JANUARY
Larchmont Chamber Holiday Tree Contest:
Nonprofits decorated trees in vintage style. The winner, the Girl Scouts, received a $500 donation from the Larchmont Chamber of Commerce. The Lions tree was located in front of the Chase Private Client building on the corner of Palmer and Chatsworth Avenues. Our ornaments represented over 20 of the organizations we support. And yes, there were some eyeglasses doubling as ornaments. In connection with our overall theme of the light these groups bring during these dark times, the ornaments glowed in the dark! |
CALENDAR MONTHLY LUNCH MEETING
January 7 , 2021 12:15-1:30 pm MONTHLY EVENING MEETING January 20, 2021 7PM-8:15 pm All meetings via Zoom until further notice. To join us, contact Phil, 914-834-0677 FOLLOW US |
PEACE POSTER
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2020-2021 SEASON
The Lions international annual worldwide competition for children 11-13 encourages them to express their vision of world peace through art. This year’s theme was “Peace Through Service” The winning posters from each school advance through the district, the state of New York and, then to international levels of competition, with the international winner announced at a United Nations event in Spring 2021. We had a “virtual” announcement on November 6, 2020 of the area’s local winners. In attendance were Diane Oldman and Laura Saravia Bott from the Lions, the student winners and runner-ups, the teachers and Westchester Legislator George Latimer. Local winners, Astrid Masson’s and Micah Deckinger placed second and third among the 45 Clubs in the Lions regional district. |
VISION PROGRAMS
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Vision Screenings on Hiatus Due to Covid
In 2019, 10 members of three Sound Shore Lions clubs screened 11 nursery schools for vision abnormalities that lead to amblyopia. Of the 680 screened, the camera detected 118 with abnormalities and the child was referred to a professional. Our club continues to search for profess-ionals who can examine some low income children pro bono. Nationally last year, Lions screened 57,000 children for amblyopia and made 8,000 referrals. Destination of Recycled Eyeglasses Twice a year, a few members take thousands of eyeglasses collected by the Sound Shore Lion Clubs to the Lions Recycling Center in Trenton. They spend several hours there helping with the massive project of cleaning, sorting, testing, designating prescriptions and filling orders from humanitarian organizations around the world. See Larchmont collection boxes below. Lions Donate to Guiding Eyes Each year Club members travel to Yorktown to present a check in support of Guiding Eyes, the premier guide dog school in the country. This year in Covid time a check for $1,000 was sent In August 2020 to the nonprofit, which last year graduated 170 guide dog teams. The trained dogs are given without charge to blind individuals, thanks to grants and donations. In pre Covid time, members of many Lions Clubs can view the kennels on presentation day and witness the graduation of several teams, who spend two weeks bonding by living together at the Center. Vision Services In spite of the difficulties in fundraising during the pandemic, our club sent a check in August/2020 of $1000 to the family Vacation Camp for the Blind in Rockland County. |
Eyeglass Collection Boxes
Donated, discarded prescription glasses are cleaned and labeled for power at central locations in the area and given to those in need in various parts of the world. Glasses can be dropped off in Larchmont at:
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THIS PAST YEAR
OCTOBER 2020
Westchester Lions Clubs and the Fuller Center hosted a clothing drive for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westchester at the Gateway Shopping Center (Kohl's) in Port Chester. The mall is managed Lion David Zimmerman, president of the Eastchester Lions Club.
Members volunteered to join the Community Research Center (CRC) and the Girl Scouts in their clean-up of Mamaroneck's Columbus Park.
AUGUST 2020
Victims of the massive fire in Port Chester received clothing and household supplies donated by several Lions Clubs in the area. Lions Jim Killoran of the Fuller Center and our president Phil Oldham spearheaded the drive which involved several neighboring clubs and a Go-Fund-Me account.
Volunteers also participated in a coat/boot drive at St. John's Church, Larchmont.
Westchester Lions Clubs and the Fuller Center hosted a clothing drive for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westchester at the Gateway Shopping Center (Kohl's) in Port Chester. The mall is managed Lion David Zimmerman, president of the Eastchester Lions Club.
Members volunteered to join the Community Research Center (CRC) and the Girl Scouts in their clean-up of Mamaroneck's Columbus Park.
AUGUST 2020
Victims of the massive fire in Port Chester received clothing and household supplies donated by several Lions Clubs in the area. Lions Jim Killoran of the Fuller Center and our president Phil Oldham spearheaded the drive which involved several neighboring clubs and a Go-Fund-Me account.
Volunteers also participated in a coat/boot drive at St. John's Church, Larchmont.