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Restoring the Gifts of Sight & Hearing

The Santa Monica Lions Club opened a clinic at Saint John’s Hospital.

The Santa Monica Lions Eye Clinic, directed by Dr. Robert Sinskey, provided eye surgery to needy local residents.

IT ALL STARTED IN 1959…

LSH T I M E L I N E

LSH launches a new website and expands its communications effort to include social

media and email outreach.

The new hearing program is launched.

SCLEI and LEFSC merge to become the Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation

of Southern California.

The Southern California Lions Eye

Institute (SCLEI) is formed.

Santa Monica Lions Eye Clinic opens on

the grounds of St. Johns Hospital.

Lions Eye Foundation of Southern California (LEFSC) is formed.

Santa Monica Lions Club sponsors

a clinic to provide eye surgery to low-income residents.

Lions International begins promoting the use of the white cane.

Helen Keller addresses Lions National

Convention in Columbus, Ohio, challenging them to become the “Knights of the Blind.”

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TABLE OF CONTENTSA Client’s Story: Norma Agpalo

A Client’s Story: Jake & Emily Davis

A Client’s Story: Christian Reyes

A Client’s Story: Ed Cohen

A Director’s Story: Scott Quinlan

A Provider’s Story: Dr. Kerry Assil

2018 Helen Keller Humanitarian Award

LSH Awards

Corporate and In-Kind Donors

Lions Club Support

Individual Donors

Advocates Who Went the Extra Mile for LSH

Providers Who Joined LSH in Making a Difference for Those in Need

Hal Stearns Award

Service Area

Financial Report

Demographics

In Memoriam

President’s Message

CEO’s Message

Board of Directors / Donor Societies

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Photo: Anne Fishbein

‘The faces on TV looked

like monsters.’

A CLIENT’S STORY

Norma Agpalo

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In 2016, Norma Agpalo began noticing something strange in her left eye.

When she looked at a straight line, it seemed crooked. She had her eyes checked and got glasses, but the problem didn’t go away. “The faces on TV looked like monsters,” she remembers. When she was riding in the car with her husband, she could only see one car ahead. She couldn’t see the stoplights. She went back to the doctor, who referred her to the Pacific Eye Institute. She was told she had gas bubbles on her retina.

“I had no health insurance. They told me it was going to cost $3,000.” Norma had no idea how she would pay for the surgery. “They suggested that I call LSH. I called and after I sent in my documentation I was quickly approved.” But the next year, Norma began having problems again. This time it was a cataract.

“I had a husband and three girls, and I couldn’t drive. I couldn’t work.” Again Norma was approved for surgery to save her vision.

“I still need glasses, but I can see well enough to drive, and the faces on TV don’t

look like monsters any more.”

Norma now has a job as a caregiver. “You helped me a lot,” she says. “It was a really big relief to me, and I really appreciate it.”

When Jake and Emily Davis were born back in the early 1990s, both were soon

diagnosed with congenital cataracts.

That was tough, because at the time their dad, Kirk Davis, had no health insurance, and he had no idea how he’d be able to get them the surgery they needed.

But Kirk had a friend in Gene Johnson, who was a member of the Downtown Long Beach Lions Club. And at the time, Gene was work-ing with our predecessor foundation, the Southern California Lions Eye Institute, or SCLEI.

At the age of 13 months, Emily still hadn’t started walking. But with the help of SCLEI, she and her brother were able to get the sur-gery they needed.

“The day after her surgery, she started walk-ing,” Kirk remembers.

Emily went on to play volleyball in college, and she still plays. Jake now works with his dad in his contracting business. Neither one of them has needed any treatment for their vision. “They told us the lenses they put in will last them the rest of their lives,” Kirk says. In 2009, SCLEI merged with the Lions Eye Foundation of Southern California (LEFSC) to form LSH. And Kirk and Gene now serve together on its Board of Directors.

It’s hard to imagine a happier ending than this: two thriving young adults, and a grateful dad, who’s working to bring our services to others in need.

Photo: Anne Fishbein

‘The day after her surgery, she started walking.’

Jake and Emily Davis

A CLIENT’S STORY

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A CLIENT’S STORY

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Photo: Anne Fishbein

When Christian Reyes was 3 years old, he started turning

up the volume on the TV at home.

His mom, Evangelina, was worried about his hearing. She asked the doctor about it and he told her that was just the way Christian liked it.

“He has mild autism,” Evangelina explains, “so I thought it was be-cause of that.” But once Christian started school, she began to worry again. In kin-dergarten, his teachers would call on him and sometimes he wouldn’t answer. “He wouldn’t even turn his head,” Evangelina remembers. In the car, he wanted the radio volume turned up high. “He talked very loud, too,” Evangelina says. “I knew it wasn’t normal.” She insisted that his pediatrician test his hearing. But once again, she was told there was no problem. Finally, through a referral from Christian’s school, he got a proper

audiogram that confirmed what Evangelina had suspected all along: Christian had hearing loss in both ears. Now the problem was paying for hearing aids. The hearing specialist referred Evangelina to LSH. “I called you guys and sent the information you wanted. It was very fast, like maybe three weeks. You sent me to the Gardena Hearing Center and Christian got hearing aids right away.”

