Lions join in for the Project Homeless Connect effort
Members of the Eugene Downtown Lion Club volunteered with other Lions including Eugene Bethel Lions, Eugene Cascade Lions, Mohawk Lions,and Springfield Lions to staff the Mobile Health Screening Unit bus at the Lane County Events Center for the Project Homeless Connect’s annual help for the homeless day.The MHSU is set up for hearing tests and glaucoma tests. Lion Judith Grosenick took her shift signing people up for the screening tests. According to Lion Kent Calvin of the Eugene-Bethel Lions Club 327 individuals were served. Rainbow optics donated 153 exams and 200 pairs of reading glasses. The Lions helped with Rainbow’s effort by manning a table laid out with 200 pair of reading glasses that were purchased by the Bethel Lions from Foster-Grant and 200 pair donated by Rainbow Optics to be given out free of charge to those who needed them. They gave them out to 153 people. The left over reading glasses will be stored safely by Rainbow Optics to be brought back for next year’s event. About 80 other organizations participated in the day’s activities that served hundreds of homeless citizens in just one day.
Tim Chuey
Public Relations Chairman
Eugene Downtown Lions
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