April 22-23 will be our children's eye screening clinic. This will be held at our club building at 600 E Center, Pleasant Grove, UT. If you have questions you can call Darlene 801-785-2669. We are pleased to offer this service periodically to find children that need further eye care.
If anybody would like to help us expand our efforts as a Lions Club to made a difference in our community please contact President Milt 801-913-2533.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Upcome Events
April 4 at 8 AM the Pleasant Grove Lions Club will have elections for next year officers.
April 22-23 the Lions Club will be holding a City wide eye screening at our club house at 600 E Center in Pleasant Grove. Contact Darlene at 801-785-2669 if you have questions. Not only will we be doing eye screening but could also use parent volunteers.
April 22-23 the Lions Club will be holding a City wide eye screening at our club house at 600 E Center in Pleasant Grove. Contact Darlene at 801-785-2669 if you have questions. Not only will we be doing eye screening but could also use parent volunteers.
March 21, 2009 PIZZA Dinner
We had a wonderful time at our March Lions Club Pizza dinner at our club house at 600 E Center in Pleasant Grove, Utah.
We had the privilege of having Joel Ellington (son-in-law) of Anne Fisher who has serve in the military in Afghanistan. As you see in these pictures Joel is dressed in the apparel that you would expect to see Afghanistan people wearing. Along with the authentic apparel he brought some items he had with him while in Afghanistan including an Afghan rug. It was so interesting to learn of the people and their culture. We are so thankful for the great service our military personnel are doing. As members of the Pleasant Grove Lions Club we know what service is all about. Service is our motto.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
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.
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.
Monday, January 19, 2009
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.
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.
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