Now Christian responds immediately when he’s called on at school. “He’s very happy. He says, ‘Mommy, I can hear better.’ ”

Photo: Anne Fishbein

‘Mommy, I can hear better.’

Christian Reyes

A CLIENT’S STORY

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L ike many people in his generation, Ed Cohen played in a band. He went to a lot of rock concerts. And the

music was LOUD. “The drums and the bass amp were right behind me,” he reflects. He lost the hearing in one ear pretty early in his life. But more recently, the hearing in his other ear started to go. “It was about a year and a half ago,” he says, “and at the time I was living on nothing but Social Security. I was constantly having to ask people to repeat themselves. You know, it annoys the dickens out of people.” It also affected his work, because Ed is still in the music business as a manager. “Especially in the music business,” he says, “you’re constantly out there listening to things. I couldn’t hear. And I can’t critique if I’m not hearing.” At this point Ed had been a Lion for about 10 years and was a member of the Palmdale Lions Club, where he’s now First Vice President. “I had no idea at all about the foundation,” he says. “I had no idea they did anything about hearing.”

But he mentioned his problem to his Past District Governor, Wayne Hoffmeyer, who told him about LSH. “You guys were absolutely amazing and so gracious,” he says. He went to be tested and within a couple of weeks, he had his hearing aids. “The fitting was terrific. It was nothing but a superb experience. And lo and behold, I can hear again.”

‘I was constantly having to ask

people to repeat themselves.’

Ed Cohen

Photo: Anne Fishbein

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A DIRECTOR’S STORY

Thirteen years ago, Scott Quinlan lost his eyesight to diabetic retinopathy.

“You don’t understand the value of sight until you lose it,” he says, “and as part of LSH, I have the ability to restore sight – what an amazing feat!”

A Lion for more than 10 years, Scott has also worked with the Blinded Veterans Association, and as a peer counselor at the Braille Institute.

Now, as a member of the LSH Board of Directors, “Getting the word out about what we do is extremely important to me. I feel that LSH is one of the best-kept secrets, and we need to let more people know about how we can help restore sight for those who just need surgery but can’t afford it.”

After six years in the Army, he says, he’s adopted one of their slogans:

Adapt, improvise and overcome.“Adapt, improvise and overcome. That’s what I hope to do at LSH.”

‘You don’t understand the value of sight until you lose it.’

Scott Quinlan

Photo: Anne Fishbein

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A PROVIDER’S STORY

Kerry Assil, M.D.

‘When someone who was blind can see, that to me is the best form of charity.’

Back in the 1990s, Kerry Assil was a young profes-sor lecturing at Duke University when he met Dr.

Robert Sinskey. The two men quickly realized they had a shared motivation to provide eye care to people who otherwise could not afford it.

Dr. Assil soon moved to Los Angeles, where he joined Dr. Sinskey at his clinic in Santa Monica, and began his relationship with LSH’s predecessor foundation, the Southern California Lions Eye Institute.

The relationship, he says, “provided lots of wonderfully gratifying experiences.”

“We found the recipients to be tremendously worthy of charity care because they came from grassroots referral in the community.” This work, he says, in partnership with Lions Clubs and LSH, “is universal goodwill.”“For us, as physicians, it’s so meaningful because it reinforces the true value of the work we do. You get to pause and reflect on what that value is.”

Often, Dr. Assil notes, when people give to charity, it’s hard to know exactly what the effect is. “But when someone who was blind can see, that to me is the best form of charity, when you do it in a hands-on fashion and watch from the beginning.

“It’s been a great opportunity to serve people in need.”

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In 2013 “Dr. Lora” began her partnership with the Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation to dispense hear-

ing aids for our clients. Over the next five years LSH sent a dozen clients to her at Miracle Ear in Pasadena.

These clients were half men and half women between the ages of 34 and 88 years old, and had special circumstances for having gone without hearing aids. Some had to be supported through an adjustment period, since they heard long forgotten sounds.

Dr. McDunn helped them through this process until they felt comfortable wearing hearing aids. Some had to come back to her for repair and adjustment.

One client with an allergy shared with us that Dr. Lora showed her how to protect her skin from the metal part of the hearing aid by coating it with clear nail polish.

Another client observed that she “genuinely cares about her clients; that is what makes her such a great hearing aid specialist. When she meets her clients she creates a long-term relationship with them that makes them keep coming back.”

Photo: Anne Fishbein

Helen Keller Humanitarian Award 2017-2018

AWARDS

Lora Lee McDunn, HAD

Dr. McDunn has been in Pasadena and with Miracle Ear for more than 25 years. She is a Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist. In addition to LSH, she also works with the Miracle Ear Foundation and Lions Clubs in Pasadena, East Whittier and Arcadia.

