[nagdu] Lions Club and support

Sun Feb 17 21:00:18 UTC 2013

Thank you for posting Marilyn.
Our Chapter is near Marilyn's I have belong to Central Islip and now the Brentwood Islanders.
And we volunteer sometimes at the same functions as well.
But, I know that during this past Hurricane Sandy and also the Hurricane, that the Lions have helped out in both. Especially to the Blind out here on Long Island.
There aren't to many services on Long Island for the Blind, SILO (Suffolk County Independent Living Organizations )where Marilyn works, NFB and  the other organization.
All other services are in Nassau County or in the city, so there are very few options for all of us here, so yes NFB is here for us on Long Island, and I have been trying to start a Suffolk County Chapter, since it is hard to get to our chapter on Sundays in Nassau, and we also have a Chapter at Large for NY State Now.
What does this have to do with Guide Dogs. Everything!
Cheryl

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> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:19:55 -0500
> From: t21114 at optonline.net
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] Lions Club and support
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> I am surprised to hear that some of the Lions Club treated a few of you with disrespect because you didn't want to attend Leader Dogs. That has to be a personal thing and should have been reported to the Lions District Governor of that County.  The Lions did start that school and most do support it. Our Lions upstate NY give to Leader and in many other states. I have last year at our NYS Lions convention spoke to some clubs about supporting the three schools in NYS. Some didn't even know about GDF, GEB and Freedom Dogs. I believe in supporting all the Guide Dog Schools . Our county (Suffolk) supports GDF and GEB.  Nassau County also. Some parts of the city does too. I have been to GEB though my dog is from GDF to see a friend graduate. I am also involved a few times a year with a Lions Club in  Queens . I go to many clubs and help them raise funds. I am am Honorary Lioness of the Hamptons and they sponsored a dog and named it after me. My Lions Club is Lions of the Islip's. We support who ever needs help. When Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island 4 months ago the Lions sprang into action and set up different places to hand out food and other things . If a blind person lost anything in the Hurricane we replaced it for them or found an organization to help them. 
> The High School I teach in once a week for 2 hours has a Leo's club and I have asked for someone to speak to the students about Lions. 
> I am also going to show them a copy of the original clip of Helen Keller asking a group of businessmen to take up her challenge and become the Knights of the Blind. Its important for our young people to know about these organizations and give community service. 
> Marilyn and Anna 
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