The Wildhorse Foundation Supports Student Vision In Eastern Oregon (Photo) -01/07/25

Portland, OR: For over ten years, the Wildhorse Foundation of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation has partnered with the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation (OLSHF) to ensure that students in Morrow, Umatilla, Union and Wallowa Counties receive regular, first quality vision screening.

 

During the 2023-2024 school year, the Wildhorse Foundation generously granted the OLSHF’s School Vision Screening Program $7,500 to support vision screening events at 40 different schools, for 9,882 students throughout the 4-County service area. That grant translated into state-of-the-art vision screening for 1,875 students. Of the total number of students receiving vision screening from OLSHF in the 4-County region, 2,158 were referred for comprehensive vision exams.

 

In addition to the screenings, the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation helps coordinate resources for underserved student families for low-cost/no-cost vision exams and eyeglasses. OLSHF also partners with all the Lions Clubs throughout the region. Lions Club members are excited to volunteer at school vision screening events to interact with students and to help ensure that all students can see to learn.

 

The Wildhorse Foundation, as a part of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, continues to be generous to the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation in the knowledge shared with the Lions of Oregon that if students can see to their potential, they are better equipped to learn to their potential.

 

About OLSHF & the Lions of Oregon

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation (OLSHF) serves communities statewide. Since their formation in 1959, they have created programs in response to the need for sight and hearing assistance and partnered with medical professionals for discounted rates. They have built upon the promise made to Helen Keller by creating a continuum of care for people who lack access to vision and hearing services. Learn more at www.olshf.org or www.facebook.com/olshf.

 

Lions of Oregon & Northern California are a part of an international network of 1.4 million men and women in 200 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world. Lions are best known for working to end preventable blindness, the giving of eyeglasses and hearing aids for the needy and local service projects. http://www.md36lionsclubs.org/

 

Yachats Lions Club Announces Annual Crab Feed - January 25, 2025 -12/31/24

For over 30 years the Yachats Lions Club has held an annual Crab Feed event in
Yachats, Oregon. The annual trek to Yachats to eat Dungeness crab is a
tradition for families and groups from across Oregon, Washington and beyond.
This year’s Crab Feed will go back to All-You-Can-Eat and we are rolling back
the price to $45 per person. The meal will consist of Dungeness crab, baked
beans, coleslaw, bread and soda. We will have three seatings this year; two at
the Lions Hall at 12:30 pm and 4:00pm and one in the Yachats Commons at
4:00pm. The 4:00 pm seating at the Commons will be for groups of 6 or more
with reserved tables. The $45 per person meal tickets are available for sale
online at https://yachatslionsclub.org/ You can select the seating and order as
many meals as you like. For more information please send an email to
lionscrabfeed2025@gmail.com. Lion David O’Kelley, coordinator of the popular Crab Feed, says “We are very pleased to be offering the fund-raiser as we have done for so many years.” We get great support from the community and local businesses in Yachats, Waldport and Newport. South Beach Fish Market cooks and cleans the best tasting local crab you have ever eaten.

With our motto of “WE SERVE” among the many services we provide eyeglasses
and exams, hearing aids and exams, eye screening in Lincoln County schools,
pancake breakfasts, crab feed, lunch bunch, speaker series, peace poster and
flag day events in our schools, and community use of our clubhouse. Through
community donations to the Yachats Lions Thrift Store our sales allow us to
donate to local, student scholarships, food pantries, school programs, projects,
and upkeep of the clubhouse. In addition, donations are made to Oregon Lions
Sight and Hearing as well as Lions Club International Foundation.
Lions Club International is the world’s largest service club organization with a
network of 1.4 million men and women in more than 200 countries and
geographical locations. We serve where we live, as well as globally, and we have
fun doing it.

The proceeds for this fund-raising event are for Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing.

Yachats Lions Club's Annual Crab Feed: All Proceeds Going Right Back To The Community! -12/31/24

YACHATS, OR, January 27 – For over 30 years, the Yachats Lions Club has held an annual Crab Feed event in Yachats, Oregon. The annual trek to Yachats to eat Dungeness crab is a tradition for families and groups from across Oregon, Washington, and beyond.
 

The Yachats Lions will be serving crab meals with the option to buy extra crabs. The meal will consist of one whole local Dungeness crab, coleslaw, baked beans, and homemade bread. 

 

The Yachats Lions’ Crab Feed will have three seatings this year on January 27th: one at the Lions Hall at 4:00pm, one at the Yachats Commons at 12:30pm, and the last at the Yachats Commons at 4:00pm. The 4:00pm seating at the Commons will be for groups of 6 or more with reserved tables.

 

Crab meal tickets are available for sale online at https://yachatslionsclub.org/. You can select the seating and order as many meals as you like. You will also have the option of buying extra crabs with the purchase of your crab meal. You can email Lion Kevin Yorks, the acclaimed Crab Feed Coordinator, for more information at lionscrabfeed2024@gmail.com.

 

Lion Kevin says, “We are very pleased to be offering the event as we have done for so many years. We get great support from the community and local businesses in Yachats, Waldport, and Newport. South Beach Fish Market cooks and cleans the best tasting local crab you have ever eaten.”

 

All proceeds from the annual Crab Feed fundraiser and the Yachats Lions Thrift Store makes giving back to this community possible. We support Lions community service projects including scholarships to graduating seniors, food pantries, school programs, Yachats Youth & Family Services, South Lincoln Resources, Yachats Fire Department, and eyeglasses & exams for children & adults. With the motto “WE SERVE,” Yachats Lions Club is celebrating 73 years of service to Yachats and South Lincoln County.

 

Lions Club International is the world’s largest service club organization with a network of 1.3 million men and women in more than 200 countries and geographical locations. We serve where we live, as well as globally, and we have fun doing it.