Celebrating its 100th anniversary year, Aurora Noon Lions Club will sponsor free vision screenings for children Saturday, Sept. 17.
Children from six months to six years old will be screened from 10 a.m. to noon at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church parking lot, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora.
The public is invited said Susan Koepke, Noon Lions president.
Screenings will be held in a mobile unit provided by the DeKalb-based Lions of Illinois Foundation.
Noon Lions will assist a screening unit technician.
According to Koepke, screening looks for myopia, near sightedness; hyperopic, far sightedness; and astigmatism, need for two different powers because an eye is egg-shaped.
The screening does not look at eye health, eye muscle weakness, assess color vision or depth perception, check pupils’ response to light, or assess how the eyes work together or how visual information is processed.
Koepke stressed the screening does not replace a complete eye exam.
If a child is at high risk, parents or caregivers will receive a fail notice, which indicates an eye exam should be performed as soon as possible.
June 21, the mobile unit screened 13 adults for hearing and eight each children and adults for vision at Blackberry Farm in Aurora.
June 8, Elburn Lions Club volunteers screened 15 people at Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora with assistance from Noon Lions.
Founded in 1922, Aurora Noon Lions Club meets on the first and third Thursdays at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Dr. in Aurora.
Men and women interested in community service are invited.
Call (630) 921-1307 or visit auroranoonlions.org for more information.
With the motto “We Serve,” Lions volunteers focus on supporting causes including hearing and vision impairment, hunger, the environment, diabetes and childhood cancer.
Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization in the world. Some 1.42 million members in more than 48,000 clubs serve in over 200 countries and geographic areas worldwide.
Since 1917, Lions have strengthened local communities through hands-on service and humanitarian projects and extended service impact through the Lions Clubs International Foundation.
For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit lionsclubs.org.
—Al Benson