Werribee Lions Club's Food Bank
We believe now is a time for communities to rally around and support each other like never before. It is understandable that during times like this, people may be feeling afraid, worried, anxious and overwhelmed by the constantly changing alerts and media coverage regarding the spread of the virus.
The Werribee Lions Club is actively responding to the economic crisis we are experiencing and the subsequent food shortage, because sadly, we are seeing a significant increase in the number of our neighbours facing a desperate need of food assistance during this pandemic.
We are requesting your support. You can help us impact the life of just one person by donating anything non-perishable including hygiene products to our food bank. We have drop off points in Point Cook, Hoppers Crossing and Wyndham Vale.
You can contact us at werribee.vic@lions.org.au for details. Thank you in advance for helping us, help you.
Lions Recycle For Sight Program
Lions Recycle for Sight Australia is part of the Lions Clubs International Worldwide Eyeglass Recycling Program, headquartered in Queensland and operating throughout Australia and overseas.
Refractive errors can be easily corrected with eyeglasses, yet millions in developing nations lack access to basic eye care services. Lions have recognized the urgent need for corrective lenses and continue to lend their support to the Lions Recycle for Sight Program.
We receive requests from humanitarian organisations either travelling to a third world country or supplying shipping container loads of suitable humanitarian aid from Australia to groups in the third world.
Over the 26 years that the Australian program has operated, the program, has delivered over 7 million pair of refurbished quality spectacles to men, women and children in need in Africa, Europe, Middle East, Indian Sub-continent, East Asia, and the Far East, China, the countries of the Pacific Rim and Southern Asia and Oceania. In the past 10 years several members of our Marine Branch have been able to use their oceangoing yachts to reach and test villagers, in the remotest areas for eyesight and deliver spectacles to them.
In the City of Wyndham, used glasses are collected at:
Insight Vision, 48A Watton St, Werribee
Eyecare Plus, 171 Watton St, Werribee
SpecSavers, Wyndham Village
Wyndham Grange Village Community Centre
They may also be collected by appointment – please contact the secretary by email.
Lions Hearing Dogs
Lions hearing dogs have transformed the lives of hundreds of Australians. They give their owners the opportunity to become more independent and are loyal companions for many years. They have even saved lives.
Hops the hearing dog.
