On February 21, Fairfax Lions presented 42 children’s books to the Main St. Child Development Center. (Main Street is also our Lions partner when we provide meals to local families for the holidays.)
Main Street’s Director, Susan, gave us a tour of the facilities. They have a very nice library for their audience of pre-school and young school-age children. Each year, Fairfax Lions help expand the library’s collection with new children’s books.
On June 30, 1925, this bold advocate for the blind challenged Lions Clubs International to be “knights of the blind”…a challenge that has motivated Lions for 100 years to provide vision service programs. Reenactment of Hellen Keller speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EurAXgbcai (Helen Keller clip starts at 4:40 mark in this 5 min video)
The American Red Cross is in urgent need of blood products. Severe winter weather and wildfires have forced thousands of blood donations to go uncollected. We need donors, like you, to sustain this lifesaving care.
Fairfax Lions Club is sponsoring a Red Cross blood drive on March 12, 2025. Join us to give your precious and needed gift of blood! Sign up now for an appointment at the Red Cross web site provided.
When/where: March 12, 1pm-6pm; Providence Presbyterian Church, 9019 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax, VA 22031
To Signup, on this web page, enter sponsor code: FAIRFAXLIONSVA https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time?zipSponsor=FAIRFAXLIONSVA
On Feb 16, FX lions held their Club-level youth music competition. Winners advance on April 13 to the District-level Lions competition, and then on May 2 to VA Lions state finals where 12 scholarships will be awarded totaling $18000. We encourage musically inclined youth in northern VA to consider next year’s competition; send us info@fairfaxlions.org a note of your interest so we can email you information.
We congratulate all contestants on their talent and accomplishments: (L-R in photo)
Today’s winners: 1st place vocalist, James J Abiden, Tenor. Composition: Out There by Alan Menken.
1st place instrumentalist: Connor Kim, Piano. Composition: Schertzo No. 3 in B Flat Minor Opus 31 by Chopin.)
2nd place instrumentalist: Alexander Moon, Violin. Composition: Concert in D Minor, 1st Movement by Jean Sibeliusby.
Honorable Mention instrumentalist: Wroten McQuirter, Piano. Etude in A minor by Chopin.
Fairfax Lions successfully completed another vision and hearing screening outreach event at St. Luke Catholic School in McLean on Feb 13. A total of 15 third graders and 15 seventh graders were screened. Four students were referred to a professional optometrist and three students were referred to a professional audiologist.
For over 50 years, Lions clubs have supported the partnership of INOVA hospital and the Lions Eye Clinic – Northern Virginia’s only free clinic offering advanced eye care and surgery to uninsured adults. It is a vital community resource, providing essential medical and surgical eye care to those with incomes at or below 400% of the federal poverty level. Eye Clinic web page: https://www.inova.org/locations/inova-lions-eye-clinic
The Clinic’s mission is to provide basic eye care to people who could not afford care, and the clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. It provides services for indigent individuals only. Family assistance workers in the Fairfax County Health Department determine an individual’s indigent status. Individuals, who have no medical insurance coverage, meet certain income standards based on the number of dependents, and are classified as coming under the Income “A” category may qualify as indigent. Referrals to the Clinic are made by the Fairfax County Health Department, Arlington County Health Department, Arlington Free Clinic, Baileys Crossroads Health Clinic, Alexandria Casey Clinic, South County Health Clinic, and doctors.
At the Fairfax Lions Club meeting on January 21st, representatives of the the INOVA Lions Eye Clinic talked about recent renovations in the Clinic, and the wonderful record of serving people in our community.
Fairfax Lions Club is one of the largest service organizations in Northern Virginia. Our members are from all walks of life, we give back to our community in many ways, and we have a good time doing it! We welcome you!