updated 5-21-12
THE WASHINGTON, PA.
LIONS CLUB
PO Box 541, Washington, PA 15301
Chartered November 16, 1927
International Theme: I Believe
District Governor Marla Stankus Theme: It's Time to Step Up
Club Motto: Honesty, Integrity, Charity
Meeting Place:
The George Washington Hotel
60 South Main Street
Washington Pennsylvania 15301
Meet the 2nd and 4th Wednesday in the Mt.Vernon Room
Hotel (724) 225-3200
A volunteer is needed to manage the Lemonade Stand
2012 Scholarship Winners
Recognized on 5-23-12
Stephen Ratvasky of Trinity High School, Club President Tom Havrilak, Ben Marasco from Washington High, and Adeline Ferguson from McGuffey High.
What we DO
Fund Raising:
- Selling Lions Brooms at West Washington Hardware
- Selling garbage bags at Dependable Electric
- Selling Lions Toaster tongs
- Lemonade stand at Summer Farmers Market
- Selling Koeze's Nut products at Christmas
Service and Fun Activity
- Award $1000 scholarships to three local high school graduates
- Host club members at summer Steak Fry
- Host a Pony World Series Team for a picnic
- Sell concessions at the Lion John Duskey Concession Stand at the Pony World Series
- Sponsors of W&J Lions Club
- Sponsor 3 campers each year to Beacon Lodge
- Donate to 2000 Turkey Fund
- Maintain the Lions Pavilion at Washington Park
- Give 4 awards to Washington Park School
- Enter the Lions Float in Washington City Christmas Parade
- Support the City Mission
- Support Boy Scouts
- Support Teen Challenge
- Support Leader Dog and Puppy Dog Programs
- Support Washington Food Bank
- Support Washington County Community Foundation
- Donate to eye, hearing and diabetes research
Current News: Volunteers needed for this weeks Farmers Market
Last Club Meeting: Donations were given to the Beacon Lodge and the Washington-Greene Blind Association. A quorum was not achieved at the meeting so no motions were passed. Please plan to attend the scholarship meeting as this is one of most rewarding meetings we have.
Next Meeting:: Awarding 3 Scholarships to local graduating seniors
Upcoming Meetings:
May 23, 2012 Scholarship Awards Dinner
June 13, 2012 Elexis DeLuca-Merola-new business in the city
June 27, 2012: Officer Installation and Lisa Nuccetelli, Food Bank
July 11, 2012 : Steak Fry at Lions Pavilion, Washington Park 6pm
Tentative induction of new members
July 25, 2012 Mary Jo Podgurski, RNC, MA, EdD,
Director of Teen Challenge
If you would like to read what is going on in District 14M go to: http://www.district14mlions.com/news.html
Preventing Blindness, Saving Sight for Millions of People Around the World
For nearly 100 years, our members have worked on projects aimed at preventing blindness, restoring eyesight and improving eye care for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Lions volunteer to take part in sight projects that have:
- Distributed more than 147 million treatments for river blindness.
- Provided nearly 8 million cataract surgeries. Saved the sight of more than 14 million children by providing eye screenings, glasses and other treatments through Sight for Kids.
- Prevented serious vision loss for more than 30 million people worldwide.
- Established or strengthened pediatric eye care centers that have helped more than 120 million children.
- Vaccinated 41 million children in Africa against measles – a leading cause of childhood blindness.
- Improved eye care for 100 million people by training more than 650,000 eye care professionals and building 315 eye hospitals.
- Helped halt the spread of trachoma in Ethiopia by providing 10 million doses of the sight-saving drug azithromycin annually.
Since 1990, Lions have raised US$415 million through two SightFirst fundraising campaigns to help provide vision for all.
Lions Work to Improve Sight
Through efforts such as these, Lions have gained worldwide recognition for our work to improve sight. Our members around the world are also actively involved in:
- Recycling eyeglasses at 17 centers worldwide.
- Supporting Lions Eye Banks that provide eye tissue for sight-saving surgeries.
- Screening the vision of hundreds of thousands of people every year.
- Providing treatment to those at risk of losing their vision.
In 1925, Helen Keller challenged Lions to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness." And we accepted. Today, sight programs remain one of our defining causes.
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.
