The Mt. Vernon Lions Club was recognized by Iowa Kidsight for being a screening team. The Mt. Vernon Lions Club took over for the Lions District Screening Team in 2017 and is proud to provide this service to the Mt. Vernon Community.
 The Mt. Vernon Lions Club with Do Something Great Trivia raised over $500 to help Mt. Vernon Community School District Kids in Need Program. Brian Jaffe and Justin Pigeon of Do Something Great Trivia said. "It was an honor to partner with the Mount Vernon, Iowa Lions Club! We had a great time connecting with your community and providing opportunities for families and friends to come together, get smarter, and compete - and to donate over $500 to support the kids in your community! The money raised went to MVCSD Kids in Need. Kids in Need is a fund that is maintained by donations to help children and families of Mount Vernon. They help families with food, lunch money, housing, clothing, gas, Christmas gifts and much much more!
They also fund the Mustang Snack Pack. This is a program that gives in-need children a sack of non perishable items to take home over the weekend and on holiday breaks.  Mt. Vernon Lions Club Charter. The Mt. Vernon Lions Club in Partnership with the Mt. Vernon Historical Preservation Commission now has the first five years worth of documents from the start of the club on the MVHPC website. You can check out the archives at:
https://mvhpc.org/the-lions-club/?fbclid=IwAR2MjuWMws_ZI6uYI3v74QcmDtzX3lmhgWHjrlVDZeXzeLCfONWsxAgTM3k
Members of the Mt. Vernon Lions Club purchased much needed supplies for Southeast Linn Community Center from Gary's Foods to help them fill their shelves after The Derecho that hit on August 10th. The money for these supplies came from an Emergency Disaster Grant from Lions Clubs International Foundation! Our motto is “We Serve, and we are always there when there is a need in our community!
The Mt. Vernon Lions Club served 500 Hot Dogs and Hamburgers to people of the MV Community to help out people with no power after the Derecho to allow them to have a hot meal. The club also served a Vegan option to the community as well.
 Our Club last night met via Zoom and approved two $500 Donations to
Southeast Linn Community Center and Mount Vernon Community School District Kids In Need. Our Club saw the need in our community more than ever during this time. If you can support these organizations individually please donate to them!  The Mt. Vernon Lions Club along with the Mt. Vernon Boys Basketball program joined forces in order to raise money and awareness on Childhood Cancer. The team wore special Beat Cancer shirts in honor of International Childhood Cancer Day witch was a day later on February 15. Together with the sales of shirts and a 50/50 pot that night. The Mt. Vernon Lions Club raised over $500 for Beat Cancer Today. Beat Cancer Today is an Eastern Iowa Non-Profit 501-C3. Beat Cancer Today’s mission is to create awareness of childhood cancers and to provide financial support for childhood cancer research, and for patient and family support programs. Formed by Iowa families whose children have been diagnosed with childhood cancer, Beat Cancer Today raises funds through t-shirt sales and special events and distributes those funds to Children’s Cancer Connection, Children’s Oncology Group, and University of Iowa Dance Marathon. The Boys won their game over CPU that night with a final score of 51-39. The Mt. Vernon Lions club is proud to continue its support of Childhood Cancer and has embraced the newest service initiative from Lions Clubs International.  Since January 1, 2019 the Mt. Vernon Lions Club has collected over 500 pairs glasses! The Mt. Vernon Lions Club has been participating in the Lions Recycle for Sight used eyeglasses collection program and would like to encourage community members to continue donating their used eyeglasses. The Collection box is located at Mt. Vernon Bank located at 206 1st St SW, Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314.
“We need everyone to donate their old glasses,” said Paul Fugate Lions Club Service Chair. “In most developing countries, eye care is either not affordable or inaccessible. An eye exam can cost as much as one month’s wages, and a single eye doctor may serve a community of hundreds of thousands of people. And for many, poor eyesight that is left uncorrected can lead to unemployment for adults and a child’s inability to attend school. By taking the time to give us your glasses, you will help improve the life of someone in need.” The donated eyeglasses will be shipped to the Midwest Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center in Rosholt, Wisconsin – home of the Wisconsin Lions Camp – where they will be sorted, cleaned, categorized by prescription and prepared for distribution by Lions and other groups to third world countries.  The Mt. Vernon Lions Club donated $1,260 to the Mt. Vernon Community School Districts Kids in Need.
Kids in Need is a fund that is maintained by donations to help children and families of Mount Vernon. They help families with food, lunch money, housing, clothing, gas, Christmas gifts and much much more! They also fund the Mustang Snack Pack. This is a program that gives in-need children a sack of non perishable items to take home over the weekend and on holiday breaks. The Lions Club always raises the money for Kids in need through their annual Christmas Party held in early December. The Lions club has been donating to Kids in Need for many years and will continue to donate to this programs for many years!  The Mt. Vernon Lions Club on November 7 and 8 screened 142 children through the Iowa Kidsight program.
Iowa KidSight is a joint project of the Lions Clubs of Iowa and the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, dedicated to enhancing the early detection and treatment of vision impairments in young children (target population 6 months of age through kindergarten) in Iowa communities through screening and public education at no cost to the parents of children. The Kidisight program has been around for almost 20 years. Since 2010 Mt. Vernon has been screening children in both Mt. Vernon and Lisbon. Between the two communities over 800 children have been screened and 88 have been detected for having a vision problem. The first few years of a child’s life are critical in the development of good vision. These problems are not always evident. Each day that eye problems go undetected and untreated, a child’s vision may deteriorate to the point of irreversibility. The earlier these conditions are detected, the more easily and successfully they can be treated. With visual learning being so a major factor in a young child’s early development it is crucial that he or she have 20/20 vision! The Mt. Vernon Lions Club looks forward to continuing this project for many years!!! |
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