‘Genuinely cares about her clients.’

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Life / Silver 62 Arcadia Lions Foundation

68 Sharon Sindelar

Life63 Carol Cox

65 Ken Echeberry66 Marlene Nord64 Caroline Repas

67 Christy Robinett60 Young Ja Shin61 Sid Z. Sioson

Akashi FellowshipEllie Brown

Claudia Harden

Jim North FellowshipDave Sassaman

Dixie Walker

Sinskey FellowshipRocky Mullin

Miracle WorkerNancy Lucero

AWARDS

LSH Awards 2017-2018

AWARDS

The following clubs made donations of $1,000 or more to LSH in 2017-2018.

Arcadia Host Lions Club Big Bear Lake Sunset Lions Club Champagne Village Lions Club East Whittier Lions Club Fillmore Lions Club LA New Millennium Lions Club Lucerne Valley Lions Club Pasadena Host Lions Club

The K+ Club recognizes the significant finan-cial commitment demonstrated by these clubs to support people in need. The donations provide eye surgery and hearing aids to LSH clients in their communities.

2018 K+ Club

LSH Life Membership Awards 1965-2018

Organization Recipient California Lions Friends in Sight(CLFIS) LSH Collaborated with CLFIS to provide eye surgery with a value of $17,000.

Participating Clubs: Apple Valley Lions ClubBig Bear Lions ClubCalimesa Breakfast Lions ClubChampagne Village Lions ClubCucamonga District Host Lions ClubHemet/San Jacinto Centennial Lions ClubHemet Lions ClubJurupa Valley District Host Lions ClubPalm Springs Lions ClubRiverside Magnolia Center Lions ClubValley Center Lions ClubWest Covina Lions Club

Community Impact Award

1 PDG William J. Walters2 David Hill, O.D.3 William Wewer4 PDG Chris Ohrmund5 Richard Baker6 Judith Ma7 Janieta Chung8 Gail Hubbard9 Jim Felix Jr.10 John Mackie11 Encinitas Lions Club12 Robert D. McDougall13 Lloyd Christie14 PDG Jim North15 Jerry Banuelos16 Dr. Huo Chen17 Alyce S. Minsky18 Harvery Marklinger19 Bryon Wilson20 George Millar21 Frank Taylor22 San Marino Lions Club23 Mary Jane Patton

24 Nancy Chan25 PDG Bob King26 Daniel Skewes27 A. C. James28 Linda James29 Rich Cervantes30 Merlin Thimlar31 Kirk Davis32 Lowell Batterton33 Odena Dillard34 Helen Trang35 Noel A. Wychico36 Stephanie Finley37 Jennifer Tawagon-Cantillon38 Bill Schulze39 Kenneth Ho40 Russell White41 Fidel Martinez42 Chet Price43 Sandy Greenberg, Gold44 Ryan Rice45 Harward Stearns, Silver46 Andrew Higgs, Silver

47 David Hill, O.D., Diamond48 Carmen S. Valledor49 John Grainger50 Eny De Guzman-Grainger51 Barbara Houg52 Deanna Clatworthy53 Mickey Houston54 Allen Parker55 Deborah Wallen56 Timothy Wallen57 Jason Garcia58 Arthur Mansfield, Jr.59 Chris Nugent, Silver60 Young Ja Shin61 Sid Z. Sioson62 Arcadia Lions Foundation, Silver63 Carol Cox64 Caroline Repas65 Ken Echeberry66 Marlene Nord67 Christy Robinett68 Sharon Sindelar, Silver

District RecipientDistrict 4-L5

Participating Clubs:

Apple Valley Lions ClubBeaumont Lions ClubBig Bear Lake Sunset Lions ClubJurupa District Lions ClubLucerne Valley Lions ClubYucaipa Valley Lions Club

With the Community Impact Award, LSH recognizes the district and the organization whose referral activity results in the greatest impact to their community. The most active Lions Clubs in the recipient district are also recognized for their contribution.

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THANKS

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2017-2018 Lions Club Award Program ParticipantsArcadia Host Lions ClubCamarillo-Somis Pleasant Valley Lions ClubLions Club of Cambria

Champagne Village Lions ClubDowntown Long Beach Lions ClubEast Whittier Lions ClubLA New Millennium Lions Club

Lions District 4-L1Ridgecrest Lions ClubVentura Downtown Lions Club

Corporate & In-Kind Donors

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”

—Helen Keller

Sean ArensAlan ArmijoFaye BerrimanJoseph BrennanRobert BromberLilana DongoAnne FishbeinMichael & Kay GolacinskiDon & Sandy GreenbergMartha HauserDavid J. Hill, ODWayne HoffmeyerAmanda KullmanJoyce Larsen

