The Kent Lions Club is getting ready for it's biggest fund raiser of the year, Carnation Day's. Deliveries will be on Friday October 31st and Saturday November 1st. Cost is $10.00 per dozen and you can contact Chairman Tony DeLuke at 330-730-3117. This event helps with Lions community projects.Kent Ohio Lions Club has a rich history of sight-related services and projects, including annual sponsorship of one or more pilot dog scholarships with Pilot Dogs of Ohio (to date we have provide 55 pilot dog scholarships for a total of approximately $253,000.00,). See photo of Kent Lions Jeff Langstaff with his Pilot Dog "Lazer" below. The Kent Lions also providing eye care and glasses for adults and children in need, collecting thousands of glasses for use in Latin America and international eye-care projects, financial support for are eye banks and for regional and national societies for the blind. During the past three decades, The Kent Ohio Lions Club has provided support for Dr. William Brinker who leads regular eye-care missions to South and Central America to remote and rural areas that otherwise would not have such services provided to them.
The dual mission of The Kent Ohio Lions Club is to provide service to the Community while providing members opportunities for fellowship and camaraderie and to make the community a better place to live. We currently have 62 members.
A chief fund-raising effort is the highly successful Carnation Day. We also do eye screening and hearing tests of over 3,000 students annually in conjunction with The Kent Schools System. The club also provides financial support for a wide variety of civic services each year, donating approximately $20, 000.00 per year in support of on-going and one-time projects.
The Kent Lions Club acknowledges the valuable assistance of The Kent State University sorority, Delta Gamma, (see photo below) which functions in a reciprocal capacity with Lions in fund raising and eye-care services.
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