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EDT Lions Club, in association with local schools, sponsors an annual Peace Poster contest. Children 11-13 artistically express their ideas on World Peace. |
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Under the leadership of Lion Rick Bailey, a team of Eugene Downtown Lions (Frank Alderson, Tim Chuey, , Ferne Hoffman, Diane Landon, Jim Newton, and Rick Bailey) regularly collect used eyeglasses and hearing aids from approximately 35 sites situated throughout the Eugene area.
Eyeglasses are sent to Portland for sorting and then on to the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility where 20 inmates clean, calibrating and sort the eyeglasses for mission. Eventually the mission-ready eyeglasses are distributed as part of the Lions Health Missions to developing countries. Each year Lions throughout the Multiple District 36 collect between 130,000 and 150,000 eyeglasses.
Hearing aids, once collected, are sent to a refurbisher and then placed in the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation's Hearing Aid Bank for future recipients.
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Working with the first grade teachers in the community, the EDT Lions under the leadership of Lion Tim Chuey provide each student with an American Flag and talk about the meaning of the flag.
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In concert with the Oregon Commission for the Blind, the EDT Lions annually sponsor a summer picnic for members of our community who are visually impaired and/or hearing impaired. Community members and Lions enjoying the Community Picnic for the Visually & Hearing Impaired
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