Clif MillerCarmen MorrisBeverly OsbornLeroy W. Rhein, MDSt. Anthony High SchoolSusan SchulbergWilliam K. Shiomi, ODVioleta SiosonDavid StrouseDavid Wm TurnerBrian Van Dusen, ODPaul WeissSuanne White

AdobeAmazon FoundationBrookview Village, PowayF & M Bank, Long BeachG.J. Properties, Long BeachLensCraftersMicrosoftPayPalPremier Mailing, Inc.The Shadden GroupUniversity Trophies & Awards, Long BeachWells Fargo Bank, Long Beach

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THANKS

Lions Club Annual SupportSponsor Club $1,000 - $2,499

Arcadia Lions ClubBig Bear Lake Sunset Lions ClubChampagne Village Lions ClubEast Whittier Lions ClubFillmore Lions ClubLA New Millennium Lions ClubLucerne Valley Lions ClubPasadena Host Lions Club Donor Club $500 - $999

Camarillo-Somis Pleasant Valley Lions ClubLions Club of CambriaCanyon Lake Lions ClubEl Cajon Valley Lions ClubEncinitas Lions ClubLA International Lions ClubLaguna Niguel Lions ClubLions Club of La MesaPalmdale Lions ClubRancho Bernardo Lions ClubRidgecrest Lions ClubValley Center Lions ClubVentura Downtown Lions ClubWest Covina Lions Club

Supporter Club $250 - $499

Calimesa Breakfast Lions ClubChannel Islands Oxnard Lions Club

Griffith Park Lions ClubJurupa District Lions ClubMiracle Mile Lions ClubLakewood Lions ClubLos Angeles Host Lions ClubLions Club of NorwalkOntario-Upland Lions ClubSouth Pasadena Royal Lions Club Contributor Club $100 - $249

Burbank Noon Lions ClubCity of Industry Lions ClubLions Club of CoronaCrescenta Canada Lions ClubLioness Club of CrestlineEast Los Angeles Lions ClubFil-Am Lions Club of Los AngelesJulian Lions ClubLions District 4 L1Lions District 4 L2Santa Paula Lions ClubSimi Valley Moorpark Lions ClubSunland Tujunga Lions ClubTorrance Lions ClubWest Shores Lions ClubYucaipa Lions Club

Participant Club $50 - $99

Barstow Lions Club

Lions Club Additional SupportBig Bear Lake Sunset Lions ClubCanyon Lake Lions ClubEl Cajon Valley Lions Club

Fillmore Lions ClubLions Club of La MesaRancho Bernardo Lions Club

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THANKS

Vehicle DonorsSusan Boltinghouse (2 Vehicles)Terri GreeneRosie LytkowskiRose Sanpedro NavalesMadison M. WilliamsCheryl Zozaya

Sponsor $500-$999

Margaret HaineyWilliam Shiomi, OD

Donor $250-$499

Larry DonoghueSteven GutierrezLily HarrisRebecca HightEugene JohnsonJohn LightfootGilbert Mares Supporter $100-$249

Peter BaronSalvador DuClusanBrij KhareBeverly LloydMel Marks, MDJ. Susan PiwonkaKevin PurteeRalph RognlieCalvin & Phyllis SmithFrank & Carmen UrendaRonda WaponDiane Yery Friend Up to $99

Jose BarajasUrsula BellLinda BirchGreg CodyRichard LeePatrick O’NeillJohncito PerazaScott & Diane QuinlanMichael RodellMargaret RollinsGaylord StickneyBill WaltersPauline & Roland Young

Individual Donors

In Memoriam DonorsGeorge Graham Jr.Harold BurkhartDeah Zinzun

“The best and most

beautiful things in

the world cannot

be seen or touched

– they must be felt

with the heart.” —Helen Keller

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THANKS

AdvocatesWho Went the Extra Mile for LSHDebbie AcevedoLow Vision Center, Dignity Health Long Beach

