District 16b

L.E.E.D.S. 

Lions, Eye, Ear,
Diabetes Screening

Announcements :

L.E.E.D.S. (Lions, Eye, Ear, Diabetes Screening) was founded more than 25 years ago as a site project of District 16b Lions Clubs of New Jersey. Our organization provides health services to the community, such as eye exams, blood pressure readings, hearing tests and diabetes screening.

In cooperation with Centra States Hospital in Freehold, L.E.E.D.S. also brings health awareness to the community via a mobile van. The mobile van provides eye screening, blood pressure readings, hearing tests and diabetes screening.

L.E.E.D.S. also provides portable eye-screening equipment to be used with individual patients and for group eye-screening activities in the community.

Contact John Allen at 1 (732) 928-5863 or Dr. Mark Shteir at 1 (732) 780-9710 for portable eye screening equipment.

The following portable eye screening equipment is available:

1) The Photoscreener Camera is used for non-verbal children between the ages of 3 to 6 years. The Photoscreener Camera takes polaroid pictures that can tell you if the child is farsighted, nearsighted , has astigmatism, has a cataract, has a crossed eye or if the child has anisemtropia (unequal powers between the two eyes). You can have an optometrist or an ophthalmologist analyze the pictures or send the pictures to the Camden Optometric Center where they analyze the pictures and send your Club and the school a report. Lions John Walsh, John Allen, PDG, Jim Hynes, PDG and Mel Bray, PDG, in L.E.E.D.S. have used the camera the most.

2) Mentor Tonopen measures the Intraocular pressure which is a test for glaucoma. An optometrist or an ophthalmologist is required to perform this test.

3) The Frequency Doubling Technology Visual Field Instrument measures a person's peripheral vision and can tell you if their peripheral visual field loss is due to glaucoma or a neurological problem. The test takes 30 seconds per eye and you get a tape coming out of the instrument which an optometrist or an ophthalmologist must analyze or you can fax the tape to an optometrist or an ophthalmologist to evaluate it, as Lion Mel Bray's club has done.

4) Portable slit lamp that evaluates the health of the structures of the eye such as the cornea, the lens for cataracts and diseases of the retina. An optometrist or ophthalmologist who is trained to use the portable slit lamp is necessary.

5) The Health Awareness Van (H.A.V.) which was purchased jointly with L.E.E.D.S. and Centra State Medical Center. On the H.A.V. are nurses that do blood pressure testing, blood sugar screening for diabetes, Hemoglobin A1C testing for diabetes, audiometer testing for hearing and cholesterol testing. For A1C testing there is a charge of $6.25 per person unless a Club wants to pick up the cost.

Partners in Vision Care
Lions Eye, Ear & Diabetes Centers (L.E.E.D.S.)

Listed below are sites that a Lion Club can contact to help individuals who have eye care needs:
• CentraState Medical Center
Mobile Van
Gibson Place
Freehold, NJ
Lenny Thomas 732-308-0570

• Anthony Ciminera
116 East Maryland Avenue
Beach Haven Terrace
Dr. Anthony Ciminera 609-492-3766

• Damon Optical
1064 Main Street
Mayetta
609-489-0040

• Ellis Family Eye Care
249 Great Bay Boulevard
Tuckerton, NJ
Dr. Scott Ellis 609-294-8144

• Erickson, Dreisen * Lee Optical Shop
1206 Highway 72
Manahawkin, NJ
Drs. Erickson, Dreisen, Lee 609-597-9494

• Eye Center
1206 Highway 72, Manahawkin, NJ
739 Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ
Drs. Erickson, Dreisen, Lee, Nutaitis
609-597-8087
609-971-8822

• Eyes First Vision Center
1147 Route 35
Pathmark Shopping Ctr.
Middletown, NJ 07748
Todd Gershenow O.D., Rose Marie Dezenzo 732-706-1611

• Hazlet Plaza
3013 Hwy 35
Hazlet, NJ 07730
732-739-4000

• 60 Broad St.
Red Bank, NJ 07701
732-530-5151

• Ursula Plaza
444 Ocean Blvd.
Long Branch, NJ 07740
732-870-0600

• Office Max Plaza
Rt. 35 & 36
Eatontown, NJ 07724
732-542-3050

(Note : Call Rose Dezenzo at 732-706-1611 to set up appointments for the above listed Eye First Vision Centers.)

• Eye First Vision Center
773 Route 72
Manahawkin, NJ
Drs. Shissias, Meltzer 609-597-0250

• Genesis Eyewear
500 West Main St.
Freehold, NJ 07728
Ross Cappuzzo 732-462-8707

• Horizon Optical
665 Route 72
Manahawkin, NJ
Dr. Mazur 609-597-0666

• Kmart
Route 72 East
Manahawkin, NJ
Dr. Kenneth Manning 609-978-3563

• Lacey Vision Center
415 North Main Street
Forked River, NJ
Dr. Nathan Fink 609-693-8808

• Lenscrafters:
Freehold Raceway Mall
Freehold, NJ 07728
Irma Hernandez 732-303-8080

• Millennium Eye Care:
500 West Mail St.
Freehold, NJ 07728
Maureen Posch 732-462-8707 x 91100

