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Collected
9200 pairs
of used eyeglasses and 135 used hearing aids.
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Provided eyeglasses
for 34 children and 48 adults.
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Totally
or partially funded hearing aids for a 9-year-old boy and three
senior citizens.
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Purchased
contact lenses for a 5-year-old with cataracts in both eyes and
for a woman with special needs.
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Purchased prescription
safety glasses for an 8-year-old boy to protect his one good
eye.
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Provided funds to help
offset the cost an elderly woman's follow-up care for glaucoma surgery.
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Provided funds to send a Troy High sophomore to the Hugh O'Brian
Youth Leadership seminar.
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Donated a TTY machine to a
hard-of-hearing woman.
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Helped a woman pay
for medical expenses for her guide dog.
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Sponsored a low-vision
educational seminar.
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Presented
the David B. Klingaman Citizenship Award (a small
stipend) to 14 area
high-school seniors
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Spear-headed a drive
among several clubs to raise the funds to send a 15-year-old
girl to Clara Barton Diabetes Camp for two weeks.
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Provided holiday gifts for a needy family
of four.
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Donated to Vacation
Camp for the Blind; NABA's KidSight program; Troy's
Ready-to-Learn program for kindergarteners; Lions Eye Bank;
Ride for Diabetes; Lions' Hearing Conservation Society; Fidelco Guide Dogs; and
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
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Co-sponsored
a blood drive that collected enough blood to save 87 lives.
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Two A&T Lions
worked on a Habitat for Humanity house in Albany as part of the
National Day of service.
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Four A&T Lions
helped load shoes as part of the "Shoes for the
Shoeless" campaign.