Geneva Lions ask you to 'Unlock Your Heart'

The Geneva Lions Club, serving Geneva and St. Charles, has recently launched a recycling program to collect brass, steel, tin and aluminum keys in an effort to raise funds to support services to the hearing and visually impaired in Illinois. Donation buckets will be located at various Geneva and St. Charles businesses and schools.

The Geneva Lions and other clubs have long been known for their efforts in collecting and recycling used eyeglasses, however the recycling program also includes collection of keys, cell phones, ink cartridges and hearing aids.

Donations, which are collected and sorted by club members and volunteers, are delivered to the Lions of Illinois Foundation. Funds raised are used by the foundation to support programs such as the infant vision screening and infant hearing screening programs.

To learn more about the Geneva Lions Club, local service work and the organizations they support through local fund-raising efforts, visit genevalionsclub.org or join them for lunch almost every Monday at noon at Aurelio's Pizza in downtown Geneva. The full schedule of meetings and featured speakers is available on the website. Your first lunch is on us.

Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization in the world. The 1.35 million members in more than 46,000 clubs are serving communities in 208 countries and geographical areas around the globe.

Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired, championed youth initiatives and strengthened local communities through hands-on service and humanitarian projects.

For information about Lions Clubs International, visit lionsclubs.org.