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LIVERMORE FALLS – Approximately four years ago, the Jay-Livermore Falls Lions Club conducted a fundraising drive that netted approximately $8,000 to buy a Welch/Allyn SPOT vision screening machine and attachments to replace outdating testing equipment. The machine
detects refractive errors which is what visual acuity is based on, six different eye diseases, to test local students by 21st century standards, including myopia – nearsightedness, hyperopia – far sightedness, astigmatism – curved focus, strabismus – eye misalignment,aAnisocoria – unequal pupil size and anisometropia – unequal refractive power. The machine replaces the antiquated titmus machine and Snell Eye Chart form of testing used in years past.
Members of the club recently completed testing 35 pre-school students at the Dirigo Elementary School in Peru. The testing resulted in four students being referred to eye specialists for further review and treatment. The club has tested more than 3,000 youth and adults over the past three years.
Schools that have not been contacted yet to set up a testing date may contact Lion Connie Godfrey, Club Vision Screening chair, at 207-441-0944 to set up a time.
Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service organization, with 1.45 million members in 46,700 clubs in 210 countries. The Jay-Livermore Falls Club meets the first and third Tuesdays at the VFW Home on Jewel Street in Jay, with a social time at 6 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The club mailing address is P.O. Box 33, Livermore Falls ME 04254. The club is always looking for new members who’d like to serve their community. For more information, contact Club President Al Godfrey at 207-441-1728 or any of the other 48 current members around town.
PHOTO: From left, Lions Al and Connie Godfrey. (Submitted photo)