Yogesh AlekalLakewood Lions Club

Alvin AndrewsSpring Valley Lake Lions Club

Arturo ArboledaSan Diego TFC Lions Club

Sean ArensHuntington Beach Host Lions Club

David ArnoldNorthridge Lions Club

Alex BarclayLancaster Lions Club

Everette BateyOxnard Channel Islands Lions Club

David BermudezLA Host Lions Club

Sandra BilyeuIndependence Lions Club

Donald BockSanta Maria Sunrisers Lions Club

Lydia BouroumandCommunity Senior Services, Joslyn Center, Claremont

Emerson CampbellRiverside Magnolia Center Lions Club

Socorro CastroVentura Catholic Charities

Faith CordsYucaipa Hearing Center

Barbara DanielCalimesa Breakfast Lions Club

Andrea De GuzmanLA Skyline Hollywood Host Lions Club

Bill DeweyFillmore Lions Club

Karen DoranCalimesa Breakfast Lions Club

Pat DundasCucamonga District Lions Club

Paul EkemaCalimesa Breakfast Lions Club

Blandie FerreiraLA Grand Lions Club

J. Kingsley Fife, MDSanta Monica Lions Club

Tomi FordInglewood City of Champions Lions Club

Ron FrostApple Valley Lions Club

Joe GarciaSpring Valley Lake Lions Club

Donald GreenbergVentura Downtown Lions Club

Sandy GreenbergVentura Downtown Lions Club

Eric GruberValley Center Lions Club

Steven GutierrezArcadia Host Lions Club

Irasema GuzmanJurupa District Lions Club

Jhoana HirasunaPasadena Host Lions Club

Wayne HoffmeyerPalmdale Lions Club

AJ HooperBishop Lions Club

Kathryn Jensen-RobinsonHemet/San Jacinto Centennial Lions Club

Kay KayumWest Covina Lions Club

Janice KirkInglewood City of Champions Lions Club

Glenda LearnSanta Paula Lions Club

John LightfootPomona Host Lions Club

LOVC StaffLions Optometric Vision Clinic

Nick MananghayaLA Cosmopolitan Lions Club

Sandi ManginiEncinitas Lions Club

Steve McNabbLucerne Valley Lions Club

Marva MurphyBurbank Noon Lions Club

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THANKS

Ken MyersUpland Host Lions Club

Christopher NugentLA Los Feliz Lions Club

Danny OgazCalimesa Breakfast Lions Club

Kathy OgazCalimesa Breakfast Lions Club

David ParikhStanton Lions Club

Mary Jane PattonEast Long Beach Lions Club

Dr. Freddy PerezLA Host Lions Club

Lenora PerriDowney Lions Club

Lidia Petrov-JonesJurupa District Lions Club

Jim PeughApple Valley Lions Club

Rinkie PollackEncinitas Lions Club

Roger PowellDowntown Long Beach Lions Club

Scott QuinlanHuntington Beach Host Lions Club

Don RanneyCalimesa Breakfast Lions Club

Ken ReedJurupa District Lions Club

Michelle ReidBishop Lions Club

Richard ReyBig Bear Lake Sunset Lions Club

Patrick RileyPasadena Host Lions Club

Alan RingsChampagne Village Lions Club

Robbie RobertsonYucaipa Hearing Center, Yucaipa Lions Club

Mirasol SantiagoLA Skyline Hollywood Host Lions Club

Ki Hyo ShinLA Grand Lions Club

James ShoaffPasadena Host Lions Club

Brian ShortCalimesa Breakfast Lions Club

Violeta SiosonLA New Millennium Lions Club

Gil SmithPomona Host Lions Club

Stan SmithBishop Lions Club

Milan SteijnMission Viejo Lions Club

Vangie TabberrahLA Synergy Lions Club

Jennifer Tawagon-CantillonCarson Lions Club

Jodi TellierPaso Robles Lions Club

Esau TenorioLA Los Feliz Lions Club

Martha UrquizoCentral City East Boyle Heights Lions Club

Joanne ValleHarbor City Lomita Lions Club

Brian Van Dusen, ODCLFIS/Calimesa Breakfast Lions Club

Pati Van DusenCalimesa Breakfast Lions Club

William WaltersMontebello Lions Club

Andrew WhiteHuntington Beach Host Lions Club

Anna WhiteJurupa District Lions Club

Steve ZambelBeaumont Lions Club

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PROVIDERS

Providers Who Joined LSH Foundationin Making a Difference for Those in Need

VISION PROVIDERS:

Allied Anesthesia MC, Inc.Orange, CAMrunal Bhatt, MDKaren Brichta, MDPerry Carney, MDGeorge Cheng, MDEdward Digiamarino, MDRussell Dorado, MDKaren Gan, MDJohn Grasso, MDSamuel Lardizabal, MDGrace Lee, MDPedro Lopez, MDKamyar Safdari, MDIan Sandy, MDFadi Tahrawi, DOThuan Tu, MD

Anesthesia Medical Group of Santa MariaLos Angeles, CAJohnny Chen, MD

Assil Eye InstituteBeverly Hills, CAKerry Assil, MDHarmohina Bagga, MDLindsay Harris, ODSvetlana Pilyugina, MDEmily Vogel, OD

Atalanta C Olito Osteopathic CorpTorrance, CAAtalanta C. Olito, DO

Berg-Feinfield Vision CorrectionBurbank, CAAlan M. Berg, MD

Beverly Hills Anesthesia GroupPasadena, CATina Manibhai, RN, CRNARose Wechter, RN, CRNA

Bio-Tissue, Inc.Doral, FL

Inland Eye SpecialistsMurrieta, CAR. Duncan Johnson, MDShil K. Patel, MDBarratt L. Phillips, MDRobert Sorenson, MDJ. Grant Tew, MD, FACS

