Roadside Cleanup this Saturday

We maintain a stretch of Sunset Hills Drive in Reston, VA from Wiehle Ave to Hunter Mill Road.  This weekend is the Roadside Cleanup as part of the VDOT Adopt a Highway program.  If interested, we will be meeting at 8am on Saturday at the Reston Presbyterian Church.  All are welcome.  Work should only take about 2 hours.

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10610 Sunset Hills Road
Reston, VA

Roadside Cleanup October 2010

Local Fellowship House Gets 'Carded'

Reston Lions Club distributed 240 Giant Food Gift cards to victims of the "derecho" storms on Friday, August 31st. Residents of the Lake Anne Fellowship House were able to replenish food lost during a five day power outage that occurred during one of the hottest weeks in June-July 2012.

 The local service club  received a $2,000 grant from the Lions of Virginia Foundation, which funds emergency relief in the State. The club partially matched the grant so that they could provide $15 Giant Cards to 240 residents to help restock spoiled food supplies. 

Reston Lions Club President, Sue Beffel, and members Jim Ryan and Jack Gazlay, assisted Fellowship House Administrator, by handing out the cards.  After the gathered residents eagerly received their cards.  Resident, Buzz Carter,  thanked the Lions on behalf of all the others, as many of them did not speak much English. "That's a lot of money to me, said one man, while another resident said, "It is so sweet. I'm so proud to be an American."

The Reston Lions Club has over 30 members and meets on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 7:00 PM at Mama Lucia's at the North Pointe Shopping Center. Lions Clubs are groups of men and women who identify needs within their community and work together to fulfill those needs. For more information or to get involved with the Reston Lions Club, please visit our web site at www.restonlions.org.

Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 1.3 million members in approximately 45,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit the Web site at www.lionsclubs.org.

iPhone Fulfills an Accessibility Role

 There is no denying that Smart Phones have brought enjoyment to their users since their invention.  These devices have changed the lives of a growing number of the blind in remarkable ways, as the LION Magazine has outlined in the attached link.  Imagine that you are blind and have needed assistance to do simple things like make phone calls, select beverages from a vending machine, count money...  All these tasks can make everyday living challenging.  "There's an app for that" goes well beyond Angry Birds to a realm of accessibility that has previously been impossible.  See the article for more details.
http://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication/?i=122435&p=32