SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY
The Lexington Lions Club supports many community organizations. Current ones supported with annual donation are; Unshackled By Love, Mission Health Lexington, Step by Step, and the Fayette County 4-H Council. Other support is given to Adopt a Highway, the Salvation Army, Surgery on Sunday, Common Good, UKCaneTucky and Dance Blue.
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Unshackled By Love
The mission of Unshackled By Love is to LOVE back to life, set-free, restore, and equip women in the sex industry, victims of sex trafficking, depression and chemical addictions, to live healthy, hopeful, and Christ centered lives.
Unshackled By Love mission statement
Women benefited by Unshackled By Love
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Step by Step
Founded in 1995, they are a holistic program working to empower young single moms ages 12 to 24. Our moms come from every walk of life and they all want the same thing: for themselves and their children to be safe, to be heard, seen, valued, and to be great moms.
They offer support, mentoring, goal-setting, crisis intervention, and walk alongside young single moms and their kids as they succeed.
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Young mothers and their children attending a Step by Step event
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Salvation Army
Every Christmas the Lexington Lions Club supports the Salvation Army's efforts to provide a happy Christmas to families in need.
A Caring Place
Our non-profit, A Caring Place, is extending the hand of friendship to referred participants through phone calls, home visits, and group socialization.
Loneliness is a quiet health epidemic, impacting your heart, brain, soul and very life; 40% of the Lexington community have experienced persistent loneliness suggest organizations devoted to the elderly (i.e. AARP) Similar to pain, it is a subjective symptom, not an observable sign. However, we can identify groups who are at risk for loneliness: the recently bereaved, the socially isolated, the severely disabled, and the elderly who have suffered multiple losses.
There is no magic cure, or pill, although many who experience loneliness wish so. The only intervention known to help is having a quality relationship with at least one other person.
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Bluegrass Care Navigators
Providing patient-centered care to the seriously ill and their families with excellence and compassion; engaging in community partnerships, education and counseling; offering opportunities to staff, volunteers and donors to enrich lives through their gifts.
Their Vision
Be the leader in delivering comforting care at the right time to the seriously ill.
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Surgery on Sunday
Mission Statement: Surgery on Sunday is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides medically necessary outpatient surgeries at no cost to income eligible, uninsured or underinsured individuals who do not qualify for federal or state assistance. It was the first program of its kind in the United States. With a commitment to excellence and a focus on patient-centered care, our nonprofit surgery center aims to transform lives, one surgery at a time.
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Common Good
Mission Statement: Common Good is an inclusive community in North Lexington dedicated to whole families. We create a safe place for our community to know love.
Vision Statement: We want to see thriving students, strong families and flourishing neighborhoods live into their God-given potential.
Common Good is a tax-exempt 501 (c)(3) organization.
Dance Blue
Mission Statement: Dance Blue's mission is to honor Jarrett Mynear's final request: "do something to help the clinic." As a student run philanthropy at the University of Kentucky, Dance Blue raises funds and awareness for the fight against pediatric cancer while supporting patients and families affected by it. Funds raised by Dance Blue support the Dance Blue Hematology/Oncology Clinic at Kentucky Children's Hospital.
Accomplishments: Beginning in 2006, Dance Blue has raised $27,793,391 to fight Pediatric Cancer to the current year.
UKCaneTucky
Canetucky is an event held on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington and hosted by the UK College of Education Visual Impairment Program. Canetucky is a specifically designed competition for youth 12 years of age and up with blindness or low vision an opportunity to practice and develop real-world travel skills with support from students and trained specialists in the UK College of Education Orientation and Mobility Program. Their skills are assessed and rated by a Certified Specialist. Areas needing improvement are noted and a plan to assist in gaining the improvement is developed and implemented.