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A website called Igive.com has established Colorado Kidsight as an official donation sight.  We in MD6  know that   Colorado kidsight is having trouble maintaining its mission and goal for kid screening,  If you are  interested in supporting Kidsight through your on line shopping at no cost to you, go to http://www.igive.com/ and register.  Simply chose Colorado Kidsight as your cause and they will make a donation to kidsight  each month at a percentage of your purchases.  You will have to purchase through them, but will be redirected to your favorite site. ( Example: log on to Igive.com then choose Sears and you will go to Sears website to continue your normal shopping.

Kidsight really needs your help and at no cost to you.

Lion Sandy Smith
Canon City Noon Lions

New Member

Wayne Cook – All around great guy, married to Diana. Wayne enjoys teaching youth and adults how to live the most healthy life possible for each individual.

Members of the Fort Collins Lions Club,

Below you will find my schedule for Lions Club visits in February, March and April. You are welcome to ride along on any of these visits. To arrange a visit just call me at 970-817-0071 or see me at club.

Lion Ron Lockner

From LCI

Lions Clubs International is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Walmart to collect used eyeglasses from the public at specified Walmart and Sam’s Club stores throughout the United States.  This new program will enhance the Lions Eyeglass Recycling Program, enabling our association to collect increased quantities of usable glasses for humanitarian missions to developing nations.

• Commencing January-February 2010, co-branded collection boxes, bearing the LCI, Walmart and Sam’s Club logos, will be available in the 2,500 US Walmart stores and approximately 500 Sam’s Clubs, with vision centers.  These new boxes will replace Lions collection boxes currently in place at the specified stores. For Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs without in-store vision centers, existing Lions collections will continue at the discretion of the store managers.
• Walmart will ship the collected eyeglasses to their distribution centers, where they will then be delivered to the nearest Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers for sorting, cleaning and processing.
• Usable glasses will be available for Lions and other optical missions to developing nations, where the glasses will be dispensed to children and adults free of charge.
• The Lions/Walmart co-branded program is aimed at members of the public. Walmart and Sam’s Club stores will not be able to accept or ship Lions club collections of eyeglasses from other locations in the community.

If you are involved in eyeglass collection, thank you for your continued support of this project. We encourage clubs to maintain their collection sites throughout the community and send the glasses to the nearest Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center.  These collections have had a direct impact on the strength and success of the Lions Eyeglass Recycling Program.

LCI can help to promote your community collections by posting drop-off locations on the association’s Web site at the Club Locator. Clubs can simply provide us with their information via the Lions Recycle For Sight Club Participation Form and we’ll post up to six collection sites. Or, send an e-mail to: .

For further information about the Lions Eyeglass Recycling Program, or to start a collection campaign in your club or district, please contact the Health and Children’s Services Department.

In service,

Marilee Kadar, Manager

Health and Children’s Services Department
Lions Clubs International
e-mail: 
Web: www.lionsclubs.org

Thanks to Carole Kitchell we have a list of drop off locations published here on our website.

Lions Clubs have been collecting used eyeglasses for many years. For those of you looking for one of our collection boxes, they can be found at the following locations. We welcome your contribution and thank you for helping.

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A powerful 7.0 earthquake ravished the island nation of Haiti on the evening of Tuesday, January 12. Much of the capital city of Port-au-Prince has been destroyed. It’s estimated that 3 million people, nearly one-third of the country’s population, has been affected by the earthquake. The casualty numbers are not known at this time, but significant loss of life is feared. Rescue efforts remain ongoing at this time.

Lions Club International Fund (LCIF) is responding to the Haiti earthquake. We are in contact with Lions leadership in the area to assess the situation and determine immediate relief needs. A US$50,000 Major Catastrophe Grant has already been awarded to support immediate disaster relief efforts.

When catastrophes occur, LCIF and Lions answer the call for help. I have seen first hand the impact large-scale devastation has on communities. Homes, schools, hospitals are destroyed and lives are often lost. Through our efforts, we are able to bring hope and healing, even if it’s just a little bit, to people who are in such desperate need.

I ask that you help support LCIF disaster relief efforts in Haiti by making a contribution. A designated fund, “LCIF Haiti Earthquake Relief”, has been established for donations for this disaster. It’s through Lions’ commitment to serving those in need that those suffering from the earthquake’s devastation will receive some sense of normalcy.

Yours in Lionism,

Al Brandel
LCIF Chairperson

Contribute to the LCIF Haiti Earthquake Fund

U.S. donors can:

Mail a check to LCIF. Make the check payable. Send the check to LCIF, 300 W. 22nd St., Oak Brook, IL 60523, USA, Attn.: Donor Services.
Make a credit card donation with a MasterCard, Visa or American Express by calling LCIF at 630-571-5466, ext. 517 or 581. Call between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CST.
Donate online at www.lcif.org/donate. Select Disaster and include “LCIF Haiti Earthquake Relief” in the comments section.
Donors outside the United States can:

Make a credit card donation with a MasterCard, Visa or American Express by faxing to LCIF the name of your credit card, credit card number, expiration date and amount of donation. LCIF’s fax number is 630-571-5735.
Mail LCIF a U.S. dollar check drawn on a U.S. financial institution. Make the check payable to LCIF. Send the check to:

LCIF, 300 W. 22nd St.
Oak Brook, IL 60523
USA

Attn.: Donor Services.

Make a direct deposit of local currency into an existing LCI account. Send a copy to LCIF via fax (630-571-5735).
Do a direct wire transfer. For assistance with this option or the other donation options, contact LCIF Donor Assistance at or by phone at 630-571-5466, ext. 404.
Donate online at www.lcif.org/donate. Select Disaster and include “LCIF Haiti Earthquake Relief” in the comments section.
Donations from U.S. residents are tax deductible. Donations from residents of other countries are tax deductible as permitted by individual countries’ tax laws.

For the most up-to-date information about LCIF’s ongoing relief efforts in Haiti,
please visit www.lcif.org.

There will be no board meeting this Wednesday, January 13th.

Photo: Flash Alexander

Get acquainted with our new member Joe Gorman

Joe is married to Nancy and employed by Wells Fargo. Joe’s sponsor is Bud Bacheller.

Welcome aboard Joe!