{"id":129,"date":"2015-07-19T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T19:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strathroycaradoclions.ca\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2016-07-12T15:16:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T19:16:47","slug":"tree-of-light","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/tree-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tree of Light<\/span> \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Last Friday in November each year<\/span> (November 25, 2016)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Helen Keller presented Lions with a challenge in 1925 to become \u201cKnights of the blind\u201d.\u00a0 As a result Lions clubs around the world have taken on a variety of sight related projects.<\/span> For example . . .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Strathroy \u2013 Caradoc Lions Club’s first target for funding by this\u00a0project was the purchase of an <\/span>ophthalmology<\/span><\/strong> Chair<\/strong> for the emergency room at the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital. It is now in use for eye care in our area!!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In subsequent years we have installed lockable bicycle racks<\/strong>, wheelchair accessible picnic tables<\/strong> at three parks, and laser cut steel benches<\/strong> in the downtown core.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a large evergreen tree beside the Strathroy town hall that we decorate with strings of lights during December.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"City<\/a>\"BareTree\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We \u201csell\u201d each light for a minimum donation of $5.00.\u00a0 Lights are purchased in the name of someone who has \u2018brought light\u2019 into the life of the donor.\u00a0 That person could be living or deceased: such as a family member or close friend, a community member who has done something significant for the donor or others, a veteran, or anyone who is important to you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0A \u201cmemory card<\/a><\/span>\u201d is completed with the donor\u2019s and recipient\u2019s names and then placed on a \u201cmemory display\u201d located in the foyer of the library \/ museum.\u00a0 The donor receives a \u201cdonor<\/a><\/span>\u00a0card<\/a>\u201d that they can complete and do with as they choose.\u00a0 They can enclose it in a seasonal card and send it to the recipient or their family, or they can hang it from their Christmas tree as a family gift ornament. A <\/span>sponsor is given a poster<\/a> to place in their business window.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tree of Light \u2013 Last Friday in November each year (November 25, 2016) Helen Keller presented Lions with a challenge in 1925 to become \u201cKnights of the blind\u201d.\u00a0 As a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-noright.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2265,"href":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions\/2265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}