Due to varying circumstances, we are no longer in operation locally. Chartered as the Milton Lions Club in 1948, the chapter went inactive for a time until reorganizing in 2011 as the Lions Club of North Santa Rosa County. The club serves all the communities in the northern half of Santa Rosa County including Pace, Milton, Bagdad, and Jay among others. We Meet
Based in Milton and meet monthly, th
e Lions Club is composed of area business leaders, law enforcement service professionals, government service providers, county residents and active retirees. The Lions meet at 11:30 a.m.every third Monday of the month. Our meetings are hosted by United Way Santa Rosa at their location on Highway 90, Milton, FL 32570. Our alternate meeting place is the RSVP Office located at 6294 Buckskin Drive Milton, Fl. 32570. If you are interesting in learning more about the Lions Club, please come to one of our meetings. It's a great way to meet our members and maybe even some of your neighbors! Please join us! We Serve
The Lions motto is “We Serve” and our members are energetically researching and planning ways to provide specific services to those Santa Rosa residents who can benefit from the generosity of the volunteer organization. While the Lions Club has several community projects in the works, our main focus is vision care for those in need. The Lions provide or assist in the costs related to eye exams, eyeglasses and eye surgeries for those who apply and qualify for the service(s). The Lions depend on monetary donations and fundraisers to bankroll these ongoing projects. Additionally, the Lions collect approximately 2500 old and no-longer-used prescription eyeglasses so that they can gift them to needy persons in their international eyeglasses program. Anyone interested in donating their old eyeglasses can do so by dropping them in the Lions Club Donation Box. Locations and links are listed below. Seniors who qualify for eye examines and surgery after application approval are referred to health professionals also. Special thanks to the health professionals who assist in this process. There is no cost to the children families or the seniors. North Santa Rosa Lions Club absolves the cost . We are looking to expand our membership by including other civic-minded volunteers interested in making a difference by serving the Santa Rosa community. Make a Donation
To make a tax-deductible monetary donation, contact Brenda Roland,, Treasurer at 850-983-5220 or [email protected]. Our mailing address is PO BOX 143, UPS, Hwy. 90 Milton, FL 32570. Donate Eyeglasses
Donate your old and no-longer-used eyeglasses. Lions Club Eyeglasses Collection Boxes are located at various sites throughout North Santa Rosa County including:
The Center for Sight,
The Vision Center at WalMart (Pace),
Woodbine Eye Care,
Joslin Family Eyecare,
Mediacom (Avalon Blvd),
Ryan’s Steakhouse (Pace)
2013 and 2014 Fishing for a Mission Sponsored by United Way Santa Rosa. We gave out 130 fishing rods and reels. 480 families served. We erected tables in tents for each learning component that included fish identification, conservation, knot tying, boater safety and casting, followed by actual fishing. Kids Sight Program : Amblyopia in Children
Newborn infants are able to see, but as they use their eyes during the first months of life, their vision improves. During early childhood years, their visual system changes quickly and their sight continues to develop. In order to have normal vision, it is important that both eyes develop equal vision. If a child has amblyopia and cannot use his or her eyes normally, vision does not develop properly and may even decrease. After the first nine years of life, the visual system is normally fully developed and usually cannot be changed. If amblyopia treatment is not begun as early as possible, several problems can develop that can seriously affect vision from childhood into adulthood:
• the amblyopic eye may develop a serious and permanent visual defect;
• depth perception (seeing in three dimensions) may be lost, because good vision in both eyes is needed;
• if the stronger eye becomes diseased or injured, it can mean a lifetime of poor vision. People with amblyopia in one eye are more than twice as likely to lose vision in the healthy eye from trauma. If the vision in one eye should be lost later in life from an accident or illness, it is essential that the other eye have normal vision. Another important reason to make sure amblyopia is detected and treated as early as possible in childhood: people who have good vision in only one eye may find they are limited in the kinds of jobs they can perform. North Santa Rosa Lions Club is committed to helping the community of Santa Rosa County. Our program "Sight for Kids" is helping kids see the world around them with a better view. We help these kids either with glasses or surgery. July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, we had 57 eye examine sessions in Santa Rosa County, Out of 1106 children: 1052 (95.12%) passed; 54 (4.88%) referred to health professionals and 0 (0%) unreadable. We are very proud of our program. North Santa Rosa Lions Club Disaster Relief Project
With the 2014 Flood, Lion members collected and gave $3,052.00 of food to low income familes that were affected by the flood.
