The Lions Club
When 2008 began, life was going downhill fast for Terry. Cataracts were slowly robbing her of her sight. Because of her bad vision, she lost her job. She and her husband lost their home. Bad.
But then the Oregon Lion’s Club stepped in. They have a program called Mission Cataract where people in need can get free cataract surgery. Terry’s name made the list. With her vision restored last spring, she got a part time job, got training and she and her husband are in their own apartment, back on their own two feet.
The Lion’s will be giving six people free surgeries today, all of whom are “head’s of household” (read: moms, dads or other adults with other people depending on them for support) and without any other means of fixing their eyes (no insurance, no Oregon Medical plan). Hopefully, we’ll have six more amazing stories to share with you in a few months.
You can learn more about the program by going here.
