Welcome
UPDATES (TUES. NOV. 17):
NOTICE: There will be no meeting next week (Nov. 24th) due to Thanksgiving week.
Today, we had two great guest from the Louisiana Association for the Blind. They run a wonderful program hiring a majority of legally blind individuals. They do great things and manufacture many different products, including a battleship for the Federal government, xerographic bond, mimeographs and duplicating papers. They also have a low vision rehabilitation center that helps the blind live independently, including babies and their parents to seniors who have recently become blind. For more information on the Louisiana Association for the Blind, please visit their website @ www.lablind.com.
Visit last weeks guest at and see how the Veterans Day Celebration went:
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Welcome! West Shreveport Lions Club is here to serve you and the entire community. We are a non-profit organization interested in serving the community. Through donations and fund raisers we support the Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation, the Louisiana Eye Bank and the Louisiana Lions Crippled Children's Camp located in Leesville, LA. We are also starting a new service called the Cub Sight program. This program tests children from the ages of 1-5 years of age in hopes of detecting eye problems at an age when these problems can be solved. Below are links that further explain the missions of these different organizations.
Louisiana Eye Bank:
Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation:
Louisiana Lions Crippled Childrens Camp:
We currently have 20 members and meet every Tuesday for a buffet lunch at the Holiday Inn on Financial Plaza. Each week features a guest speaker from the community. Our guest speakers include anyone from local politicians to small business people, or anyone else that might have something interesting to talk about. We encourage anyone to join us for lunch. Please see our calendar to see who is up and coming.
Each year we also have several fund raisers in which the proceeds go to the various organizations listed above. We have a scramble golf tournament that includes a fun day of golf, breakfast, lunch and fellowship. Many will receive prizes from the drawing that are held at the end of the day, along with nice prizes for the winners of the tournament. We also set up a booth at the Greenwood Pioneer Trade Days. At this event, we serve food and have a raffle. This year our raffle winner won an ice chest full of cash! There are also many other smaller projects throughout the year we are involved with in the community. We are constantly trying to drum up new ways to serve the community. Besides raising money, we donate our time to many different activities that include all kinds of community service. If you feel there is some way that we can serve you, please feel free to ask.
If you or someone you know has a child in need of eye glasses and funds are not available to get the child these eye glasses please feel free to contact us for help. It is possible that we can get the eye glasses for you after a short screening process. Please contact our Club Secretary for assisstance.
Please keep an eye on the calendar to see what is up and coming. We encourage everyone to attend our weekly meetings. If you are interested in joining us, please contact the New Membership Chairman or an officer listed on the Contact Us link.
Pardon our appearance, we are building this site.
This page was last updated: November 17, 2009
