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Northolt Lions

The Northolt Lions club forms part of the largest service organisation in the world. Our motto is "We Serve" and were founded in 1917 in the United States. Whilst concentrating mainly within our local areas we also collaborate with the other clubs, (80,000 world wide with over 1,400,000 million members) on international projects.

The work done Internationally occurs in several ways, such as :-

1. Campaign Sight First, with it's 3 year objective of raising over US$130M to go towards the eradication of all preventable blindness throughout the world. This project will end in June 1994.
2. Setting up eye camps in the third world to treat eye diseases such as Glycoma, Cataract removal, etc.
3. To collect spectacles and sending these out to centres for distribution in Africa and Asia. The spectacles first being sorted and graded before distribution.
4. Setting up a foundation for mobile health clinics to promote health care (prevention is better than cure).
5. Hosting of children from around the world to foster a sense of good will and understanding between all nations of the world.
6. Medic Alert which is the central organisation to record details of persons with specific medical problems, allergies etc. and for the assistance of medical personnel, doctors etc. when such persons are in need of treatment. The recipient wears a bracelet with a coded number which can be referred to the central unit for immediate advice.
7. Funds are donated from our International Fund to those areas suffering natural disasters, flooding, earthquakes etc. The monies being given to the nearest LIONS club to ensure the proper and effective use thereof.

Within the UK LIONS International provide support for local and national needs such as :-

1. Sponsoring local charities, hospices, children's homes.
2. Providing diabetes screening services.
3. Donating to specific causes.
4. Youth sponsorship, i.e. for fellowships in projects of their own choice in association with Lloyds Bank, football teams etc.

Locally the LIONS club of Northolt, as well as scribing to some of the above, also provide support to the local community as follows :-

1. Joining other local clubs to raise the £12,000 needed for Mandeville School, a school for handicapped children, for a Spa Pool.
2. Holding monthly film shows for the elderly, ferrying them from their own homes to the local hall using our own transport.
3. Monthly visits to the local sports centre for handicapped children.
4. Outing for disadvantaged children.
5. Outing for OAPs to local shows and exhibitions.
6. Gardening, shopping, decorating etc. working in conjunction with Age Concern.
7. Guide dogs for the blind.
8. Collection and distribution of food parcels at Christmas.

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