Sharbot Lake Lions hold wellness day despite the weather

Despite the rainstorms that dissuaded many from venturing outside their homes last Saturday, the Sharbot Lake Lions went ahead with a wellness day at Oso Hall and were encouraged enough to plan for a second one.

“Lions do service projects, it’s not just all fundraising,” said Lion Dawn Hansen, organizer of the event. “We thought we could do some vision screening, diabetes awareness, youth outreach and hearing tests.”

Hansen said they had planned on having people bring in their old eyeglasses to be sent to third world countries as well as used prescriptions for disposal but that can be done another day. For her, the only real disappointment was not many children coming in for vision screening.

“We were hoping for more children to get vision screening,” she said. “They only do it in senior kindergarten now.

“But this was just the first one. I think we’ll try another in better weather.”

Hansen wanted to remind everyone that monthly Lions Breakfasts begin again on Jan. 25 and “we’re always looking for new members.”