PANAMA LIONS TEAM 2023 – VISION RENEWAL IN THE ISTHMUS

Photo-op sign on Flamenco Island off the Pacific entry for the Panama Canal. First Lions stop in Panama.

Lions in Sight is a subgroup formed by Lions and optometrists in the late 1990’s.  Originally (and still well represented), most of the volunteers and doctors for the group came from the San Francisco area.  The group expanded activities in the 21st century with a vision clinic a year to Mexico’s 8 Lion regions.  One to two other trips went afield to more distant clinics – Palestine, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Armenia, Albania, etc.  Lion volunteers and doctors soon came from all over the US helping spread the motto of Lionism “We Serve”.

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