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New Funding Streams Enhance OLSHF Programming
OLSHF was recently awarded a $24,000 grant to fund the Statewide Lions Low Vision Clinic from the state's Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund. This is the first time OLSHF has applied for and received dedicated funds for this program.
In August 2011, the Lions Clubs International Foundation awarded a grant in the amount of $61,273 to OLSHF’s 2020 Vision Capital Campaignfor the Mobile Health Screening Program. This grant will provide funds for one fuel efficient vehicle as well as provide equipment and supplies for sight and hearing screening kits to be used throughout the state.
Summary of OLS&HF Services
Also, as a result of the support of the Eugene Downtown Lions and their friends, combined with contributions from throughout the State, the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation was able to assist more than 400,000 adults and children in need. Serving and working together with the Foundation, the following state-wide services were made available during the last five fiscal years (7/1/05 through 6/30/10):
Total Lives Impacted 419,241
Patient Services
Eyeglass & Hearing Aid Referrals: 5,579
Hearing Aid Bank - Aids Distributed: 3,054
Hearing Aid Bank - People Served: 1,778
Irrigon Fund for Vision Support: 21
KEX Aid Fund Vouchers Distributed: 6,355
Patient Care - Hearing Surgeries: 16
Patient Care - Vision Surgeries: 440
Sam Tyler Fund for Vision Support: 263
Programs
Eyeglasses - Collected: 592,530
Eyeglasses - Coffee Creek Program: 378,841
Eyeglasses - International Missions: 242,339
Hearing Aids - Collected: 7,021
Lions Quest - Events: 17
Lions Quest - Students Impacted: 2,362
Lions Quest - Teachers Trained: 430
Low Vision Clinic - Children Examined: 705
Low Vision Clinic - Devices Distributed: 181
Mobile Health Screening Unit - Events: 1,336
Mobile Health Screening Unit - People Served: 136,340
Mobile Health Screening Unit - Problems Identified: 49,049
Young Ambassadors Participants: 114
Youth Grants - Approved: 22
Eye Bank
Eye Couriers: 4,948
Eye Donors: 6,516
Research: 4,525
Sclera Transplants: 262
Transplants: 6,920
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