[nabs-l] Lions Club

Wed Sep 8 21:25:54 UTC 2010

I think that sitting outside a store and asking for money straight up
is rather rude. There are so many better opportunities for fundraising
that gives everyone something. Here in North Carolina, I've enver seen
a Lion's club sitting outside a store basically begging for handouts.
the fundraisers around here are 1) selling a product, such as candy
bars or T-shirts, 2) selling tickets for a raffle or sale, such as
Belks Charity Days or Applebee's Pancake Breakfast fundraiser, or 3)
going toward a particular purpose, such as assisting someone to get
accessible equipment or repairing the Lion's Clinic, and they use
various fundraisers to do it, including jars at stores (with
information about the project) or cal centers. I personally don't like
the idea of using a call center to raise funds because I hate call
center calls, but it works quite well...when the NFB of NC lost the
help of a call center last year, their funds were hurt severely.

Maybe suggest differnet fundraisers to your local Lion's Clubs? Give
them ideas of beter ways of raising funds. Don't just talk...do! The
only way things will change is if you speak up and lend a hand. Maybe
that Lion's Club doesn't know about the fundraisers that are out
there...point them to things like Belks Charity Days, JcPenney's gift
basket sells, giftwrapping at department stores and malls for
fundraising, selling candy bars and wrapping paper, and all sorts of
things like that. Schools are always doing fundraisers, so maybe ask
your local schools what fundraiser companies they use, and offer that
information to the Lion's Club?

Just some ideas...

On 9/8/10, Joe Orozco <jsorozco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anmol,
>
> Your position sounds a little contradicting.  On the one hand you claim the
> Lions Club does a lot of good including: scholarships, conference
> sponsorships and trainings.  On the other hand you claim you cannot get
> behind something that asks for money to support the blind.  So, which is it?
>
> I would argue we could do plenty to educate the Lions Club on what the blind
> can and cannot do.  They are a resource, and for example, could add that
> many more votes to this Pepsi Challenge campaign.  And, if you think of it,
> how would that be different from asking for money outside a Walmart?
>
> Joe
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Anmol Bhatia
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:25 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Lions Club
>
> Well George I would respectfully disagree that the Lions Club
> has not done much to help the blind. Many Lions have given
> scholarship to blind students, supported many blind individuals
> to attend various conferences and trainings and are the biggest
> funders of the Lions World Services for the Blind in Little
> Rock Arkansas. Some may have negative oppinion and frankly I
> have personally witnessed somethings that LWSB could do better,
> yet its fair to say that LWSB has given opportunities to many
> blind people for independent training and get training for a
> job. So the Lions have done alot of good for the blind. Infact
> they have done more for the blind not being a blind
> organization then any other not blind organization. NFB and ACB
> are blind organizations run by the blind and for the blind so
> yes they have and will do more for the blind then Lions or any
> other organizations. I would join one because of the work they
> do, but I can not support something that
>  requires asking for money to help the blind.
> Anmol
> I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me
> sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it
> is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
> Hellen Keller
>
>
> --- On Wed, 9/8/10, Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com>
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Lions Club
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 1:56 PM
>> Anmol:
>> Yes, it bothers me much--though I don't have a Walmart,
>> I've seen that sort of stuff.
>> Not to be harsh,
>> but what has the "Lions Club" ever done for the blind?
>>
>> The NFB has done a noticable much more.
>>
>> Sorry if I'm being critical but I've never seen a blind
>> person talk to me about "how good the Lion Club was."
>>
>> They help, I know, but never the blind, not in my
>> experience.
>>
>>
>> Jorge
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Anmol Bhatia wrote:
>>
>> > Does it bother any of you when the Lions Club sit in
>> frunt of Walmart and ask for money to help the blind? This
>> has been something that has bothering me for a long time and
>> mostly the reason why I have not joined one. Lions do a lot
>> of good for the blind and I have been lucky to speak to a
>> few Lions Clubs, but helping the blind in expense of
>> reinforcing the sterotype that society has about the blind
>> to me does not really helpful to our well being and holds us
>> back in society. Its been something that has been bugging me
>> for years, but I was not sure if it is just me or if there
>> are other blind individuals who feel the same. I finally
>> decide to ask when a friend of mine who has mentioned about
>> joing a organization for the blind said that she going to
>> get involved in the Lions club and sit in frunt of Walmart.
>> It would be interesting to hear what everyone has to think
>> about this.
>> >
>> > Anmol
>> >
>> >
>> > I seldom think about my limitations, and they never
>> make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at
>> times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
>> > Hellen Keller
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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