J Keyes Eto Inc.Murrieta, CAJeffrey Keyes, MD

John Maher, MDTorrance, CAJohn Maher, MD

Kendall Shepard Eye CenterLompoc, CARandall Goodman, MDKenneth Kendall, OD

LabCorp San DiegoSan Diego, CA

Lakewood Eye PhysiciansLong Beach, CALarry A. Pasquali, MDTheodore Pasquali, MD

Leslie Ann Lin MD, IncFountain Valley, CALeslie A. Lin, MD

Lynn Eye Medical GroupThousand Oaks, CAJoel Corwin, MDJohn Davidson, MDDevin C. Hymas, MD

Lynn Eye SurgicenterThousand Oaks, CAStephen Maloon, MD

Miramar Eye Specialists Medical GroupVentura, CAJoel M. Corwin, MDJohn Fang, MDDonald Frambach, MDWilliam Trotter, MD

Northern Inyo County HospitalBishop, CAThomas K. Reid, MD

P. Nick Wilson MD IncTorrance, CAPaul N. Wilson, MD

Pacific Eye InstituteUpland, CALeena Adhilari, ODPeter D. Bekendam, MDAndrea S. Ching, MDJesse A. Dovich, MDRobert Fabricant, MD, FACSJoseph F. Fleming, MDRonald N. Gastner, MDRoger L. Novack, MD, PhD, FACSFiras M. Rahhal, MDRichmond E. Roeske, MDNathan J. Rudometkin, MDErika Saucedo-Sanchez, MDNishant G. Soni, MDJeffrey J. Tan, MDKieu Tien Tonnu, MDEdward S. Yung, MD

Premier Surgery CenterSanta Maria, CAMichael Lim, MDJane P. O’Brien, CRNAKeith Santoyo, MD

Sall Medical Research CenterArtesia, CAKenneth N. Sall, MD

Shepard Eye CenterSanta Maria, CADan Shepard, MDRami Zarnegar, MDStephen Blysma, MD

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PROVIDERS

Advanced Hearing SystemsVictorville, CADiane Carrillo, BC-HIS

Aid to Hearing, Inc.Pasadena, CALora Lee McDunn, HAD

American Hearing & BalanceWestchester, CAKeith Michaels, AuD

Arlington Hearing Aid CenterRiverside, CAJohn Fusco

Shiley Eye Center UCSDLa Jolla, CAIsaac C. Ezon, MDHenry A. Ferreyra, MDWilliam R. Freeman, MDMichael H. Goldbaum, MDWeldon Haw, MDChris W. Heichel. MDDon Kikkawa, MDBobby S. Korn, MD, PhD, FACSJeffrey E. Lee, MDMarc Lewis, MDFelipe A. Medeiros, MD, PhDJoseph Nezgoda, MDThao P. Nguyen, MDMark Schwartz, MDRobin R. Seaberg, MDShabnam Taylor, MDChristopher Will, MD

Surgery Center of Long BeachLong Beach, CAMichael Ford, MD

Thang Q. Le Inc.Torrance, CAThang Q. Le, MD

Torrance Anesthesia Medical GroupTorrance, CASean Chang, MD

Torrance Surgery CenterTorrance, CA

Ventura Anesthesia Medical GroupStockton, CAHarvey Shew, MD

Ascent Hearing CenterLa Palma, CAMaria Grijalva, AuD

Audio RX Hearing Aid CenterLos Angeles, CASusan Frugone-Miziker, MA, CCC-A

Torrance, CAPatricia A. Keane, MA, CCC-A

Audio-Logics; Riverview HearingLong Beach, CASherwin A. Basil, AuD

Audiology AssociatesValencia, CAPatrice Rifkind, AuD

Bear Valley HearingBig Bear Lake, CAD. Scott Crofut, BC-HIS

Beltone Hearing Aid Center Bishop, CARidgecrest, CAVicki Culver, HAD, EC

Lancaster, CACraig Culver, ACA

Better Hearing Aid ServicesSan Bernardino, CACurt Harmon, BC-HIS

Brighthear AudiologyLos Angeles, CAJaklin Naghdi Gabaee, MS, F-AAA, CCC-A

Christensen Hearing CenterPomona, CACarmen Morris, BA

Gardena Hearing CenterGardena, CAMarcia Blank, AuD

Hearing and Balance CenterEncino, CABruce Piner, AuD, F-AAA

Hearing ScienceRancho Cucamonga, CAMiles E. Peterson, PhD, CCC-A

High Desert Audiology Bishop, CAThomas Metz, MS-AuD, F-AAA

Hometown HearingSanta Maria, CAJohn Burgess, HA

Miracle EarNorthridge, CAWoodland Hills, CAEstela Villasenor

Pacific Coast Hearing Aid ServiceEncinitas, CAApril WayneRon Pollack

Palm Desert HearingPalm Desert, CAD. Scott Crofut, BC-HIS

Riverview HearingLakewood, CAAnaheim, CASherwin A. Basil, AuD

Soundoff Hearing AidsCorona, CARudy Kumar

South Coast Hearing SpecialistsLaguna Niguel, CARose-Marie Davis, AuD

Superior Ear WorksSantee, CASusan Godwin, CA-HAD

Thomas Hearing Aid ServicesGarden Grove, CAThomas Lee

Valley Hearing Aid ConsultantsEl Centro, CAChristopher M. Beltran, HA

Whittier Hearing Center, Inc.Whittier, CAKim Ortega, AuD

Yucaipa Hearing Aid CenterYucaipa, CARobie Robertson, HISStephanie Robertson

HEARING PROVIDERS:

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LSH AWARD

It’s almost impossible to imagine LSH without Hal Stearns.

