TEXAS LIONS CAMP


 

P.O. BOX 290247
KERRVILLE, TX 7802947
830-896-8500

The Lions of Texas support and operate a camp for physically handicapped and insulin dependent diabetic children in
Kerrville Texas.
Children attend this camp at no cost to them or their parents.
Established in 1949, the Texas Lions Camp has now served more than 45,000 children, giving each of them a very special learning and growing experience in a beautiful hill country setting

6565 FANNIN, SUITE NC-205
HOUSTON, TX 77030
713-798-5500

The Lions Eye Bank of Texas provides sight-restoring corneal tissue. The eye bank is located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston with branches in Port Arthur and Corpus Christi. The Lions Eye Bank of Texas is supported by the Lions of District 2-S2 and by Lions of Districts 2-A3, 2-S1 and 2-S4. The success of this eye bank is demonstrated by the fact that no one who needs a cornea in any of the four Lions districts it serves ever has to wait for a cornea. Furthermore, continuing Lions' support assures that anyone who needs a cornea will have one, regardless of the person's financial situation.

Lions Eye Bank of Texas

3530 W. DALLAS
HOUSTON, TX 77019
713-527-9561

The Lighthouse of Houston provides vocational training and a sheltered work-shop for visually impaired people. Lions fund and host an annual Christmas shopping trip and luncheon for Lighthouse clients. Lions Clubs also support various other Lighthouse programs such as their annual career days program for visually impaired high school seniors.

Light House of Houston

 Lions of District 2-S2 provide Leader Dogs for blind people. These dogs and the blind person's training to use the dog are furnished at no cost to the blind person through Leader Dogs for the Blind In Rochester, Michigan.

Leader Dog for the Blind

HRF provides funds for local disaster relief and to aid Lions Clubs in humanitarian efforts that are beyond the resources of the club.

The Texas Lions foundation provides funds for humanitarian services and disaster relief in the State of Texas.

Texas Lions Foundation

This District program assists local Lions Clubs
in their sight conservation efforts.
It also handles the collection and distribution of used eyeglasses.

LOCATIONS AROUND HOUSTON

Texas Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center - Each year, the Texas Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center supplies 60-80 missions sponsored by church groups, physicians and other organizations with used eyeglasses. The center also supplies eyeglasses for permanent distribution centers in the Republic of Ghana, Nigeria and Brazil. The center organizes optical training teams composed of Lions, doctors and opticians to work with Lions of multiple districts in developing countries. TLERC has the following training programs in place and available:

• How to create and operate an optical clinic with used eyeglasses;
• How to create and operate a new and used eyeglass distribution center;
• How to create and operate a finishing lab;
• Photo-screening;
• Low vision

To date, Lions in the following countries have received training: US, Guyana, Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras.
Currently, the center is working with Chevron to set up a permanent Lions eyeglass distribution facility in The Republic of Congo. In addition, the center also procures new and used optical and surgical equipment for use by various mission groups.

Number of eyeglasses collected in 2001-02: 1,140,000
Number of eyeglasses distributed in 2001-02: 618,911

Lions throughout the world join together in supporting the
Lions Clubs International Foundation. LCIF provides funds for relief from disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods with such relief administered by the local Lions District LCIF also provides funds to aid in the construction of hospitals, clinics, schools and other humanitarian projects that are beyond the means of the local club and its community. LCIF funded the development of the school curricula known as
"Lions Quest Skills for Growing"
and
"Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence"
These curricula provide elementary and intermediate school children with study programs to teach children proper decision making skills and how to improve relationships with parents, teachers, other adults and their peers. The aim of these programs is to point children toward a wholesome, productive lifestyle and away from drugs.
Lions District 2-S2 has its own Lions Quest program to assist local schools and Lions Clubs in obtaining training for teachers of Lions Quest Skills for Growing and Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence.
The Lions SightFirst Lions Conquering Blindness is a program coordinated through LCIF. SightFirst, which was initiated In 1990, is dedicated to eliminating preventable and correctable blindness throughout the world. There are 40 million blind people in the world,
and 80% of these are blind because of problems that could have been prevented or could now be corrected. Campaign SightFirst is the
fund-raising program for SightFirst.

LCIF

The Lions' Youth Exchange program provides opportunities for students from this Lions District to live with families in foreign countries. It also provides opportunities for Lions' families to host students from foreign countries. The Youth Exchange program strives to meet the first objective of Lions Clubs International which is
"To create and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world."

Lions of District 2-S2 support summer day camp programs for diabetic children and their siblings. The American Diabetes Associations Camp Rainbow held in north Houston.

