Vision and Hearing
District Chair: Kev Hedges email
Lions Eye Health Program
a community based program that aims to prevent vision loss and blindness by promoting early detection and timely treatment of eye diseases. The program encourages people to visit an eye care professional. The program was launched in Australia in 2000 and since that time more than 60% of all Lions Clubs in Australia have undertaken some type of LEHP promotion. The program is a National Multiple District Category B Project, funded by voluntary donations received from Lions, Lioness & LEO clubs across Australia.
For details on the PID Dr Bob Coulthard Award or more information on preventing vision loss and blindness, visit the LEHP website
Lions Eye Institute research donate
The Centre for Eye Research Australia Limited ABN: 72 076 481 984
Update - Q 3 Convention 2020 presentation by Kev Hedges
This video is a message to all Lions in Q3 District concerning our efforts to address Vision related issues.
Some are simple projects which are not only very effective but also resource and time friendly.
Please take the time to listen.
As your District Vision Chair, I am happy to provide further information to support your Clubs community service activities.
Best wishes
Kev Hedges
Vision & LEHP Chair 201Q3
- posted 25/10/2020 proposed deletion date 25/12/2020 file size 512Mb
Lions Recycle for Sight Australia
part of the Lions Clubs International Worldwide Eyeglass Recycling Program. Its headquartered in Redcliffe Queensland and operates throughout Australia and overseas.
Recycle 4 Sight Australia each year collects thousands of pairs of used spectacles, sunglasses, new frames and other equipment. If you have unwanted spectacles please offer them to your Optometrist or local Lions Club.
Our program distributes regraded spectacles to many parts of the world. To Lions Clubs, Rotary Clubs and other humanitarian organisations. These are distributed to the poor at no expense or obligation. Over the 16 years that the Australian program has existed, the program has delivered over 2.5 million pairs to countries in Africa, Europe, Middle East, Indian Sub continent, East Asia, and the Far East, including China, the countries of the Pacific Rim and Southern Asia and Oceania .Each Centre is contributes roughly 50,000 pair of graded spectacles per year. Our target is to reach 1 million pair a year as part of our commitment to International President Jimmy Ross’s 2015 target for 2021.
We received our first lensometer in 2000 and today we have 13 lensometer machines and 2 ultrasound cleaning machines. These are capable of cleaning 50 pair of spectacles at a time. Further equipment will be sought as needed and to expand into spectacle making.Our two Queensland centres (Caboolture & Redcliffe) generally operates most working days of the week.
Our second major sponsor - Dollar Sweet Mint Company of Melbourne, provides substantial financial assistance for our overseas program. Their support will enable us to expand our distribution of graded spectacles to women, children and men throughout the third world.
The project also acknowledges the great support of the Queensland and Australian Governments through their grant programs, the Moreton Bay Regional Council for their leasing support. We thank the Police Citizens Youth Welfare League of Queensland for their premises, the Australian Lions Foundation for its support and the Minister for and Department of Correctional Services for their premises, management and persons in custody or on community service. Our thanks also to the Lions, Lioness and Leo Clubs of Australia for collecting and forwarding glasses, sunglasses and other equipments.
Please contact : Chairman Lion Ken Leonard 07 3293 0993 0418 871 396 ChairmanR4S@lions.org.au
Lion Geoff Moor 07 5429 0982 SecretaryR4S@lions.org.au
Lions Recycle for Sight Australia ABN 37 166 954 081
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Lions Hearing Dogs
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Training Centre
Ph: 08 8388 7836 info@lionshearingdogs.com.au 793 Mt Barker Road, Verdun SA 5245 PO Box 164, Hahndorf SA 5245
Q 3 Chair : Dell Emery dell.emery5@bigpond.com |
Lions Hearing Dogs is a not-for-profit organisation that provides hearing dogs and training in their use to hearing impaired people throughout Australia.
Dogs and follow-up support are provided free of charge. The majority of our funding comes from Australian Lions Clubs together with other donations and sponsorship.
Training each dog takes 6-8 months Dogs can respond to 10 different sounds
A Hearing Dog is placed every 14 days It costs approximately $37,000 to train and deliver each Hearing Assistance Dog
Would you like to make a donation to support their valuable work?
Lions Hearing Dogs Incorporated ABN 37 976 454 009
Visit their Blog https://lionshearingdogs.com.au/blog/
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