He began working with our predecessor foun-dation, the Lions Eye Foundation of Southern California (LEFSC), back in the 1960s, helping to design goals and practices that survive at LSH to this day.

With a great deal of foresight, Hal worked on a plan to merge LEFSC with the Southern Califor-nia Lions Eye Institute (SCLEI) in the mid-1980s. The plan was rejected, but under Hal’s leadership it was revived in the early 2000s, resulting in the foundation we know today.

Hal was also instrumental in the formation of the LSH Hearing Program, recognizing the huge unmet need for hearing services.

He pushed to make LSH a more professional operation, hiring professional staff and adopting a more structured and sophisticated business model.

Over the years Hal has tirelessly promoted our mission and our programs.

Recognizing all he has given to LSH, this year we inaugurate the Hal Stearns Fellowship, to be awarded to others who follow his excellent example.

The Hal Stearns Fellowship

Photo: Anne Fishbein

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SERVICE AREA

Catalina Island

Los Angeles

BurbankVentura

Santa Barbara Mojave Barstow

Santa Maria

Murrieta

San DiegoEl Centro

Palm Springs

San Bernardino

Bishop

L1

L6

L5

A3

L3

L2L4

San Francisco

Long Beach/

Lompoc

Upland

Victorville

Ridgecrest

Hesperia

Orange

Stockton

Sight Provider

Hearing Provider

Santa Monica

Long Beach

Santa Ana

Pasadena

Los Angeles

Catalina Island

Avalon

L3L2

L4

L3

TorranceGarden Grove

VictorvillePasadena

Westchester

Riverside

Beverly Hills

Orange Anaheim

La PalmaLakewood San Bernardino

DETAIL: Districts L2, L3, L4

Lions Districts in California served by LSH

Provider LocationsSIGHTArtesiaBeverly HillsBishopBurbankDoral Fountain ValleyHemetHesperia La Jolla

LakewoodLompoc Long BeachLos AngelesMurrietaOrangePasadenaSan DiegoSanta MariaStockton

Thousand OaksTorranceUplandVenturaVictorvilleHEARINGAnaheimBig Bear LakeBishop Corona

El CentroEncinitasEncinoFullertonGarden GroveGardenaLa PalmaLaguna NiguelLakewoodLancaster

Long BeachLos AngelesNorthridgePalm DesertPasadenaPomonaRancho CucamongaRidgecrestRiverside

San BernardinoSanta MariaSanteeTorranceValenciaVictorvilleWestchesterWhittierWoodland HillsYucaipa

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FINANCIAL REPORT

TOTAL VALUE OF SERVICES: $684,964

81%10% 9%100%

SIGHT $562,964 ll $122,000 HEARING$20,102$25,549

$250$133,360

$0$319,941$63,762

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$4,000$28,000$22,000$14,000$4,000$46,000$4,000

DISTRICT

Statement of Financial PositionTotal Assets $ 1,736,737

Total Liabilities $ 1,813

Net AssetsUnrestricted Net Assets 34,988Board Designated Net Assets/Reserves 1,697,908Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 0Permanently Restricted Net Assets 2,028Total Net Assets 1,734,924

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 1,736,737Note: Information is pre-990 filing

Volunteer DataVolunteer Hours Value $ 265,301In-Kind Medical Services Value $ 601,485

Statement of ActivitiesRevenue, Gains and Support Donation Income $ 69,263 Special Event Fundraising $ 777 Investment Returns 138,660Total Revenue, Gains and Support 208,700

Expenses Program 346,840 Support Services 41,991 Fundraising 39,703Total Expenses 428,534

Change in Net Assets $ (219,834)

81%10%9%

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DEMOGRAPHICS

Demographics of LSH Clients in 2017-2018 SERVICES PROVIDED

SIGHT: Age range 20 - 70

70s14%

60s20%

50s33%

30s7%20s3%

40s22%

HEARING: Age range 10 - 80

50s9%

70s38% 80s26%

60s15%40s6%

TEEN9%

BY SIGHT/HEARING

BY GENDER

Hearing

33%Sight

67%

Hearing

38%Sight

63%

Hearing

29%Sight

71%FEMALE

MALE

$265,301Volunteer Hours Value

$601,485In-Kind Services Value

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REMEMBRANCE

IN MEMORIAMLinda AmersonRobert M. BoyerCateline ChineryDanial R. DavisWalt DixonJack GibsonDick KaneGlennard Paul KenfieldSidney D. MinskyJim NorthDorothy OlsonJanet RodellRichard SmithHarold “Sam” SwartzJacobo “Jack” VelaBernard WalkoDoris Wellman

‘So long as the memory of certain

beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that

life is good.’ —Helen Keller

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

I n all the years that I worked, my mother never called me on the phone, as she believed that fam-

ily should not interfere with business.

