Perkins Initiative Success!
Dear Fellow Lions,
Our collaborative fundraiser to purchase adaptive equipment for the special needs students at the Perkins School for the Blind is an overwhelming success!!
Thanks to the generous contributions of 59 Lions clubs across all five districts in MD33, the Lions District 33A Sight and Hearing Fund, five Not Your Average Joe’s restaurants, and a number of individual donors, we have OVERachieved our goal to raise $27,532 for a horizontal climbing wall and two tandem wheelchair bicycles!
The 8’x20’ horizontal climbing wall has been installed and the kids love it!
The bicycles are on order, and we will post pictures of their use once received. The folks at Perkins are thrilled, and want to share their appreciation through this video: Traverse Wall at Perkins School for the Blind
We will be applying the excess contributions towards expansion of the climbing wall features, maintenance of the bicycles, and future adaptive equipment needs. If any individual or Lions club would still like to contribute to this perpetual fund, they can mail their checks (made out to Perkins School for the Blind) to:
Harvard Lions Club
PO Box 268
Harvard, MA 01451
Thank you all for your generous support. You have made a real difference in the lives of these kids . . . .
Bill Johnson, Harvard Lion Margie Carney, Newton Lion & Perkins teacher
Colleen Oncay, 33-A DG Dawn Rice-Norton, 33-K DG
Dear Fellow Lions,
Our collaborative fundraiser to purchase adaptive equipment for the special needs students at the Perkins School for the Blind is an overwhelming success!!
Thanks to the generous contributions of 59 Lions clubs across all five districts in MD33, the Lions District 33A Sight and Hearing Fund, five Not Your Average Joe’s restaurants, and a number of individual donors, we have OVERachieved our goal to raise $27,532 for a horizontal climbing wall and two tandem wheelchair bicycles!
The 8’x20’ horizontal climbing wall has been installed and the kids love it!
The bicycles are on order, and we will post pictures of their use once received. The folks at Perkins are thrilled, and want to share their appreciation through this video: Traverse Wall at Perkins School for the Blind
We will be applying the excess contributions towards expansion of the climbing wall features, maintenance of the bicycles, and future adaptive equipment needs. If any individual or Lions club would still like to contribute to this perpetual fund, they can mail their checks (made out to Perkins School for the Blind) to:
Harvard Lions Club
PO Box 268
Harvard, MA 01451
Thank you all for your generous support. You have made a real difference in the lives of these kids . . . .
Bill Johnson, Harvard Lion Margie Carney, Newton Lion & Perkins teacher
Colleen Oncay, 33-A DG Dawn Rice-Norton, 33-K DG
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For further information please click on the following link to our Model Clubs web page
Community Outreach Leads to Early LOVRNET Success Story
Massachusetts MD 33 launched its Low Vision Rehabilitation Network to statewide Lions in late 2017 with regional presentations at District Advisory Meetings and the formation of a statewide steering committee headed by Boston Host Lion Dr. Alexis Malkin O.D., F.A.A.O of New England College of Optometry (NECO) and MD 33 Project Chair, Boston Host Lion Matthew Richardson ...........
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Massachusetts MD 33 launched its Low Vision Rehabilitation Network to statewide Lions in late 2017 with regional presentations at District Advisory Meetings and the formation of a statewide steering committee headed by Boston Host Lion Dr. Alexis Malkin O.D., F.A.A.O of New England College of Optometry (NECO) and MD 33 Project Chair, Boston Host Lion Matthew Richardson ...........
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