Troy's Community Newsletter

What Troy Lions Do

Call for more info 448-6733

• Provide eye exams and eyeglasses to the local needy
• Sponsor awards and scholarships at local high schools
• Supply vision testing and screening
• Provide special receivers for RISE listeners
• Distribute food, clothing and gifts at Christmas to the vision and hearing impaired
• Fund special medical treatment at the Lions Eye Institute
• Collect used eyeglasses and hearing aids for distribution to third-world countries
• Support Troy's Victorian Stroll
• Support the Troy Public Library
• Distribute educational material about diabetes, glaucoma, and other vision-related diseases
• Promote volunteerism among high school students
• Educate local school nurses about children's eye problems
• Participate in local health fairs
• Contribute to the Lions Eye Institute, Northeastern Association of the Blind, Lions Club International Foundation, Sight Conservation Society, Hearing Conservation Society, Guiding Eyes for the Blind, etc.
• Assisted in the formation of the Sight Conservation Society of Northeastern New York
• Contribute to disaster-relief both locally and Internationally
• Enjoy our selves at local Lions social events, and make new friends at state and international conventions. (All work and no play make a dull Lion!)

  Isn't it time you volunteered to serve your community?

  Come join the men and women of the world's largest service organization and help us make life a little more pleasant for the blind and the needy. We need your support, your time and your ideas! You'll be surprised at how much personal satisfaction you get from helping those less fortunate.

  We meet on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 6:00 pm at the Best Western Rensselaer Inn, 1800 Sixth Ave. in downtown Troy.

  You are welcome at any meeting. Call (518) 448-6733 for more information.

  Drop-off locations for eye glasses donations

  Albank 1818 Fifth Ave., Troy

  Cohoes Savings Bank 2nd Ave & 123td St., Lansingburgh

  Cowle's Optometrists Congress & 13th St., Troy

  Diamond Ridge Retirement Residence 111 Diamond Ridge, Lansingburgh

  East Greenbush Town Hall 225 Columbia Tpke, Rensselaer

  Family Eye Care 333 Hoosick St., Troy

  First American Bank Fifth Ave., Troy

  Fleet Bank 59 Third St., Troy

  Hearing, Speech & Balance Center 2200 Burdett Ave., Troy

  Hiller Opticians 2200 Burdett Ave., Troy

  KeyBank Congress & Fourth St., Troy

  KeyBank 720 Hoosick Rd, Troy

  Marine Midland Bank Center Brunswick

  Marine Midland Bank Rts 40 & 142, Lansingburgh

  Marine Midland Bank 116th St & Second Ave., Lansingburgh

  Marine Midland Bank Third St & Broadway, Troy

  OnBank 50 Fourth St., Troy

  OnBank N. Lake & Hoosick St., Troy

  Onbank 15O Main St., Wynantskill

  Pioneer Savings Bank 21 Second St., Troy

  Schodack Town Hall 1777 Columbia Tpke, Castleton

  Tom's Barber Shop 327 Fifth Ave., Lansingburgh

  Troy Eye Associates 2222 6th Ave at Jacob, Troy

  Troy Public Library 100 Second St., Troy

  Troy Vision Center Atrium, First Floor, Troy

  Wal-Mart Vision Center 760 Hoosick Rd., Troy

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  Items published herein do not necessarily represent the opinions of Troy United Ink Corp., its officers or it's Board of Directors.

  
  
  

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