Satellite Network
The Kansas Lions Sight Foundation Satellite Network was created to
relay the Audio-Reader signal from Lawrence to Kansas stations in Garden City, Hutchinson, and Pittsburg,
to Smoky Hills Public Television stations originating in Bunker Hill, and to Kansas City and
Maryville, Missouri.
KLSF pays the subscription fees for a channel on the
NPR satellite system. (It's on the Galaxy 6 satellite, transponder 3, at 64 mHz, with 3:1 compression
and no pre-emphasis, if you're interested.)
Our programming is also picked up from the KLSF Satellite Network and partially rebroadcast
by other radio reading services, in these cities:
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Wethersfield, Connecticut
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Jackson, Mississippi
- Houston, Texas
- Orlando, Florida
Kansas Lions Eye Bank
The Kansas Lions Sight Foundation has purchased the eye bank equipment from the Kansas Odd
Fellow/Rebekah Eye Bank, Inc., and has begun operation of the Kansas Lions Eye Bank.
The new eye bank will be affiliated with the Missouri Lions Eye Bank and the
Central Illinois Lions Eye Bank. The three eye banks will share many costs and will
also share corneal tissue availability, in order to provide a more consistent supply of corneas for
transplant to the people of Kansas, Missouri and Illinois with lower corneal processing and
evaluation costs.
The KLEB laboratory will be established in the Kansas City Kansas metro area, with a satellite
laboratory in central-western Kansas.
"We are very excited about the opportunity to serve the people of Kansas and cooperate
with Lions Clubs in Missouri and Illinois at the same time," says KLSF President Tom Roberts, of Manhattan.
"By having the 12,000 Kansas Lions Club members emphasize organ, tissue and eye donation in their
communities, we hope to generate a substantial increase in all types of organs and tissues available
for transplant to those who need them."
For more information, call or write:
Missouri Lions Eye Bank
404 Portland St.
Columbia MO 65201
1-800-753-2265
Kansas Lions Sight Foundation Facts
What is the Kansas Lions Sight Foundation?
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The Kansas Lions Sight Foundation (KLSF) is a public, non-profit, tax-exempt corporation as described in
section 501(c)(3) of the US Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The foundation was incorporated as the
charitable arm of the Kansas Lions.
What is the purpose of KLSF?
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The Kansas Lions Sight Foundation was incorporated to provide an avenue whereby Lions, and others,
could donate funds that would then be disbursed for sight related projects in Kansas.
How is KLSF governed?
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The foundation is governed by a board of directors comprised of a Director and the Candy Day Chairman from
each of the Subdistricts of Kansas Lions MD 17. The Directors and Candy Day Chairmen are elected to serve a three
year term.
How is KLSF funded?
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Lions Clubs donate administrative funds for the foundation. The main fundraising project is Candy Day.
Special projects are funded by Club Donations, Grants, Bequests, Memorials and Individual Donations.
Gold sales salvaged from the used eyeglasses collected provide additional funds.
What are the main objectives of KLSF?
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There are five main objectives of the Foundation. Services for the visually impaired, screening for vision,
blood pressure, diabetes and hearing, treatment of eye injuries and disease, education, and research.
How are the foundation's objectives achieved?
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The foundation supports many projects for services to the visually impaired.
The Audio-Reader Network in Lawrence,
Kansas provides a radio reading service for the print disabled.
KLSF provides funding for the satellite uplink and Braille guides. The Audio-Reader Network also provides a dial-up
newspaper service, the Lions Telephone Reader. The Braille Program Guide mailed to Audio-Reader listeners (who
request Braille) is provided by the Kansas Lions Sight Foundation. KLSF has also awarded a grant to Audio-Reader to convert the entire broadcast plant to a digital facility, using computers to replace the aging reel-to-reel recorders. Ultimately, this will allow wider distribution of the digital audio files, since they can be played on the phone or transmitted on the internet.
The Kansas Specialty Dog Service in Washington,
Kansas provides guide dogs for visually impaired
individuals, as well as service and companion dogs. The Foundation provides an annual grant to KSDS, as
well as promoting the service to the Lions of Kansas.
Individual grants are provided for
people with vision problems. These grants range from
medical bills to equipment for people with low vision problems.
The Kansas Lions Mobile Screening unit
provides free screening to individuals throughout
the state of Kansas. The Mobile Screening Unit is equipped to provide visual screening including visual acuity and
glaucoma, blood pressure screening, blood sugar screening to detect diabetes (the number one cause of
new blindness) and hearing.
The Department of Ophthalmology at the
University of Kansas Medical School has been a project of the Foundation
since 1965. With equipment purchased for the department, eye disease and injuries are diagnosed and treated. The department
also provides resident training in Ophthalmology. Research in the visual field is also done at the department with funding provided
by the Kansas Lions Endowed Research Chair.
Scholarships are provided to Optometry students each year. The long term result is improved availability of eye care professionals
across the state of Kansas.
The collection of
used eyeglasses provides Kansas Voluntary Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) with eyeglasses for trips
into Central and South America. The services and glasses are dispensed free of charge to the needy citizens of those countries.
How may I contact the KLSF for more information?
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You may write:
Kansas Lions Sight Foundation
1405A S. Hydraulic
Wichita KS 67211
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Telephone:
316 265 2562
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Fax:
316 265 3951
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