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Welcome to the Haverhill, Massachusetts
Lions Club web site.
The Haverhill Lions Club is a
club of 33 women and men who are dedicated and determined to
our community.
The Haverhill Lions Club is a
proud member of the Lions Clubs International - the world's largest
community service organization with clubs around the world.
To learn more about
Lions Clubs International,
please click here.
The Haverhill Lions Club support fellow citizens whose lives
we can positively effect.
Your donations to the Haverhill
Lions Club directly fund:
- LOCALLY: Eye examinations, eyeglasses, visual
aid equipment, leader/guide dogs, youth/student involvement programs
and more for Haverhill citizens.
- A few of
the services the Haverhill Lions Club have provided in the past
few years to help out Haverhill residents:
- Provided funding for numerous
pairs of eyeglasses and eye examinations for Haverhill citzens.
- A major contributor for two
BrailleNote Machines for two Haverhill Public School Students.
- Provided pieces of Visual Aid
Equipment for Haverhill's Senior Citizens.
- Provided major funding for a
Haverhill resident to obtain a Leader Dog from the Leader Dogs
For The Blind in Rochester, Michigan.
- Sponsored members of the Haverhill
High School "Model United Nations Debate Team" to attend
the National Competition in New York City.
- Provided major funding for a
Haverhill Student to attend National Braille Competition in Los
Angeles.
- Provided major funding for Haverhill
Students to attend Summer Camp designed for the visually impaired.
- Sponsored Camperships to the
Haverhill Boys' Club Camp Tasker.
- Provided monetary donations
to Haverhill Police Officer Hardy for his Christmas campaign.
- Donated "turkey dinners"
to Haverhill food pantries at Thanksgiving.
- Provided monetary donations
through DSS for Haverhill families at Christmas time.
- Sponsor and contributor for
a Haverhill Student college scholarship.
- STATEWIDE: Massachusetts
Lions Eye Research Fund, Inc. (MLERFI) - the official project
of the Massachusetts Lions Clubs. MLERFI supports the research
and development of new ideas to overcome blindness.
- GLOBALLY: Various programs internationally through
Lions
Club International Fund (LCIF). Working with Lions, LCIF
prevents blindness. It provides food and clothing to victims
of natural disasters. It also gives youth the tools to succeed
through Lions-Quest,
empowers the disabled through vocational training and promotes
health by equipping clinics and hospitals.
The Haverhill Lions Club is always
looking for new challenges, as we are a progressive club. We
welcome visitors, be they other Lions, interested citizens or
potential Lions members.
The Haverhill Lions Club meets
twice a month (September through June) and elects its officers
annually.
Our web site includes club information,
history, events, charities, etc. Please feel free to browse the
various sections of our site and learn more about our organization,
our membership and our community.
Thank you and yours in Lionism,
Haverhill Lion Club |
