Fabulous Fenwick Lions

Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with nearly 1.35 million members in 46,000 clubs in 194 countries and geographioc areas.

Lions are men and women who volunteer their time to humanitarian causes. Founded in 1917, the association's motto is " We Serve"

In 1990, Lions established SightFirst, raising US$143 million to fight the major causes of preventable and reversible blindness. The unprecedented program joins Lions volunteers with blindness prevention experts and organizations and governments. SightFirst has:
* provided more than 7.1 million cataract surgeries
* built or expanded 213 eye hospitals
* supported more than 80 million treatments to prevent river blindness
* improved eye care in 90 countries around the world.

In 2005, Lions launched Campaign SightFirst II with a goal of raising at least US$150 million to continue and expand the extraordinary work of SightFirst.

Lions clubs support other sight-related activities. Lions clubs and members:
* provide 600,000 free professional glaucoma screenings and make 25,000 corneal transplants possible each year
* establish and support a majority of the world's eye banks, hundreds of clinics, hospitals and eye research centers worldwide
* collect more than 30 million pairs of used eyeglasses annually for free distribution to those in need in developing countries
* offer screenings, eyeglasses and sports goggles to athletes through the Special Olympics-Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes Program
* provide free quality eye care, eyeglasses, Braille-writers, large print texts, white canes and guide dogs for thousands of people each year.