Welcome to the
Longhorn Lions Club
February.07.2012
Executive Board Meeting at 6:30; Club meeting at 7:00 pm - Highland Estates (Click here for info) - Agenda items TBD
February.21.2012
Club meeting at 7:00 pm - Highland Estates (Click here for info) - Agenda items TBD
March.06.2012
Executive Board Meeting at 6:30; Club meeting at 7:00 pm - Highland Estates (Click here for info) - Agenda items TBD
March.20.2012
Club meeting at 7:00 pm - Highland Estates (Click here for info) - Agenda items TBD
April.03.2012
Executive Board Meeting at 6:30; Club meeting at 7:00 pm - Highland Estates (Click here for info) - Agenda items TBD
April.17.2012
Club meeting at 7:00 pm - Highland Estates (Click here for info) - Agenda items TBD
May.01.2012
Executive Board Meeting at 6:30; Club meeting at 7:00 pm - Highland Estates (Click here for info) - Agenda items TBD
May.15.2012
Club meeting at 7:00 pm - Highland Estates (Click here for info) - Agenda items TBD
Eyeglasses for Kids
The Longhorn Lions Club is proud of our program that provides eye exams and eyeglasses
at a reduced cost or no cost to children in the Leander Independent School district.
Leander ISD school nurses help us to identify individual children in need of assistance.
Our club facilitator works with local optical professionals who donate their services to
provide eye exams, at a significantly reduced cost, or no cost, to the family.
Our local Lenscrafters store donates their time and materials
to provide the eyeglasses, also at at a reduced cost, or no cost, to the family. Frames
and lenses provided are from a limited selection specified by LensCrafters.
Special thanks to Leander ISD school nurses, LensCrafters,
and the following local area Optical Professionals and their staff:
Balcones Eye Care
Cedar Park Eye Care
Lakeline Vision
Master Eye Associates
Maxim Eyes Vision
Northwest Hills Eye Care
Signature Eye Care
If you are an optical professional in the Cedar Park, Leander, or surrounding area, and would
like to participate in our vision program, please contact any of our members, or
email our Eyeglass Chairpersonfor more information.
Club News
Early Childhood Vision Screenings
Sight projects are the core of Lionism, and our current signature club
project is spearheaded by a past club President, and a registered professional
optician. In conjunction with the Registered Opticians Association of
Texas, our club piloted Early Childhood Vision Screenings. Targeted at infants
and toddlers, ages one to five years, the goal is to reduce preventable blindness,
from conditions such as Amblyopia and Strabismus.
Pilot screenings began in early 2009, and the project has gained statewide
momentum since that time. Just in the Central Texas area alone, multiple
screenings have been held in Cedar Park, Liberty Hill, San Angelo,
Georgetown, Bertram, Hutto, Buda, and Lockhart.
Our next screening for the Cedar Park/Leander area is expected to be in April. Check back for
more details. Other Early Childhood Vision Screenings are scheduled for various locations
throughout the Central Texas area. Click here
for scheduled screening dates and locations.
ECVS Website
Please visit the new ECVS website, at
http://ecvs.roatx.org/ for more information on the screenings, including
research, equipment information, upcoming screening dates and locations, and
more, or visit our website for dates, times, and locations of upcoming screenings
in the Cedar Park/Leander area.
You Can Help!
Lions club members are men and women who strive to make a difference in
their local community as well as in communities worldwide. Their volunteer
efforts go beyond the support of vision care, to addressing unmet health and
education needs worldwide.
If you're interested in being part of a club that makes a difference and
truly helps others, then being a Lion may be for you. As a Lions club member, you can:
Make a difference
everyday in your community. Whether it is providing support locally or reaching out
internationally, you will have an opportunity to serve.
Be a part of a worldwide
organization carrying out community and humanitarian projects.
Grow personally and
professionally by participating in our programs, community service projects and events.
Gain an understanding
and have an impact on local and international humanitarian issues.
Develop relationships
with both local and international community and business leaders.
Have access to membership
discounts and services