[nabs-l] Lions Club

[autTeal Bloodwortho]

you are my hero

You worded your defense very well.

        Teal



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Lions Club


> Hello:
>
>     I am a proud member of the Greater Ouachita Lions Club in Monroe, 
> Louisiana. When looking at the Lions, we must remember that different 
> clubs have different capabilities. I have been in three clubs due to 
> having moved. Some clubs are quite small and have older members. This type 
> of club simply cannot do a big fundraiser and selling something outside of 
> Walmart works for them. I was in a very small club with seven members and 
> the best they could do was to stand at an intersection and ask for 
> donations. Amazingly, they raised about $600 in two hours. The Greater 
> Ouachita club of which I am now a member is a bigger club and has members 
> with the expertise to hold golf tournaments and run a bingo operation.
>
>     I am a Lion because I believe in Lionism. Our motto is "We Serve". Our 
> club has a program called Cub Sight that does vision screening for small 
> children. Our Eye Center has done lots of surgeries and we provide glasses 
> to those who can't get them elsewhere. My role in my club is toprovide 
> information on blindness and consult when we are asked for a brailler or 
> other equipment. The Lions are also funding the free cane program operated 
> by the NFB. All this takes considerable money. Have a great day.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lion Robert Jaquiss
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anmol Bhatia" <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com>
> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 1:39 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] Lions Club
>
>
>> 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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