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.

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.)

• Elaine Dymid
CentraState Medical Center
Health Awareness Center
Gibson Place
Freehold, NJ 07728
732-308-0570
(Note: Contact Elaine Dymid 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.)

• Lion Robert P. Pawlik (16D)
Hearing and Speech Chairperson
511 Augusta Street
South Amboy, NJ 08879
732-727-1526
(Contact Lion Robert Pawlik to obtain hearing test and hearing aid application form.)

            Trustees :

	LION'S CLUB	PHONE NUMBER
John Allen (President)	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 (Past 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:

November 20, 2009; January 22, 2010; Parade of Checks (Radison Hotel Feehold) March 16, 2010; May 21, 2010