PROJECTS   We support the activities of the Butler County Association for the Blind. We sponsor campers and provide financial support to the Pennsylvania Lions Beacon Lodge Camp. Each spring a group of members volunteer a week-end there working to prepare the camp for the upcoming season. This is a facility for vision and physically challenged individuals. For information on Beacon Lodge go to www.beaconlodge.com or contact the Club. We have a continuing involvement in many diabetes awareness programs. We have partnered with the Butler Hospital on several projects and participate in area health fairs, presentations, screenings, and literature distribution, in conjunction with this activity. Recently we made a major monetary commitment toward the establishment of a diabetes department at the Butler County Community Health Clinic and are aggressively seeking additional funds for this purpose. We created and made substantial contributions to the Butler Lion's Club Diabetes Fund of the Butler Health System Foundation to support the hospital's Diabetes and Nutrition Management Center . We are involved in a low income eye glass program. We conduct an annual Drug and Alcohol Awareness Prevention youth poster contest. We collected and recycled over 900 pairs of eye glasses, 66 cell phones, and 8 hearing-aids in the past year. We collect used luggage for use by orphan or foster care children locally. We have been involved with the Adopt- A- Highway program since 1991. Four times a year we collect litter along a two mile section of Route 8 north. We conduct an annual Law Appreciation Dinner and Program to recognize outstanding police officers in the Butler area and surrounding communities. We coordinate and man a quarterly Red Cross Blood Drive .