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Tri-County Lions is a small group of dedicated volunteers that serve hands-on in many ways. We help people get eye exams and glasses, screen childrens sight, help feed the hungry, support children and senior citizens in need, and the list goes on. But we can accomplish so much more if we have more volunteers with a passion to help others. We are part of Lions International, the world's largest service organization.

Would you consider using your skills and passion to serve others? Did you know Tri-County Lions recently was recognized with a Certificate of Distinction by Lions Clubs International Foundation? Did you know we are an internationally recognized Model Club, the first in Tennessee? Did you know it's easy and fun to help us serve others?

Since July 1, we've donated over 700 hours of volunteer time in 24 service activities, and impacted the lives of more than 1,400 people.

Find out more about Tri-County Lions, what we do, and how you can help here:

Tri-County Lions is a small group of dedicated volunteers that serve hands-on in many ways. We help people get eye exams and glasses, screen childrens sight, help feed the hungry, support children and senior citizens in need, and the list goes on. But we can accomplish so much more if we have more volunteers with a passion to help others. We are part of Lions International, the world's largest service organization.

Would you consider using your skills and passion to serve others? Did you know Tri-County Lions recently was recognized with a Certificate of Distinction by Lions Clubs International Foundation? Did you know we are an internationally recognized Model Club, the first in Tennessee? Did you know it's easy and fun to help us serve others?

Find out more about Tri-County Lions, what we do, and how you can help here: https://moffettken.wixsite.com/tricountylions

Tri-County Lions Meeting Highlights

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At the Tri-County Lions September meeting Monday, September 12, Lion Connie Emmons, Service Chair of District 12-N and a Tri-County Lion, noted the District service projects coming up and how Tri-County Lions could help; she also brought her Leader Dog in Training, Sugar.

Tri-County Lions also received the dogbone banner patch and a small replica brick of a full-size engraved brick that will be installed at Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester, MI, recognizing the vital financial support for making guide dogs available to those who are blind.

Lion President Bill Barnes presented the Certificate of Distinction from Lions Clubs International Foundation recognizing the club as a 100% Melvin Jones Fellows Club.

Tri-County Lions are also preparing for several upcoming service projects and fundraisers.

Lions Screen Children's Eyes

This morning, August 23, 2022, Tri-County Lions members Bill Barnes (president), Connie Emmons, and Ken Moffett participated in a KidSight Outreach Eye Screening at Boyd's Creek Hwy. Head Start, screening 16 boys and girls.

Vision problems affect 5% of preschool and one in four school-age children. Currently, an estimated 60% of children under age six do not have eye exams. Spearheaded by its founders, Ed Lindsey and Austin Jennings, Tennessee Lions Charities created its pediatric vision screening program, KidSight Outreach, to address this problem.

Through a partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, KidSight Outreach has become the standard for volunteer pediatric vision screening programs across the nation. Read more about it the Tennessee Lions Pediatric Eye Center at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital here: https://www.childrenshospitalvanderbilt.org/locations/vanderbilt-eye-institute-tennessee-lions-pediatric-eye-center

For more than twenty years, KidSight Outreach has provided free vision screenings to the children of Tennessee between the ages of 12 and 72 months. The goal of KidSight Outreach is to ensure that children with potential vision problems do not begin school with the disadvantage of an undiagnosed vision problem.

This program provides early detection, professional referral, and assured follow-up by notifying the parents to ensure the child receives a professional eye examination. Our trained Lions Club volunteers conduct the screenings at no cost to the child or screening site. The vision screening instruments used in our KidSight Outreach vision screening program are calibrated to specifically detect Amblyopia, a problem which must be identified and treated at an early age to prevent low vision and/or blindness.

Tri-County Lions are available to screen children free of charge at day cares and preschools. Use our contact form at the bottom of this page on our site -- https://moffettken.wixsite.com/tricountylions/about -- to let us know if you'd like to schedule a screening at your facility.