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The 2008 Harmons/Utah Lions Sight Preservation breakfast was finalized last month with a check for $7,124.00 being presented by Bob Harmon to the Utah Lions Foundation for continual work on treatment and research on eyesight.
Harmons stores and Utah Lions clubs have partnered to raise funds for this purpose, this year being the tenth. The project involves 19 Lions clubs and seven Harmons stores doing a breakfast on the same day, this year being September 13. Harmons donates all the food and the Lions clubs cook and serve it.
According to the Utah Lions Eye Bank they distribute more than 400 tissue donations for cornea transplants each year, and there are more than 100 people waiting for eye transplants at any given time. The Utah Lions clubs also conduct local projects of eye screening, eyeglasses for the needy, and Diabetes, organ and tissue donation awareness. A new project, The Utah Lions Eye Initiative, that involves cataract surgeries, is conducted through the cooperation of the Moran Eye Center.
**Picture shows Bob Harmon presenting the check to George Whitley, foundation chairman, with several other Lions members helping to accept it. The picture was taken in front of the Utah Lions Eye Bank at Moran Eye Center.
***NOTE: Involved in this project were Bluffdale, South Jordan, Draper, Holladay, Kearns, Bennion South Salt Lake, East Millcreek, Riverdale, Washington Terrace, Plain City, Hunter and West Valley Lions clubs.