Brochure

The Lions Eye Bank Foundation is a fund for research and development of projects involving sight restoration. Grants have been made to study eye diseases and disorders and the development of improved corneal transplantation procedures.

Lions World Services for the Blind Is a Lions owned and operated vocational school, teaching blind clients life and business skills, and computer expertise.
Operated by the Arkansas Lions, it services clients from more than twenty states.

LWSB

The hope of every nation Is young people. As carrying adults we have an opportunity to touch the lives of young people every day.
Through our understanding, guidance and teaching, we can effect history. We teach Kindergarten through high school.
It is school, family and community working together, teaching life skills, character education, drug prevention, violence prevention and service learning.

Lions Quest

The Hearing and Speech Action program provides information to the clubs about hearing loss, coordinates the collection and renovation of used hearing aids, furnishes closed-caption decoders and hearing aids for underprivileged children.

Houston Ear Research Foundation
7737 Southwest Freeway, Suite 630
Houston, Texas 77074
(713) 771-9966
(800) 843-0807 TTY
FAX (713) 771-0546
Email:  JANGIL@hern.org

Houston Ear Research Foundation was incorporated in August, 1983 as a center to provide excellence in service dedicated to the cochlear implant.  Sometimes referred to as an “electronic ear,”
a cochlear implant enables a deaf or severely-to- profoundly hearing impaired individual to hear sound. Our cochlear implant program is now in its eighteenth (18^th) year.  Approximately 325 children and 200 adults  have received the cochlear implant in our Houston program since March, 1983.  Both Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital and Memorial Hermann Healthcare System have been very supportive of  the Foundation's efforts for the hearing impaired since we began our program. At the current time, there are various cochlear implant devices available through the Houston Ear Research Foundation. 
The Nucleus 24 Contour Cochlear Implant, manufactured by Cochlear Corporation, is available and approved by the FDA for adults and children as young as 12 months of age.  The cochlear implant is a success. 
It is here to stay and will offer many children and adults a chance to become a part of our hearing society.  We know the cochlear implant is only the beginning for some of these individuals.

It is truly amazing what a little sound will do!

Houston Ear Research Foundation

Houston Taping For The Blind Radio began broadcasting in 1978. Today, HTBR is on the air 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Enjoy readings from the Houston Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, popular books, and news, sports, and entertainment magazines.

HTBR broadcasts on a special low-power FM frequency through specially-tuned radio receivers. TFB provides radios free to qualified clients. You can also hear us on the Secondary Audio Program (SAP) of KUHT-TV, Channel 8, Houston's PBS station. Through our partnerships with Houston Public Radio and Houston Public Television, we've extended our broadcast range to a 33-county area around Houston.

HOUSTON TAPING FOR THE BLIND

Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership
 10880 Wilshire Boulevard
 Suite 410
 Los Angeles, CA 90024
 310-474-4370

Volunteerism  - Volunteerism is the heart and soul of our organization.  We appreciate the myriad contributions of our volunteers, and recognize the power of thank you.  We seek to promote and encourage volunteerism among our stakeholders.  We recognize and value the power of good that volunteers can achieve working together.

Excellence -  Excellence defines who we are and how we conduct our programs, and run our business.  We proactively examine our performance and strive to improve in a never ending quest to continually raise our programs and business to new levels of excellence. We pursue excellence with a passion in all we do. 

Organizational Integrity – Organizational integrity forms the foundation of our organization.  We demand the highest level of ethics and grow our organization based on interactions that promote mutual trust and respect with our stakeholders.  We strive to ensure the highest level of organizational effectiveness by continually reviewing our programs and processes to improve quality and efficiency.

Diversity – We value and embrace diversity.  We seek out views that reflect all walks of life, and reflect those views in our programs.  We are sensitive to the special needs and diverse backgrounds of individuals.  We give all individuals an opportunity to be heard and to benefit from our programs.

Innovative Thinking – Our organization grows through innovative thinking.  We are not constrained by fixed ideas.  We learn from the past, but are not limited by it.  We proactively approach challenges and opportunities with innovative thinking to develop creative solutions.  We value innovative thinking that has the potential to expand our programs and better serve our stakeholders.

Community Partnership – We value community partnerships.  We recognize the importance of working with our community organizations to reflect the diverse backgrounds of the individuals we seek to serve.  We value the input we receive from our community partners, and strive to work together cooperatively and constructively.

Lifelong Learning Leadership Opportunities – We never stop.  We believe that leadership skills can and should be continually improved and refined.  We provide programs and services to foster lifelong leadership learning opportunities.