South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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Bill 4897


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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA LIONS INTERNATIONAL, AND TO SET ASIDE APRIL 13 TO APRIL 20, 2008, AS LIONS WEEK IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN HONOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA LIONS CONVENTION TO BE HELD FROM APRIL 17 TO APRIL 20, 2008.

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly are pleased to recognize the breadth of charitable work of the Lions Clubs in South Carolina and to name April 13 to April 20, 2008, as Lions Week; and

Whereas, since 1922 when Lions International first chartered five clubs in South Carolina, the organization has grown to more than five thousand members in one hundred sixty-five clubs; and

Whereas, one of the primary purposes of the Lions is to encourage service-minded men and women to serve their communities with efficiency and without personal financial reward by promoting high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works, and private endeavors; and

Whereas, for forty-eight years, the Lions ran the State's only eye bank, and since 1988 when they partnered with the Storm Eye Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina to establish the South Carolina Eye Research Center, they have contributed more than one and a half million dollars to eye-research programs; and

Whereas, other programs supported by South Carolina Lions Clubs include leader dogs for the blind, the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, youth scholarships, and sponsorship of Boy Scout troops, youth baseball and soccer teams, and Palmetto Boys and Girls State; and

Whereas, since 1974, Lions Clubs have served the citizens of South Carolina with a Mobile Health Screening Unit, which has screened over two hundred sixty thousand people; and

Whereas, the Loan for Life Hearing Aid Bank has fitted over nine thousand South Carolinians with twelve thousand hearing aids since 1981; and

Whereas, the Health Service Program began in 1978 and has provided over four hundred citizens with cataract, cornea, and related eye surgeries; and

Whereas, the Lions Youth Camps for the Blind and Vision Impaired have given more than three thousand children the opportunity to have a summer-camping experience; and

Whereas, the Lions of South Carolina have challenged themselves to a twelve million dollar capital campaign to establish vision clinics over the State that will provide free eye exams and eyeglass production for needy residents, to found surgical clinics that will offer free procedures to underprivileged individuals, and to expand the Blind Youth Camps to include adults and run all summer, and to create a statewide Youth Scholarship Program; and

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly applaud the perspicacity and enthusiasm with which the Lions have served South Carolina citizens and communities, and wish them success as they plan for the future. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize and honor the charitable work of the South Carolina Lions International, and set aside April 13 to April 20, 2008, as Lions Week in honor of the South Carolina Lions Convention to be held from April 17 to April 20, 2008.

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