Vision Programs

Eyeglass Recycling

Sight Partnerships

LCIF SightFirst

Sight Services

Lions are known for their service to persons who are blind and visually impaired.

This dedicated service began in 1925. During a Lions international convention, Helen Keller, a woman who had been blind and deaf since childhood, challenged Lions to become "knights of the blind in this crusade against darkness." Lions accepted Keller's challenge.

Today, Lions clubs around the world are involved in many sight-related areas in order to help prevent blindness.

Lions and the Blind
Lions clubs perform many community services for persons who are blind. These activities include:

• sponsoring guide dogs;
• supporting guide dog schools;
• providing scholarships for blind students;
• supporting vocational training programs;
• facilitating self-help groups for the blind/visually impaired;
• furnishing talking books, braille books, or large print books for a public library;
• supporting Lions camps for the blind/visually impaired;
• supporting recreational activities for the blind/visually impaired;
• providing devices such as white canes, braillers, or computers;
• supporting eye research.