Knoxville Diversified Lions Club

08/17/2021

On August 3, 2021, Our Lions Club hosted Ms. Drocella Mugorewera, Executive Director of Bridge Refugee Services of East Tennessee. Left to Right below are District 12N District Governor Paulette Bailey, Ms. Mugorewewera (speaker), Pam Maples, club President, Emma Cosigua, Vice President, Emma's grandson, Julian Aponte, and Pat Wininger, Secretary/Treasurer.

01/22/2021

01/22/2021

Knoxville Diversified Lions Club has worked diligently during this pandemic to provide opportunities for members to provide needed services to residents in our community. WE completed 9 activities in the first 6 months of our existence - 7/1/2020 - 12/31/2020. They are:
1. Obtaining and loaning low vision device to Rogersville, TN
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2. Performed KidSight Screening at FISH Hospitality Pantries
3. Offered a thrift sale at local thrift shop
4. Five Vision Van missions
5. Obtaining and donating $5000 pair of hearing aides to Hearing
and Speech Foundation
6. Presented Diabetes Awareness materials (English and Spanish)
to patrons of FISH Hospitality Pantry.
7. District Food Packing Project

Activities are very welcome in the North Knoxville communities and members enjoy participating in these activities. We wear masks at all times when doing projects with community residents.

We are actively seeking new members for our club. If interested in finding out what being a LION is all about, call Pam Maples, President to schedule a visit to one of our meetings.

10/11/2020

LOW VISION PERSON CAN NOW READ AGAIN !!

The Power in Teamwork With teamwork, the near impossible can not only become possible, but a reality. This was borne out recently with regard to an abandoned low vision reading instrument in Knoxville, an astute new Lions Club member, information gleaned from a Lions Club zone meeting, a dedicated Lions Club District Governor, and an ophthalmologist in Rogersville. Mary Simpson, a new Lion with the Knoxville Diversified Lions Club, was helping a friend clean out a relative’s house in order to put it on the market. This is where the abandoned low vision instrument was found. A little research indicated that the machine was still sought after and was worth $3,400. Pam Maples, President of the Knoxville Diversified Lions club, took pictures of it and sent them to Lions Club 12N District Governor Millie Burke to see if she might find it a new home. At about the same time, District 12N Lions Club 1st Vice District Governor Paulette Bailey was taking part in a Lions Club zoom meeting and learned about an individual in Rogersville who was in need of a device that would allow him/her to read again. Paulette mentioned this need to Millie in passing, and Millie sent the President of the Rogersville Lions Club, Tim Seaton, information and pictures of the Knoxville find. Tim, in turn, contacted Dr. Eddy Abernathy, a Rogersville ophthalmologist, and as luck would have it, the abandoned instrument was exactly what his patient needed, but couldn’t afford to purchase. Now, through Lions Club teamwork, the recipient can enjoy reading once again. When the individual no longer needs the instrument, it will come back to Knoxville Diversified Lions Club and another individual with a need for it will be found. In this way, the instrument will be kept in use throughout its lifetime. This process could be referred to as Lions Tethered Teamwork – just one more highly effective way to serve our communities. Submitted by: Lion Pat Wininger

09/05/2020