Woodstock Lions Club releases its Lions end-of-year Impact Report

Woodstock, GA -- The Woodstock Lions Club released its Lions End-Of-Year Impact Report. The Lions’ year runs July ’23 – June ’24.

Frank Hunton, Past President of the Woodstock Lions Club for the Lions’ year July ’23 – June ’24, said, “this Impact Report provides an overview of the work that was accomplished by our Club with the assistance of our sponsors and partners. This past year was very busy for our members who worked many volunteer hours. We know that our work has made a real difference in our community. Thank you to our sponsors and partners for your support.”
The newly formed Diabetes Committee, headed by Dr. Sabrinah Dorce, provides primary prevention screening for those at higher risk for type 2 diabetes. According to Dr. Dorce, “in Georgia alone, more than 1.1 million have type 2 diabetes. Further, of the 2.6 million Georgians who have prediabetes, 84% are unaware of their status. The committee’s objective is to identify those who have prediabetes and refer them to one of the sixty-one (61) CDC National Diabetes Prevention Programs located throughout the state. Our start up activities included compliance, safety, and instrument training of committee members. In addition, by partnering with a local nonprofit organization, we secured a screening instrument on loan and at no cost from the manufacturer. To date the committee has participated in several events and screened a total of sixty-two (62) individuals, resulting in identifying and referring twelve (12) individuals who have prediabetes.”

The Service Committee, headed by Gopinath Govindaraj, focused on the Global Causes of Childhood Cancer, Disaster Relief, Environment, Humanitarian, Hunger, and Youth. Gopi stated, “I want to thank our wonderful partnerships like CURE’ Foundation for Childhood Cancer, City of Woodstock Adopt-A-Road, St. Michaels Church Food Pantry, the River Ridge High School ROTC cadets, and the YMCA to make working on these Global Causes possible.”
The Vision Committee, headed by Stan Stanly, focused on Vision Screening. Stan stated, “The Woodstock Lions Club vision screening initiative provides vision care assistance to local community residents through special vision screening outreach activities and health fairs. In addition, the Woodstock Lions Club is working collaboratively with the Canton and Ball Ground Lions to conduct vision screenings in the Cherokee County School District for pre-school and high school students throughout the County. Since July 2023, the Lions completed 1624 vision screenings for Cherokee County students, and we are planning to provide further vision screening assistance to students during the 2024-2025 school year. The Lions also collect used eyeglasses that are cleaned and distributed by the Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation to mission teams to be distributed in third world countries.”

Current Woodstock Lions Club President Megan Dean said, “I also want to thank our Sponsors and Partners for your support, and, I hope you will continue to stand with us as we work to make our community a better place for all. Our Club members work tirelessly to make a difference in Woodstock and throughout Cherokee County. We hope the release of this Impact Report will connect with people in our community and therefore inspire them to join our work on the eight Global Causes we support.”
The Woodstock Lions Club has Twenty-Five members and meets on the fourth Monday each month at 7:00 pm at The Tavern at Towne Lake. Lions’ clubs are a group of men and women who identify needs within the community and work together to fulfill those needs. For a copy of the Impact Report, or for more information, or to get involved with the Woodstock Lions Club, please contact us at WoodstockLionsClub@Gmail.com or call us at (770) 906-2958.

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