Years ago, one day I was informed that my mother was calling, and I expected the worst. When I answered, I thought I was speaking to an excited little girl. She shouted “Gene, Gene I could see every tree at the bottom of the hill!” She was on the way home after the bandages were removed from cataract surgery. Dramatic improvement of vision after cataract removal is a typical response we hear from LSH clients.

When I was growing up, my grandmother had very limited hearing and was not able to participate fully in family activities, and she never became close to any of her grandchildren. Social withdrawal and self- isolation is an unfortunate and generally avoid-able result of hearing loss. LSH works every day to reverse hearing loss and improve quality of life through hearing restoration. Later I became aware of a family where a 13-month-old girl born with cataracts would sit in the corner holding things close up to her face while the other children ran and played. Immediately after surgery, arranged by Lions, she was up playing with the children. She went on to be an honor student and captain of her high school volleyball team; she received a college scholarship. And all of this because of a simple cataract removal procedure. Later in my life, I developed cataracts in both eyes that limited my vision. After the surgery the colors were again vivid and I could see the golf ball way down the fairway. Hearing the stories and comments of people LSH has helped is heart-warming and spurs me to spend the time to help more families. LSH is the only organization in Southern California that serves the sight and hearing needs of the populations as we do. Please join us in being that change maker. This was Helen Keller’s noble request back in 1925 and remains the same even today, 93 years later.

“Hearing the stories and comments of people LSH has helped is heart-warming.”

Photo: Anne Fishbein

Gene Johnson

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CEO’S MESSAGE

These are interesting times, for LSH and for nonprofits in general.

That’s partly because the better-off Baby Boomers in our midst will be transferring billions to their heirs. We are hoping that, like Warren Buffett, many of them will direct a portion of that wealth to bettering society.

We know that there are sight and hearing needs in our commu-nities that aren’t being fulfilled, either by the public sector or the for-profit sector. And they continue to grow.

The Affordable Care Act is being diminished – but at the same time, enrollment is growing. That means more plans with higher copays and fewer services covered.

Every day, through 2029, 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65. For many of them, there will be no income to rely on other than Social Security – an average annual income of $16,484, or $1,404 per month. A scary proposition.

Our research tells us that in our catchment area, there are about 1.5 million people who qualify for our services because they have vision or hearing issues they can’t afford to address. Medicare doesn’t cover hearing aids, and even for those who have insur-ance, the copays for eye surgery are often out of reach.

LSH is meeting a huge need in our communities. We operate solely on private, foundation and corporate support.

So now it comes down to you. How can you help?

• Include LSH in your planned giving. In your will, specify a dollar amount or a percentage of your total estate.• Disburse funds to LSH via your need to meet IRS Re-quired Minimum Distributions (RMSs) rules after 70.5 years of age for non-Roth IRAs tax-free when you trigger a direct distribution to LSH.• Donate stocks tax-free to LSH rather than face paying capital gains at sale.• Donate cars, boats, trucks, airplanes or RVs to remove a liability tail, or art items of significant value.• Encourage your friends to join you and do likewise.

The need is out there, and the stories you’ve read in these pages attest to the good you can accomplish. What kind of legacy will you leave behind?

LSH is meeting a huge need in our

communities. We operate

solely on private, foundation and

corporate support.

Photo: Anne Fishbein

Randy Stein

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President:

First Vice President:Second Vice President:

Third Vice President:

Secretary:

Treasurer:

Directors:

Gene Johnson

PDG Bill WaltersGilbert MaresHal Stearns

Scott Quinlan

Kirk Davis

Deborah BraunLaurence DonoghueSteven GutierrezNancy HayakawaJohn NelsonHelen Quintanilla

Board of Directors 2017-2018

Diamond Society$100,000 +

Hurm Family Trust

Platinum Society$50,000 - $99,999

The Satterburg FoundationThe Stewart Family

Gold Society$10,000 - $49,999

Lions District 4L1 EyemobileEstate of Alwyn WeberThe Annenberg FoundationPhilip & Doris Wellman Living Trust

Silver Society$5,000 - $9,999

Estate of Jack Gibson

DONOR SOCIETIESBronze Society$1,000 - $4,999

Don & Sandy GreenbergEugene & Leann JohnsonMichael MillerVan Dyke Family FoundationWewer Family Trust

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