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Lions World Services for the
Blind
Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, it is one of
the World's largest, multi-service rehabilitation centers for the
blind and visually impaired persons.
We enroll clients from any location in the United States
and other countries. Our 50 years of services to people who
are blind have earned us a world-wide reputation for quality, comprehensive
rehabilitation services and excellent job placement results. To learn
more about us visit our web site at http://www.lwsb.org
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Mid-South Lions
A federally registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.
Founded in 1942, Mid-South Lions provides comprehensive sight and hearing
care to those in need from Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee
at no charge to the patient. Area medical professionals, the Methodist
and Le Bonheur Children's Hospitals, the University of Tennessee and Lions
Clubs from the four-state area cooperate to provide five dollars in service
for each dollar spent on patient care. Patients must be sponsored
by a Lions Club and meet federal indigency guidelines to qualify.
Our goal is "a miracle a day". To learn more about us visit our web
site at http://www.midsouthlions.org
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Arkansas Lions Eye Bank &
Laboratory
Chartered as a non-profit corporation on April 17,
1986, the Arkansas Eye Bank & Laboratory, Inc. (AEB&L) was formed
to provide medically certified corneal tissue to Arkansans. The leadership
of the board provides a unique blend of lay people who are members of Lions
Clubs International, teaching physicians, and physicans in private practice.
The AEB&L were granted membership in the Eye Bank Association of America,
became the first and only eye bank in Arkansas to be certified to inspect
corneal tissue, became the only organization of its kind to receive official
endorsements of the Arkansas Medical Society, the Pulaski County Medical
Society, and the Arkansas Ophthalmologic Society, and changed its name
to the Arkansas LION Eye Bank & Laboratory (ALEB&L) and an official
State Lions Project following approval from Lions Clubs International and
the 1997 Arkansas Lions State Convention. For more information, click
here
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Liberty Day
Liberty Day was adopted as an MD-7 service program to be conducted by any and all clubs wishing to improve their community by having their school children reach a better understanding of the rights and privileges, as well as the obligations and responsibilities, of citizenship of our great nation.
Liberty Day is celebrated annually on March 16, the birthday of James Madison, who:
• helped write the Virginia Plan, the basis of discussion for the creation of the U.S. Constitution.
• kept notes on those debates in the Constitutional Convention of 1787
• wrote the "Federalist Papers" in support of the new Constitution.
• at the 1st Congress, introduced the Bill of Rights to the House of Representatives.
• was Secretary of State (1801-1809) under President Thomas Jefferson.
• was President of the United States (1809-1817).
For Information Contact:
PDG Wally Schultz, State Chairperson,
#1 South Yurok
Cherokee Village, AR 72529. Home phone: 870-257-5478, or email wallycv@centurytel.net or visit the national Liberty Day Website at http://www.libertyday.org
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We also wish to list an additional project.
While it is NOT an official STATE project, it is a well recognized LIONS
project.
Leader Dogs for the Blind
The organization was founded in 1939 by a group of
Michigan Lions. Their goal was to train dogs to lead the blind and
to provide facilities and means whereby trained dogs could be matched to
a blind master. The nonprofit organization is served by a national board
of 30 trustees. The training school and executive offices are located in
Rochester, Michigan. Over ten thousand blind people have become
self-sufficient through the use of a Leader Dog. The dormitory stands as
a tribute to the many Lions Clubs who have unselfishly given their time
and money to make the Leader Dog School what it is today. To
learn more about us visit our web site at http://www.leaderdog.com
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