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There
are many ways in which Lions support people who are deaf and
hard of hearing.
- In
Illinois, USA, the Deerfield Lions sponsor a
support group for the visually and hearing impaired. The
Wheaton Lions Club presented two US$1500 college
scholarships to local students who were visually or hearing
impaired.
- In
Minnesota, USA, the Lions of District 5M donated US$5
million to the Lions Hearing Foundation at the University
of Minnesota. The Foundation includes: a temporal bone library,
a temporal bone lab for university students,a voice lab
for photographing patients' larynxes and a cochlear implant
program for children as young as one year of age.
- Lions
from New York's District 20-Y2 created the Lions
Loan-out Program featuring devices for the deaf or hard
of hearing. Local residents can borrow devices such as:
smoke detectors with strobe lights, amplified telephones
and doorbell alerts.
- The
Indiana Lions Speech and Hearing, Inc. sponsors two
US$1000 scholarships for college students studying audiology
or speech pathology.
- In
Wisconsin, USA, the South Beloit Lions made a US$5,000
donation to the Center for Sight and Hearing in Rockford,
Illinois in memory of deceased club members. The Lions
of District 27-A purchased and installed a public address
system at two local churches.
- In
West Virginia, USA, the Craigsville Lions donated a
TTY (telecommunications device for the deaf) for a hard
of hearing person in the community. The Clarksburg Lions
donated four videocassette recorders (VCRs) to a local school
for the deaf.
- The
Waldport, Newport, and North Lincoln Lions Clubs Oregon,
USA, used the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation's
Mobile Screening Unit to screen the vision of 2500 students
in the county.
- The
Lions of District LC-7 (Brazil) provided support for
a local theater school for the deaf.
- In
Turkey, the Lions of District 118 remodeled a five-story
school for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- The
Krsko Lions, Slovenia, donated US$9,000 to an association
for the deaf. The funds were used for educational programs.
In
addition, Lions can:
- Donate
temporal bones for research at a temporal bone bank.
- Provide
sign-language interpreters for persons who are deaf and
need assistance during meetings with lawyers or doctors.
- Volunteer
at the Deaf Olympics.
- Provide
closed-captioning equipment for television viewing.
- Help
finance medications and medical treatments for persons who
are deaf or hard of hearing
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