Below are listed SOME
OF the
community programs of the Oak Harbor Lions Club,
and the level of activity in
recent years.
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Camp Horizon: We
support
Camp Horizon with maintenance and other support.
Last Year we provided $3500 for "Camperships,"
and more than 400 hours of
volunteer labor to help serve and maintain the camp.
Oak Harbor lions prepare and serve a meal to the campers
Scholarships:
We support
Oak Harbor High School students with vocational & academic Scholarships.
Each year we provide funds for two two-year, and two four-year
$750
scholarships
for a total of $3000 per year.
White Canes:
We support
LIONS INTERNATIONAL White Cane Days.
Last year we sent $2000 to Northwest Sight & Hearing
Foundation.
Sight: We provide eye exams
and glasses for people who need help.
Last
Year we provided eye exams
and glasses to 58 people, many of them children,
and collected over 3450 pair of used glasses for Lions International.
Play It By Ear: Support
LIONS INTERNATIONAL Golden Ears.
Last year we sent $500 to Northwest Sight & Hearing
for the Play It By Ear Program.
Hearing Aids:
Provide
hearing aids to low income members of our community.
Last
year we helped 6 people
with hearing problems get hearing aids.
Community
Construction: Build
wheelchair ramps for persons in need and other occasional projects.
Last year we helped 3
families with ramps, and we spent 86 hours
constructing
a playground for Marjie's House, a shelter for abused
women and their children.
Some of the community
construction projects of the Oak Harbor Lions Club
Christmas in
July: We
Support
Whidbey Help House by accepting donations at Safeway.
Last year we collected $350, and helped collect
2000 food items.
Medical
Equipment: We
Loan
Beds, Walkers, wheelchairs, & more to persons in need.
Last year we loaned more than 300 home medical items to
area residents.
Health Van:
We Provide
free screening to public for hearing, vision, glaucoma, diabetes,
& hypertension.
Last
year we provided health screenings to 64 people.
Blood Draws We assist Puget Sound Blood Center, with local blood drives with
registration, and donor monitoring (Canteen)
Below are some of the projects that help raise money to provide the above programs.
Fruit Sales: We
sell
Fresh Washington fruit & vegetables in June, July, and August.
Christmas
Tree Sales: We
sell
Christmas trees, Thanksgiving - December ??
Flag Project:
We display more than 325 American flags throughout Oak Harbor,
on 13 Special Days each year.
This program is paid for by the merchants where you see
the flags,
and some individuals.
MORE LINKS
Northwest Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center
District
19-H
(Has links to the Zone Sites)
