Dear Lion, 
Did you know that 33
percent of Special Olympic athletes cannot see well or are in need of different
glasses, and six percent have serious untreated eye diseases? However, the 200
million people in the world with intellectual disabilities are often neglected
or have limited access to doctors, trained specialist or basic health clinics.
As a Lion and Chairperson of your Foundation, it gave me great pride to attend
the Special Olympic Winter Games earlier this month in Korea, and witness the
impact we are having through the Special Olympics Opening
Eyes
program.
Lions and LCIF are
having an impact on the more than 300,000 athletes that have received vision
screenings in more than 70 nations! Can you believe, nearly 100,000 of those
screened needed corrective glasses? We are able support Special Olympics and
this initiative and so many more because we serve, we are everywhere and we
care.
You have seen the
success that our partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has
brought, helping nearly 200 million children around the world by protecting them
from measles. To put that number in perspective, that is the combined population
of Germany, France and Italy. What an amazing accomplishment! I would like to
again express my gratitude for your support and your support and efforts for the
One Shot, One Life:
Lions Measles Initiative.
Our
partners often choose to work
with our Foundation because they know the ability of Lions and LCIF to make an
impact on others, and they know of our global reach and compassion. Through
sight services, disaster relief, supporting youth and meeting humanitarian
needs, we share our good luck and fortune with people all over the world.
No matter the size of
the project, we are able to make a difference. If all these service projects can
get support from Lions, we can achieve more partnership in the future, allowing
us to serve the world even better.
Sincerely,
Wing-Kun
Tam
Chairperson,
Lions Clubs International Foundation |
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