What the Westerly Lions Club has done recently

2008-2009

Monetary Help

·        Eye exam & glasses for any Westerly School Child in need

·        $2,180 in college scholarships, annually, for Westerly High School graduates

·        $5,000 to Children with Cancer @ RI Hospital

·        Camperships for children attending Camp Mauchatea, Exeter, RI, a summer camp for the blind

·        Various monetary help for needy visually impaired residents that include: chair lifts for vans, braille books, Seeing Eye dogs, devices to help handicapped individuals and more…

·        $12,000 to Sylvia Bogusz (18 yrs. old), who was outside her disabled vehicle when struck by a drunk driver.  During her rehabilitation she had many financial needs.  A joint effort between Westerly Lions and Newport Fed raised funds at a spaghetti in her honor.

·        Paid for an ear procedure for a Westerly boy who could not hear well @ school

People Power Projects

·        A major volunteer effort to help build 2 duplex homes for Habitat for Humanity in Westerly’s North End.

·        Cooking the breakfast for the Westerly Band Booster annual fund raiser @ the Westerly Yacht Club.

·        Organizing and directing the floats, participants and entrants for the Westerly Columbus Day Parade.

·        Preparing and serving a dinner to 190 people at our Annual Picnic for the Blind.  It includes blind people throughout the state of RI.

·        Prepared the grounds and constructed a handicap ramp for a local resident who is handicapped at his home (65 man hours).

·        Constructed a greenhouse at The Frank Olean Center.