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NORTHWEST LIONS FOUNDATION

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Vision

Focused On Restoring
Sight…

The Northwest Lions Foundation is dedicated to restoring sight to the blind. Whether it is through worldwide cornea transplantation through Lions World Vision Institute or helping a local high school student see to finish school, the Northwest Lions Foundtion is here to help Washington and Northern Ihaho Lions clubs serve their communities.

The Fondation offers matching funds to local Lions Clubs through its Patient Care Grant program for sight related costs that cover everything from seeing–eye dogs to braille readers to prosthetic eyes — The Northwest Lions Foundation will match, dollar for dollar, expenditures made by Lions clubs to help low–income individuals get sight and hearing treatment they otherwise can not afford.

Forms, Instructions And Resources

IMPORTANT! Applications for grants from the Patient Care Grant Program must be submitted through a Lions Club. The Northwest Lions Foundation can not accept or respond to grant applications from any person or entity other than a Lions club located in Washington or Idaho — You are not eligible for a Patient Care Grant unless you have a Lions club sponsor your application.

There are nearly 400 Lions clubs in Washington and Idaho. You can find a Lions Club in or near your community on the Lions Clubs International website.

Lions Clubs may download the forms and instructions necessary for Patient Care Grants below:

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Patient Care Grant Application
(For Lions club's use only)		 PDF document Word document

Please mail your completed Patient Care Application to:

  • Rock White
  • Grant Committee Chairperson
  • Northwest Lions Foundation
  • 700 South Anacortes Street
  • Burlington, WA 98233

If you have questions or your club needs assistance, please contact the Northwest Lions Foundation Grant Committee Coordinator:

You may also contact your district's Northwest Lions Foundation Trustee with questions or for assistance.

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“I awaken today, appreciating everything in sight, and I give thanks.”

—Hays

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Each year the Northwest Lions Foundation hosts the White Cane Days fundraiser with the help of Lions Clubs throughout Washington and Northern Idaho. The goal of White Cane Days is to raise funds that help restore sight and provide self–reliance to blind children and adults in the Northwest.

Northwest Lions Foundation programs funded by White Cane Days include:

  • Lions Health Screening Units, which provide free vision check-ups for more than 30,000 people annually, most of them school–aged children who may not have access to health screening otherwise.
  • Patient Care Grants, which provide funding for sight–related medical procedures and special equipment for blind children and adults in our communities who could not otherwise afford them.
  • Project Support Grants, which help support Lions club vision programs in Washington and Idaho communities, such as low vision services that help people adapt to blindness.

The Northwest Lions Foundation provides White Cane Days supplies to Lions clubs in Washington, North Idaho, and British Columbia, free of charge. Contact your district's Northwest Lions Foundation Trustee for questions about or to order White Cane Days supplies and resources.