REMEMBER: Joe Lipomi Scholarship Grants
Now is the time to look for students who are eligible for these grants. Applications are due by December 5. The grant committee is eagerly looking forward to finding ways to ensure that all eligible applicants are given equal opportunities to grant funds within our budget limits.
TVIs (Teachers of the Visually Impaired)– Please share this opportunity with students and teachers. The application is on the website.
Lions Club Leaders – Think about sponsoring an eligible applicant. All scholarships are presented with a club as sponsor.
District Lions Leadership – Please share about this opportunity.
And, please INCLUDE US IN YOUR BUDGET.
Financial Assistance for Vision Services:
VLEIF assists clubs with eye care and screening costs. To see if your club qualifies:
- Your club needs to have established a budget for the year and exceeded that budget.
- Your club needs to check with nearby clubs to see of other clubs can provide financial assistance.
- Your club sends a letter, e-mail, or calls VLEIF.
Our aim is to help make sure that you can meet the needs of your communities. Thanks to the former Sight and Hearing Screening Van Corporation for making funds available.
Contact:
President VLEIF -- PDG Ed “Woody” Woodard
703-314-0889
woodywoodard@cox.net
District 24-L VLEIF Representative -- Sheryl Bass
703-314-4278
s.l.bass@verizon.net
Thanks from VLEIF:
The VLEIF Board thanks Lions Clubs and individuals who have generously donated to the Foundation. Our Foundation hopes that 2025-2026 is a year of good vision, so please keep us in mind as you plan your upcoming budget. Donations of $2,000 or more will be recognized with certificates and scholarship grants will be named in honor of those donors.
Invite Us to a Club Meeting:
Please invite us to a meeting so we can share about what we do and how we help those with vision-related issues. We are happy to join you in person or via Zoom.
VLEIF Supports:
In addition to scholarship grants, VLEIF supports the Lions Eye Clinic, Inova Hospital, and the Virginia Low Vision Learning Center in Alexandria. We fund research grants that help to improve eye care for impaired vision.