Dan Wung, president of Clarkston Lions Club, collects donations on Main Street during the club’s White Cane Week. Donations are used to support sight and hearing projects including Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester, Michigan Eye Bank and Transplant Center in Ann Arbor, Lions Bear Lake Camp for Physically Challenged Youth in Lapeer, Penrickton Center for Blind Children in Taylor, Beaumont Silent Children Fund, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Madonna University’s Office of Disability Resources, and the Lions Hearing Center of Michigan. Photo by Phil Custodio

Clarkston Area Lions Club members will take to the streets and store fronts of the Clarkston area from April 24 through May 2 to raise funds as part of the annual White Cane Week.??
Funds donated by community members will be used to support sight and hearing projects including Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester, Lions Bear Lake Camp for Physically Challenged Youth in Lapeer, Penrickton Center for Blind Children in Taylor,’Beaumont Silent Children Fund,’and the District 11A2 Lions Hearing Program for Oakland and Macomb Counties.?
‘Money raised during White Cane Week will also allow Lions to meet the needs in our community, including such items as eyeglass and hearing aid support for those in need and vision screening of pre-school children,? said Club President Dan Wung. ‘Lions Club members thank everyone who contributes to this important work. You are truly helping Lions make a difference in our community.?
Prior White Cane donations helped the club purchase an automated vision assessment tool used at monthly vision screenings at the Clarkston Independence District Library.’The Lions also assist the Independence Library to provide reading facilities and materials for the sight impaired, and support other local organizations, including Clarkston Lighthouse and’O.A.T.S.?’Check www.clarkstonlions.org.