Athens Ohio Lions Club

10/15/2026

Our Athens Lions Club was proud to sponsor this evening's dinner for the Athens High School Varsity Football Team. Thanks to Little Italy of The Plains, Ohio for partnering with us to serve a delicious pizza dinner to the AHS Bulldog athletes! Thanks to our Lion Warren Jeffers for coordinating the dinner with Little Italy Pizza.

10/15/2026

Our Athens Lions Club was proud to recognize the ongoing contributions of the Athens Walmart and their Vision Center to our Lions Recycle For Sight eyeglass recycling program today (October 15th). Lions Jim McLaren (our "Glasses Getter") and Mike Harrington (our club secretary) presented a certificate of appreciation to Dena Mitchell with the Athens Walmart Vision Center. The Vision Center has been a great partner to our club for many years.

The Lions Clubs collect used eyeglasses (and sunglasses) as part of the global mission of Lions Clubs International to combat blindness. In just about any home, you can find an old pair of eyeglasses that are no longer being used. That same pair of eyeglasses can change another person's life.

Throughout the year, clubs in Ohio collect used eyeglasses and deliver them to sorting sites like VOSH Ohio in Pandora, Ohio. The eyeglasses are cleaned, sorted by size and prescription strength, and then packaged for use on mission trips around the world.

Our Athens Lions Club has eyeglass (and sunglasses) collection boxes at the following locations across Athens:

> Athens County Public Library, 30 Home Street, Athens
> Walmart, 929 East State Street, Athens
> Mac's Work Wear, 940 East State Street, Athens
> New To You store, 90 Columbus Road, Athens
> Athens Eye Professionals, 199 Columbus Road, Athens
> Athens Farmer's Market, Athens Community Center, 701 E State Street, Athens (During Farmer's Market Events)

Please note: we only accept eyeglasses and sunglasses. We are unable to accept the eyeglass cases.

Our club is also very grateful to the fantastic support we continue to receive from the community for making these donations to the program! Our club typically collects several thousand pairs of eyeglasses each year.

For more information on the Lions Recycle for Sight program, please see: https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/explore-our-clubs/eyeglasses-and-hearing-aids-recycling .

10/15/2026

Today we celebrate White Cane Day! 👩‍🦯‍➡️

White Cane Day (sometimes called White Cane Safety Day) has been observed nationally since October 15th 1964. We take this day to reflect on and acknowledge the achievements of those who are blind or those who have low vision and the freedom and independence that white canes can offer those individuals.

Our broadcast reading service also helps to bring independence to our listeners with voices from our wonderful volunteers you can depend on to read the news,weather, your favorite magazines and MORE! 👏

Click after the blue heart to listen live
💙 https://voicecorps.org/listen/



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10/13/2026

You don’t have to be a detective to figure out what’s on VOICEcorps tonight at 9! 😉

Tune in to Old Time Radio: Detective Tuesdays to get your fix of good old-fashioned sleuthing and crime solving…all from the comfort of your own home!

VOICEcorps listeners are comprised of individuals with no vision, low vision, and/or other print disabilities that make reading their favorite detective tales difficult or impossible and by broadcasting shows like Old Time Radio we bring back the fun and nostalgia of those stories. 💜

Click after the magnifying glass icon in the comments to listen live OR tell your Amazon Alexa smart speaker to “Play VOICEcorps skill!”



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10/07/2026

10/06/2026

Members of our Athens Lions Club performed a service project in support of the Athens County Food Pantry in place of our regular first meeting of October. We packed 24 boxes and 48 bags of food that will be served from the Pantry location over the next two days. Thanks to Kirsten Dransfield with the Athens County Food Pantry for hosting our group for the event at the Pantry.

10/02/2026

Several members ( and a guest ) of our Athens Lions Club conducted a litter pickup activity as part of the ODOT Adopt-A-Highway program in Athens along SR 682 this morning ( Oct 2 ). We must have timed it right as the rain started just as we finished!

Thanks to Lions Brian Shapiro, Jim McLaren, Mike Harrington, Tina Scott and guest Jeff Swaim!

We Serve!

10/01/2026

Our Athens Lions Club was proud to support once again the Athens Area Stand Down event scheduled for October 2, 2026. Our club donated 126 pairs of socks to the event. Thanks to Lion Jim McLaren for purchasing the socks on behalf of the club and making the donation to the team preparing for the event!

09/30/2026

It’s true, all VOICEcorps listeners are able to hear grocery ads every Thursday at Noon! 🛒

We air grocery ads for Kroger, Giant Eagle, Aldi and Meijer as well as provide the latest in food news. 🥗

This has over time proven to be one of our most popular programming segments and has become a valuable resource for those who have no vision, low vision, or who have a print-disability such as Parkinson’s disease.

To learn more about our programming click after the arrow icon
➡ https://voicecorps.org/programming/schedule/

To learn how to support us click after the green heart
💚https://voicecorps.org/get-involved/ways-to-give/



Alt-text: Green FAQ graphic about VOICEcorps reading grocery advertisements for people with visual impairments.

09/23/2026

Members of our Athens Lions Club attended the Athens Farmers Market today for their Senior Health Fair - with an emphasis on Fall Prevention (and co-organized by Ohio Older Adults Fall Prevention Coalition hosted out of Washington County, Ohio; September is Falls Prevention Awareness Month).

We shared our Message In A Bottle (MIAB) program with the public - our program to share emergency medical information with first responders who respond to calls for medical assistance at community member's homes. Thirty two MIAB kits were distributed to the public.

Thanks to Lions Dave Gehlauf, program coordinator and Mike Harrington for attending the Health Fair and sharing the details of our program.

We Serve!