Feburary 21st Dinner Meeting

As always we have a fine time at our dinner meetings. We had the pleasure of having Natalie and James Thompson speak to us.

Natalie received new glasses via of our Lions Club and she shared with us her special experience in getting the glasses and the difference it has and is making in her life. She was very impressed with the optometrist we use. The first picture is Natalie speaking to us about her getting her glasses and the real difference it has made for her. The second picture is Natalie sharing with us the family history she has done on the family line of her native American Husband James.

James is a full blooded Dakota Sue Indian. He shared with us stories of his wonderful heritage and some life changing stories. He had a chart of some of his family history plus artifacts that he shared with us and we were able to see and handle.

This was a great evening. We not only gained valuable insight of the heritage we have in America, we also were reminded of the difference the Pleasant Grove Lions Club makes in regards to our sight saving programs.

We are looking forward to a couple of humanitarian projects in the next couple of months.

Eye Screening Jan 20 - 28, 2009

Pleasant Lions Club conducted photo screening for children ages three to five at the Funshine Early Learning Center which is sponsored by Pleasant Grove City.

A total of 220 students were screened, 22 students were referred for further follow up by their personal optometrists or pediatricians.

Lions members donated 20 ½ hours to the photo screen project. Parent volunteers donated 28 volunteer hours for the project. Parents helped fill out forms and shuffled children between to the classroom and conference room. Some parents helped read to the children waiting to have their eye screening done. Parents and volunteers were very happy to have us come give this service. They couldn't believe such a simple technique could provide so much information to an optometrist. The director, plans on us returning next year to screen the children at the center.

The Lions Club express a special thanks to the local optometrists and their staff for helping with this valuable service to the community.

What is Photo Screening

A young child does not know that he has a vision problem. He can't tell how well he should be able to see. Most young children under the age of 5 are not capable of communicating effectively to solve the problem.

Lions Photo Screening is to identify children whose eyes may have some type of defect, which if left untreated may lead to a life-time of vision problems or blindness.. Photo Screening can detect improperly aligned eyes, cataracts, near sightedness, far sightedness drooping eyelid, astigmatism, and other amblyopic (dull vision) factors. Some far and near sightedness is normal in young children.

Photo screen is not a diagnostic tool, so we advise the parents to have the child seen by an eye doctor to get proper diagnosis and treatment as may be needed. Lions screen only children ages 1 through 5. The child sits on a chair, looks at a camera and two pictures are taken. There is no physical contact with the child. The pictures are taken to a local optometrist to read. If further diagnosis is needed, the parents are contacted.

If you are interested in scheduling a photo screening for your
pre-school in April, call Darlene 785-2669.

Scouting and Lionism - Jan 17, 2009

At our monthly dinner meeting we had the pleasure of having Brennen Darger as Eagle scout share with us his eagle project. He collected over a 150 pair of glasses, had them washed and prescription read. These glasses will be taken to needy recipients in India sometime in May. We as lions are so grateful for Brennen for the difference he has made in providing a service that will give the less fortunate a chance to see better. The first two pictures are with Preisdent Taylor and Brennen. President Taylor in the first picture is presenting Brennen with a Utah Lion pen. His last picture was taken March 8th, 2009 at his court of honor.


Joy Lloyd and Loretta Tymm provided a couple of wonderful musical numbers for us.

There are many opportunities as a lion to make a difference in your community. Service just makes you feel good.

Christmas Service - December 20th, 2009

About 7 of us lions had the opportunity of putting together and delivering 21 food baskets to needing families in the Pleasant Grove and Lindon area. We found this to be a very desirable activity and see the lives that were blessed. We chose to do this rather than our normal Christmas party. We decided it was better to feed needy families rather than feed ourselves. It is great to be a Lion!!!

Pleasant Grove Lions Club 70th Birthday

On November 15th the Pleasant Grove Lions Club had a wonderful social celebrating 70 tears of service. Milt Taylor President conducted. There were many honored guests including past presidents and district governors from both districts 28T (the district we are in) and 28U. Numerous other district board members along with the Chair of the Lions Foundation in Utah. Speakers included Lion Jay MacFarlane (shared history), Dave Monson (his life as a lion), Bob Russell district 28T governor and George Whitley foundation Chairman

Pictures from the Pleasant Grove Lions Club 70th birthday celebration.
Milt Taylor our President is conducting the meeting. District Governor Bob Russell is speaking.
Lynn Seely is pointing our our charter.

Anne Fisher is playing the piano.

Tail twisters at work

The three Walker Brothers provided the entertainment.

Jay MacFarlane speaking on club history.

Dave Monson speaking about his time in the club.

The owner of the Purple Turtle catered a wonderful Thanksgiving type meal to the 50 or so people present.

Anne Fisher and Darlene Seely had much to do with getting the history of the club together. There were a couple of tables or memorabilia. Jo Taylor and Lori Jonas worked with decorations and center peices. We thank all those who made this wonderful anniversery possible. These kind of celebrations help us reflect on the wonderful service Lionism has provided since 1917. The Pleasant Grove Lions club has been in Pleasant Grove since 1938.