LEBW Updates

LEBW Health Fair a Success

The Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin with volunteers from Anderson & Shapiro Eye Care, Elite Hearing Centers of America’s Madison office, and Lions from District 27-D1 put on a successful health fair on Saturday, April 15. In total, 139 adults received a vision screening and were fitted for eyeglasses. 100 eyeglasses were distributed. We ran out of some strengths and are holding a second distribution date to get people their eyeglasses. Lions from 27-D1 screened 21 kids and 17 kids received a referral. In addition, 35 people had their hearing screened from the Elite Hearing Center of America’s Madison West location. Lions from 27-D1 also helped distribute recycled eyeglasses for those who were fitted and helped work information tables.

This was one of the first eyeglass fitting missions in the state of Wisconsin where

Lions were able to fit Wisconsin residents with recycled eyeglasses collected and sent to the Eyeglass Recycling Center in Rosholt.

Thank you to all of our volunteers for being a part of this event! We could not have done it without you. Also a big thank you to Anderson & Shapiro Eye Care, Elite Hearing Centers, and the Wisconsin Lions Foundation for partnering with the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin to make this event possible. And finally, a personal thank you to Lions Liz Shelley and Keith Mueller for helping advise our committee on how to obtain used eyeglasses for this event. Until next time…

New Communications and Outreach Manager

Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin is excited to announce that Lion Adam Crowson has been promoted to Communications and Outreach Manager. He will continue to oversee the LEBW transporter program and your contact for all things Lions-related. But he will also oversee LEBW’s marketing duties. Adam has an extensive professional background in communications having worked as a journalist, graphic artist, and marketing coordinator. Adam spent ten years working in newsrooms, as a reporter, copy editor, page designer, and photographer before leaving the industry to work as a graphic artist. He then spent nine years working for a wholesale distributor of souvenirs and giftables where he developed the company’s catalogs, sales flyers, email blasts, and marketing collateral, before coming to LEBW in May 2022. Adam also brings a

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knowledge of social media marketing to this role.

As of 3/30/23, Lions from 97 clubs have made 490 transports throughout the state of Wisconsin.

LEBW is excited to announce several upcoming events we are hosting or participating in. Please be sure to mark your calendar and join us virtually or in person.

Save the Date:

• 2023 Wisconsin Lions State Convention –LEBW will exhibit, and Stacey Troha, LEBW CEO, will present on Saturday, May 13, at 9:45 a.m. The convention will be held at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Steven’s Point.

• Emily C. Lyons 9th Annual Memorial Golf Outing will be Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Old Hickory Golf Course, Beaver Dam, WI. Proceeds benefit Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin, UW-Organ and Tissue Donation, Restoring Hope Transplant House, and the Emily C. Lyons Memorial Scholarship fund. For more information contact, Adam Crowson, LEBW Communications and Outreach Manager at acrowson@lebw.org.

• The 2023 LEBW Annual Meeting will be Thursday, July 13, 2023, at 5 p.m. at the Lake DuBay Lions Park in Knowlton, Wis. This will be an in-person event. Please RSVP to Adam Crowson at acrowson@lebw.org if you’d like to attend.