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Lions Club requests school partnership to provide free student vision screenings
Burke County Public Schools Board of Education · October 13, 2025
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Summary
Longview and Valdez Lions Club representatives asked the Burke County board to partner on in-school vision screenings and to help distribute information; presenters said the clubs screened roughly 3,000 children across four counties in three years and provided about 120 free glasses since May 2024.
During the public-comment period, Wayne Houser of the Longview Lions Club and Tamara Strickley of the Valdez Lions Club offered their organizations’ free vision-screening services to Burke County Public Schools.
Houser told the board the Lions have expanded their mission from…
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