HOME FOR THE ELDERLY
Lions Club of Erode Midtown Charitable Trust,a charitable arm of Lions Club of Erode Midtown, has running already a Home for the Elderly at Koorapalayam just 13 KMs away from Erode, where 95 elders, who are able to maintain themselves, are living comfotably enjoying Balanced Nutritious Food, Spacious Accomodation,Library to read ,Temple to Worship, Track for Walking, Free weekly Medical Check up,Daily Physical Excercises, Yoga & Meditation for healthy living, in a clean and green environment at a nominal cost besides love and affection showered by Lions. In order to provide personal care and supervision to the elders who are unable to maintain themselves the Trust has costructed a Assisted Living Center for Elders at a cost of Rs.50Lakhs. Lion Dr.P.C.Duraisamy MJF Chairman, Lions Club of Erode Midtown Charitable Trusrt and Lion Dr. Santhi Duraisamy MJF have sponsored Rs.25 Lakhs to this noble cause. Assisted Living Center offers services such as food,housekeeping, access to medical services,medication management,bathing,dressing,laundry and transportation. Trained nurses with trained assistants take care of these services all through 24 hours so that the elderly people could live with all comforts and dignity. On Friday,15th September the Assisted Living Center was declared open by the Chief Guest Lion M.Nagarajan PMJF,Past International Director and Global Service Team Area Leader in the presence of Guest of Honor Lion TAS Ramamurthy PMJF,Past District Governor District 324 A1,Lion N.Muthuswamy PMJF,Past Mulitiple Council Chairman,Thiru C.Devarajan,Managing Director,URC Costructions,Thiru R.R.Sathiyamurthy,Executive Director R.R. THulasi Builders,Thiru M.C.Rixon,Managing Director,MCR Textiles Pvt.Ltd,Thiru Adithya Poddar,ATC Group of companies,PDG Lion Purnima Tanna and other lion dignitaries & Guest.
More than 60 Lions Eye Banks spanning 13 countries across the globe have been a saving grace for tens of thousands who have needed cornea transplants or other vision assistance. The eye bank assumes all costs involved in procuring corneas, and there are no professional fees or processing costs to the cornea donor or recipient. It is vital that the cornea be recovered immediately after death, for the time limit is a mere few hours. While the staff of the Eye bank are paid employees, board members are purely volunteers. “The greatest Compensation is the satisfaction in knowing that so many people are having their vision restored". Thanks to the cornea transplants that are made possible by the Lions sponsored medical facility.
Every 2 seconds, someone in the country is in need of blood. Every year our nation requires about 4 crore units of blood, out of which only a meager 5 lakh units of blood are available. Lions club serves as a platform where donors and recipients could come together. We conduct blood donation camps in colleges to create an awareness of blood donation among the public, thereby motivating blood donation among the mass. We maintain a directory of blood donors which plays a vital role in case of emergency blood requirement. Every year our we collect 3000 to 4000 units of Blood and donated to various Blood Banks in Erode and Coimbatore
Lions Quest is a schools based life skills program for children from kindergarten to the 12th grade. Lions work with their local schools and communities. To date, more than 11 million youths have taken part in the Lions Quest classroom. Lions Quest programs are comprehensive, positive youth development programs that unite the home, school and community to cultivate capable and healthy young people of strong character, through life skills, character education and service-learning education.
Thousands of free vision and glaucoma screening are conducted in schools and communities throughout the state. Services are performed by eye care professionals who donate their expertise and time. Hospitals, Optical shops, prosthetic labs and pharmacies provide services and products at a reduced rate. “Preserving Eyesight” commitment is a children eye screening program for amblyopic and related vision problems using the latest photo screening camera.