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Recycle for Sight campaign

An international campaign to redistribute eye glasses to needy people in developing countries is appealing to local people to donate spectacles that are no longer in use.

Shannon and District Lions Club has adopted the Recycle for Sight campaign and has already collected hundreds of used pairs of glasses which will be sent to one of many Lions Clubs eyeglass recycling centres. The spectacles will be cleaned, sorted, packaged and distributed to children and adults in many developing countries.

Lions Club president Tony McMahon has complimented project co-ordinator Paddy Powell and club members on collecting the used eyeglasses. According to Tony people have thousands of pairs of unused glasses lying in drawers and cupboards that could enable a child to read or an adult to take up employment, or many other life enhancing activities if only they had a pair of glasses.

Shannon and District Lions Club will shortly be identifying collection points where used spectacles can be donated. Any type of eyeglasses, prescription or other including sunglasses can be recycled.

Tony McMahon is asking people to have a quick search around homes and offices for glasses they no longer use, and donate them to the Lions Club appeal. “Your efforts could restore the gift of sight to someone,” said Tony. For information on Lions Club call Tony 086 2359277.or contact any member of the club.

With the Lions Club experiencing ever increasing demands for their service, new members are always welcome. Shannon and District Lions Club are organising a 10k run in the near future. Details will be available shortly.

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Volunteering opportunities for adults with Shannon Youth Service

Have you time on your hands?

Do you like getting out of the house in the evenings and are you looking for a challenge? Have you thought about volunteering in your local community and don't know who to talk to? Well if you are aged 21 or over and interested in working as a volunteer with young people aged 13-25 then Shannon Youth Office has several projects that are seeking adult volunteers right now!

It's very simple right now Shannon Youth Office has four main projects that are looking to recruit adult volunteers to help plan and run activities for young people in the Rineanna and Drumgeely areas of Shannon.

Skyview Youth Club based in Rineanna View is looking for volunteers over 21 to help plan and run youth club activities from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. every Thursday night during school term. One additional hour long planning meeting a month will also be required. The club provides planned activities and development opportunities supported by the local youth worker for secondary school students aged 13-16.

 The Kick Back Café based in Rineanna View is seeking adult volunteers aged 21 or over to support a group of young people aged 16-21 to plan events and supervise the youth café at the weekends. The KBC is open to all young people aged 16-21 in Shannon on Friday and Saturdays from 5-10pm and 4-9pm respectively. The minimum role involves interacting with young people in a café style setting, serving tea/coffee and sandwiches and supervising members over a two-hour period. Training will be provided and the local youth work team will support all volunteers.

Shannon Music Project is on the hunt for local adult volunteers who have a keen interest in music and would like to get involved to support and encourage a committee of young people to organise music events, workshops and performances for young people aged 15-25 in Shannon. The project is particularly interested in recruiting volunteers who have specific talents in drums, song writing, sound engineering or guitar. Anyone interested in this project can find out more on Shannon Music Project.

Drumgeely Youth Club based in St Senan's school is looking for volunteers' aged 21 or over to help plan and run youth club activities from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. every Monday night during school term. One additional hour long planning meeting a month will also be required. The club is run for secondary school students from the area. Contact Pat Kerr on 0863853404 for further details about this project.

(All volunteers will receive training and support from Clare Youth Service and professional youth workers in Shannon)

If you think volunteering in the club is for you or have any additional skills which you think might be useful to the community just call the Youth Office in Shannon (061) 364318 or Cathal (087) 1374482 for application forms and further information or go to the Clare Youth Service website for details of projects in Shannon.

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