The Clermont-Minneola Lions Club gratefully accepted Micki Blackburn Nagel’s recent offer to hold their recent meeting in her conference room until such time as they can, once again, meet in the social hall of St. Matthias Episcopal Church, downtown Clermont. Micki is a Lion and supports the Club’s primary vision of helping the visually impaired.
Lion V. D. Vanvaric installed Mia and Joshua Rodriquez as new members. The Rodriquez’s bring a great program to the Club’s main fundraising efforts at their shooting range on SR 50 in Groveland in offering special training following the Club’s public operations on the second, third and fourth Saturdays, 8-noon. Their USS Academy is a professionally run operation for those wanting some upgraded training, such and Conceal and Carry permits. The company donates a generous portion of their fee to the Club. Mia is in charge of the range and can be contacted at 407 289-6706.
Special guest speaker, Jaylana Kraemer, mother of twins (one hearing impaired) has a much-needed program called CLEAR TO HEAR PPE. She works with special needs children that are hearing impaired. Imagine teachers trying to teach deaf children while wearing a regular mask – does not work. After long and tedious efforts to find some form of personal protection equipment (PPE) that is reasonably affordable, she finally found an inventor in Juno, Alaska that came up with one. She’s wearing one in the photo. The Lake County School Board is on board with her, however, funding is a real problem. The masks must be reusable and comfortable, however, $35 “affordable” is in the eyes of the holder. With 98 hearing-impaired children in Lake Schools, the task of raising funds taxes her to the limit. There are a number of such children that have no resources in affording one. She has a GO FUND ME account on FaceBook. For information, Jaylana can be reached at 530 559-7694.
The Lions donated $500 to her program allowing her to meet an immediate goal of raising $1,500 so she could acquire a minimal order. Lions urge your support of Jaylana and thank all the patrons of their shooting range for their support. Lion Nick Jones and all Lions say, It’s GREAT TO BE A LION!
