Lions Club Donates $2,500 to Commonwealth Health
6/25/2020
The District 14-W of Lions Club International distributed $2,500 to Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) for patients and staff for the fight against COVID-19. “The support of our community has been overwhelming and uplifting to our staff, who are leading the effort to care for our community. I want to thank the Lions Club for their very generous donation,” said Cor Catena, CEO of Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
The funds are the result of a grant from the Lions Clubs International Foundation located in Chicago, ILL. The Lions Clubs are the largest service club in the world with 1.4 million members in 220 countries and founded in 1917. The Lions key thrust was to combat blindness ever since 1925 when Helen Keller, speaking at the 8th international convention challenged the Lions to become her “Knights of the Blind.” Each Club operates independently of all others with special fund raising and service projects tailored to the needs of the communities in which they are located; but, in general, adhere to the 5 key service areas of Vision, Hunger Relief, Diabetes, Pediatric Cancer and Environment which were established by LCI.
This year an exception was made but limited to Lions working with local medical hospital services personnel for sourcing medical supplies, equipment, quarantine related expenses, etc. for those infected. District 14-W, which covers all of Luzerne Co. in whole, chose to limit supplies to PPE related material.
For those of you reading this article and wishing to find out how you can help the Lions help your communities, contact a member of any local Lions Club or contact www.lionsclubs.org and select the 5th dropdown box from left to right across the top titled FIND A CLUB.
Shown in photo, left to right: Joseph Stupak, Lions Club, Secretary, Bear Creek, Jack Benedick, Lions Club, President, Bear Creek, Cor Catena, CEO, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Debbie Mattioli, Finance, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Warren Shotto, CNO, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
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