The ten Lions Clubs in Karimnagar have achieved a distinction in the country by collecting a record number of 207 pairs of eyeballs during this lionistic year from July 2012 to till date.

Similarly, the Lions Club of Karimnagar Manair had set another milestone by collecting 100 eyeballs in Karimnagar town during the year.

Disclosing this to newsmen here on Monday, Lions Clubs international region chairperson B Madhusudhan Reddy said that the Lions Club of Karimnagar have also collected four unclaimed bodies and donated the same to the Chalmeda Ananda Rao Institute of Medical Sciences (CAIMS) in Karimnagar. He said that they would continue their mission of educating the people to donate their eyes after death to provide eye-sight to the visionless people.

source:  http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Staff Reporter / Karimnagar, March 12th, 2013