With support from local businesses the BAMM Lions Club is able to reach even farther into the community. Our yearly fundraising activities include selling peanuts in the fall, collecting money for White Cane in the fall and spring, and a pancake breakfast in the spring.
The BAMM Lions Club:
- Collects eyeglasses and hearing aids
- Provides vision and hearing tests to those in need
- Buys eyeglasses and hearing aids for people who cannot afford to purchase their own
- Partners with LensCrafters to identify vision impaired school children
- Provides administrative and logistical support to Remote Area Medical's (RAM) annual event in Southwest Virginia
- Supports 22 different organizations in the Richmond metropolitan area that provide services to help the blind and others in need
- Assists with Swing for Sight, a charity golf program
- Participates in the Call 12 program with WWBT Channel 12
- Contributes to disaster response and assistance programs as needed
- Participates in the Adopt-A-Highway Program - responsible for cleaning Buford Road four times a year
- Help other Lions members when they may need special assistance
- Participate in local community parades
Copyright 2009 WTVR-TV, Richmond - Petersburg, Virginia
In July, Lion Frank Carlomagno and Caroline Woolridge represented the BAMM Lions Club on the television program Virginia This Morning. They did a wonderful job of explaining what we do and bringing the Lions Club experience to life. Thank you to them both for representing the club.
Also, thank you to Julie Bragg, Greg McQuade and WTVR 6 for allowing BAMM Lions
to use this video. Click here to see the video clip.
The BAMM Lions Club has several eyeglass and hearing aid drop-off locations throughout the Richmond Metropolitan area. Here are the locations of only the BAMM Lions Club eyeglass/hearing aid donation boxes.
Goodwill Stores Other BAMM LIons' Eyeglass Box Locations The Eye Place Optometry, PC
Alverser Community Employment Center
Store & Drive Thru-Donation Center
1211 Alverser Drive
Bailey Bridge Store & Drive-Thru
Donation Center
11749 Hull Street Road
Midlothian Crossing Superstore
8535 Midlothian Turnpike
Corporate Office of Goodwill
6301 Midlothian Turnpike
Southside Plaza Store
4644 E. Belt Boulevard
LensCrafters
Chesterfield Towne Center
11500 Midlothian Turnpike
Wal-Mart
2501 Sheila Lane
Jon S. Perry, Optometrist
Village Market Place
13128 Midlothian Turnpike
Firestone Complete Auto Care
2001 Huguenot Road
Richmond Eye Associates, P.C.
Donald W. Lumpkin, Jr. O.D.
10800 Midlothian Turnpike, Suite 127
Other Richmond Area Lions Clubs' Eyeglass Box Locations
Virginia Center Commons
LensCrafters
10101 Brook Road
Glenn Allen, VA 23059
Next to Dillard’s
Regency Square Mall
LensCrafters
1404 Parham Road, Space N-2
Richmond, VA 23229
Upper level near Sears
Park Place at Short Pump
LensCrafters
11736 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23233
The Shops at Willow Lawn
LensCrafters
1601 Willow Lawn Drive
Richmond, VA 23230
Inside the mall
Sam's Club
901 Wal-Mart Way
Midlothian, VA 23113
Wal-Mart Vision Center
900 Walmart Way
Midlothian, VA 23113
1405 Huguenot Rd, Ste 100
Midlothian, VA 23113