Wednesday, September 24, Italy Lions Club members along with some members from the Dallas Lions Club were giving free eye exams and free glasses to children that needed them. They were set up at Stafford Elementary and were serving children from Milford, Italy and Avalon.

The eye exams were given in a bus provided by the Lions Club. Inside the bus is set up like an eye doctor’s office. When you walk in you see a table set up with many frames for the students to choose from. At the end of the bus is the doctor’s office set-up with everything needed to give students a good and thorough eye exam. Doctor Donna Haas is the attending doctor. “I am helping kids to see. The Lions are awesome, they set everything up on the bus and all I have to do is show up and go to work.” Dr. Haas has been involved with this clinic for five years.

Cathy Fletcher is a Lions Club member from Dallas and she explained, “Basically we are here to help the community and help the Italy Lions get glasses to the kids that need them.”

Everything the Lions Club is able to provide is provided by money raised through fundraisers and donations. They are a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. If you would like to donate to this cause you can call 972-276-1250, or mail a check made out to: Lions Sight and Tissue Foundation to

P.O. Box 191121
Dallas, TX 75219

So many children have been helped with glasses and with your help even more could be helped.

Arval Gowin is the president of the Italy Lions Club, “We really need members for our club in Italy, we have 11 members and really need more. We have lots of projects we would like to do but we need more members to make them happen. Our world wide motto is, ‘We Serve.’”

If you want to serve your community through the Italy Lions Club, call Arval at 972-483-6750 (home phone) or on his cell at 972-567-8660.