperson within sixty (60) days following the end of the first semester or quarter.
7) All time deadlines must be strictly adhered to. No exceptions will be made.
Interested students should mail their entries to the following address:
Paula Ebejer-Moffitt
San Carlos Lions Scholarship Chairperson
P.O. Box 94
San Carlos, CA 94070
Note: All decisions and selections made by any members of the San Carlos Lions Club will be final and cannot be appealed.
Adopt A Highway
The San Carlos Club Lions pick up trash along the freeway and at the Holly Street entrance to San Carlos on the first Saturday of each month.
White Cane Days
What is Lions White Cane Days?
In 1925 Miss Helen Keller challenged the Lions of America to band together to SERVE the blind and needy with impaired vision. This wonderful woman with multiple handicaps called her inability to see the greatest of her limitations.
One of the first great steps was the White Cane, which makes the blind person more mobile and was proposed in 1927 by Lion George Bonham. The White Cane became not only a symbol stating that the user was blind but also a tool of sight-by-feel for the blind and near blind.
As concern for those with failing or lost sight grew over time, the cost of the new deeds of sight serving were outstripping many Lions Clubs financial reserves.
In 1951 in Monterey Park, California, the Lions invited their neighbors to share in the Club’s Sight-serving and to contribute to the Lion Sight Conservation Fund. This they did, on a day called WHITE CANE DAYS.
WHITE CANE DAYS continued to grow until thousands of Lions clubs were holding WHITE CANE DAYS fundraisers. This year the San Carlos Lions Club was located in front of Walgreens on El Camino and Glinda’s Fudge & more on Laurel Street.
Donations raised during WHITE CANE DAYS are used to support the Lions Eye Foundation, which provides eyeglasses for those who cannot afford them, eye surgery for those who cannot afford it and eye sight testing for children.
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