03/30/2007: "Free Vision & Hearing Screenings At Market Place"

The Lions Health Screening Unit (LHSU) will visit San Juan Island on March 30 & 31, 2007 from 10am to 4pm each day. The purpose is to screen the public for vision and hearing acuity, glaucoma and diabetes detection, and blood pressure screening.

Sponsored by the San Juan Lions Club, these screenings are available for free of charge. The LHSU is a program of the Northwest Lions Foundation for Sight & Hearing, a 501©(3) charitable nonprofit organization founded in 1969 by Lions Clubs in the Northwest. The LHSU operates under the Lions motto “We Serve” and is staffed by volunteer health professionals and Lions Club members. Since 1997, this professionally equipped mobile unit has traveled throughout Washington and Northern Idaho providing vision, hearing, glaucoma, diabetes, and blood pressure screening to more than 30,000 people annually, including 25,000 school children.

The LHSU is able to keep its service free through the efforts of civic-minded volunteers, local Lions Club sponsorship, and the Northwest Lions Foundation for Sight & Hearing. For more information, call Sally Browne (360-370-5711) or Stacie Baisch, Au.D. (360-298-1369).