01/09/2026
This is GREAT news for our patients! Residents in Northwestern Ontario face lengthy wait times for cataract surgeries. Thank you to all the Lions Clubs that made this investment happen.
๐ Transformative investment of $142,400 funds a second Alcon Centurion cataract surgery machine and ophthalmology instruments at Lake of the Woods District Hospital - all thanks to local Lions Clubs and Lions Clubs International Foundation! ๐
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ.
Half of the funding for this project was generously contributed by local Lions Clubs, with the remaining half provided by LCIF. Participating clubs include:
โข Your Local Kenora & Lake of the Woods Lions Club
โข Ear Falls Lions Club
โข Vermilion Bay Lions Club
โข Dryden Trillium Lions
โข Red Lake District Lions Club
โข Dryden Lions Club
โข Sioux Lookout Lions Club
โข Ignace Lions Club
โVision care has always been at the heart of what Lions do, and this project is a powerful example of Lions coming together to meet a real and growing need in our communities,โ said Rick Flavelle, Kenora Lake of the Woods Lions representative.
โOn behalf of the Lake of the Woods District Hospital Foundation, we are deeply grateful to the Lions Clubs and the Lions Clubs International Foundation for their extraordinary generosity and leadership,โ said Mira Trebilcock, Executive Director of the LWDH Foundation. โThis investment will have a meaningful and lasting impact on advancing local healthcare.โ
Read more: https://lwdhf.com/local-lions-clubs-and-lions-clubs-international-foundation-fund-critical-cataract-surgery-equipment-at-lake-of-the-woods-district-hospital/