Vehicle Donation Program
Get a tax break and help your community. Fairfax Host Lions Club operates its own Vehicle Donation Program. Our Program generates more charitable funds than other programs because we pick-up, handle and sell all donated vehicles ourselves. 100% of the net proceeds go back to help our local community. You get a tax deduction up to the limits allowed by the IRS. Everybody benefits.
Click this link to go to Fairfax Lions’ Car donation program website: www.LionsCars.org (opens in a new window.)
Rugarama Hospital, Uganda
Our club played a significant role in working with Lions Clubs International and Truro Church in acquiring grants for Rugarama Hospital in Uganda. Please visit the hospital’s website at www.RugaramaHospital.org.
View a related presentation by Lion Dennis Brining at the District 24-A Winter Conference on February 22, 2003 by clicking here. (PDF; 1.3MB - opens in a new window)
Give the Gift of Sight
With more than 44,000 Lions Clubs in 185 countries and geographical areas and more than 1.4 million members, Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service organization. One of their major goals involves eyesight. Helen Keller, in 1925, challenged the world’s Lions to become the knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness. In response, the Lions Clubs established a broad-reaching organization - The Sight First Program - that works on several different levels to support vision care.
Across the United States, regional Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers clean, repair, and classify glasses collected through the Give The Gift Of Sight. The eyeglasses are then distributed free-of-charge to needy individuals around the world.
It doesn’t take much effort to drop off that old pair of spectacles at your local business or Lions Club. And even if you don’t wear eyeglasses yourself, encourage others to bring in their old eyeglasses. When you think about it, this small gesture can make a world of difference to a needy person.
Through the generosity of the following businesses and agencies, the Fairfax Host Lions Club provides eyeglass collection sites. Please bring your used eyeglasses to one of these locations and help us in this very worthy project.
| Business | Location |
| Sears Optical | Fair Oaks Mall |
| COSTCO | Price Club Plaza, Ox Road |
| Wal-Mart | Fair Lakes Center |
| Fairfax Nursing Center | Main Street |
| Pan Am Optical | PanAm Shopping Center |
| Fairfax County Govt. Ctr. | Library suite 123 |
| Pearl Vision Center | Kamp Washington |
| American Legion Post 177 | Oak Street |
| Safeway | Courthouse Plaza |
| Learning In Retirement Institute, Geo. Mason Univ. | Roberts Road |
| Mosby Hairstylists | Main Street |
| Fairfax City Regional Library | Chain Bridge Road |
| Chantilly Regional Library | Stringfellow Road |
| Centreville Regional Library | St. Germaine Drive |
| US Post Office | Fairfax City |
| For Eyes Optical Company | Lee Highway |
| Hour Eyes Fairfax Shops | Lee Highway |
| Sterling Optical | Fair Oaks Mall |
| Visual Freedom Center | Fair Oaks Mall |
| Fairfax Opticians | Main Street Medical Building |
| The Laser Center | Merrifield |
| Hour Eyes at FairOaks | Fair Oaks Mall |
| BJ’s Wholesale Club | Fair Lakes Center |
| Dr. Bremel | Main Street |
| Dr. Notes | Main Street |
| Providence Presbyterian Church | Little River Trnp |
| Everly Funeral Home | Main Street |
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