• Ocean Eye Institute
615 Lacey Road
Forked River, NJ
Dr. Michael Dietz 609-639-3500

• Optical Shop of Lacey
Optical World
442 Lacey Road
Forked River, NJ
609-693-3944

• 3501 Hwy. Route 9
Howell, NJ 07731
Irving Edelsberg O.D.
Linda Giacobee 732-905-8885

• 3331 Sunset Avenue
Ocean Township, NJ 07712
Susan Lowe 732-502-0071

• Shore Eye Associates
1064 South Main Street
West Creek, NJ
Dr. Brian Wnorowski 609-489-0678

• Snyder Associates
1808 Long Beach Blvd, Ship Bottom
1 Leifried Lane, Tuckerton
Dr. Lauren Snyder 609-494-6868
609-296-2450

• Susskind & Almallah
890 West Bay Avenue
Barnegat, NJ
Drs. Susskind, Almallah 609-698-2020

• N. J. Commission for the Blind
Newark, NJ
Chaitali Shah 973-648-7896

• St. Rose of Lima
12 Throckmorton St.
Freehold, NJ 07728 (Spanish community)
Carmen 732-303-7800

• The Eye Institute of New Jersey
90 Bergen St.
Newark, NJ 07102
Paula Tarantino 973-450-5100

• Wal-Mart Vision Center
3575 Route 66 West
Neptune, NJ 07753
Michael McAleese O.D. 732-918-8075

• Dr. Michael McAleese O.D.
326 West Main St.
Freehold, NJ 07728
732-761-1400
(Note: Dr. Johnson is an optometric physican at the Freehold store. Dr. McAleese will continue his practice at the Neptune store as before.)

Partners in Hearing Care
Lions Eye, Ear & Diabetes Centers (L.E.E.D.S.)

In partnership with:
• Deborah Stamm
LCIF Humanitarian Programs
Lions Clubs International
300 West 22nd St.
Oakbrook, IL 60523
630-571-5466 ext. 615
E-mail: deborah.stamm@lionsclubs.org
Website http//www.lionsclubs.org/
(Note: Contact Deborah Stamm for purchases of hearing aids and information for down loading of Income Qualification and Hearing Aid Order forms.)

• Lenny Thomas
CentraState Medical Center
Health Awareness Center
Gibson Place,
Freehold, NJ 07728
732-308-0570
(Note: Contact Lenny Thomas for scheduling of Mobile Van – Hearing Test. Hearing test equipment and sound booth were purchased by LEEDS).

• Judy Sandler
The Hearing Center
Freehold Executive Center
4400 Route 9 South
Freehold, NJ 07728
732-409-5121
E-mail: jgsandler@yahoo.com
(Note: Contact Judy Sandler to schedule hearing tests and fittings. Lions Clubs must negotiate fees with Ms. Sandler for testing, fitting and ear molds prior to sending patients to her. Lions Clubs supply hearing aids.

• Lion Marion Goldberg PCS (16E)
Hearing, Speech & Working with the Deaf
Liaison with Starkey Hearing Aid Mfg.
732-408-1902
(Note: Contact Lion Marion Goldberg to request procurement of a refurbished hearing aid from Starkey. Please be sure that the patient has been income qualified before contacting Lion Marion.)

            Trustees :

	LION'S CLUB	PHONE NUMBER
John Allen	Freehold Township	(732) 928 - 5863
Shep Bell	Hightstown	(609) 409 - 9285
Mel Bray	Toms River	(732) 350 - 4011
Wally Camlin	Atlantic Highlands	(732) 291 - 2094
Virginia Culver	West Windsor	(609) 890 - 7410
George Feldman (Treasurer)	Colts Neck	(732) 845 - 4755
Valerie Freitas	Atlantic Highlands	(732) 291 - 7380
Ed Giovanelli	Jackson	(732) 364 - 1717
Jim Hynes	West Windsor	(609) 275 - 0363
Takeo Ishimasa	Eatontown	(732) 389 - 3015
Frank Janda	Hightstown	(609) 448 - 3578
Ed Jones	Stafford	(609) 978 - 5061
Richard LaBarbera (Vice President)	Middletown	(732) 842 - 6373
Thomas Mahon	Middletown	(732) 787 - 5377
Jeri Miele	Toms River	(732) 244 - 2472
Marty Otto	Allentown	(609) 259 - 6037
Louis Schovanec	Stafford	(609) 597 - 8643
Douglas Scott	Middletown	(732) 566 - 5691
Paul Shelton	Howell	(732) 409 - 2421
Janet Shelton	Howell	(732) 409 - 2421
Dr. Mark Shteir (Secretary)	Howell	(732) 780 - 9710
Bob Skrable	Stafford	(609) 660 - 8846
Tom Struble	Stafford	(609) 978-1932
Rosemarie Townsend	Howell	(732) 751 - 0394
Valerie Townsend	Freehold Township	(732) 446 - 4668
John Walsh (President)	Colts Neck	(732) 946 - 0591
William Young	Wall Township	(732) 681 - 9250

Activities :

L.E.E.D.S. is collecting old hearing aids from Lions Clubs. They will be used in an exchange program to purchase new hearing aids for needy individuals. Please contact any of the L.E.E.D.S officers for additional information.

        Meeting Schedule:

July 29, 2008