Causes: Eye Diseases, Blindness & Vision Impairments, Health

Mission: Provide aid to sight & hearing afflicted

Target demographics: The Idaho Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation is a humanitarian service organization dedicated to impacting sight, hearing and health

Direct beneficiaries per year: Provided 35 hearing aids, assisted 48 people with sight restoring surgeries, provided 339 corneas for transplant around the world, screened 12,495 people for medical issues and referred 2,499 for further medical attention, dispensed 125 pairs of free prescription eyeglasses, collected 41,759 pairs of eyeglasses and distributed them to 10 different countries.

Geographic areas served: Idaho and Eastern Oregon

Programs: The Idaho Lions Eye Bank which obtains and distributes corneal tissue for those in need around the world, the Personal Healthcare Assistance program which provides assistance with sight restoring surgeries and hearing aids, the Idaho Lions Vision Clinic which provides and eye exam and pair of prescription eyeglasses for financially disadvantaged people, the Hearing Aid Bank which collects and distributes hearing aids back into the community, and recycling eyeglasses to provide sight to people in need around the world.