Baltimore Lions Club donates $8K to research center, Johns Hopkins eye institute

A branch of the Lord Baltimore Lions Club has made a donation to the Lions Vision Research Center and The Johns Hopkins’ Wilmer Eye Institute, both in Baltimore, the Cape Gazette reported Dec. 3. 

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The donation totaled $8,000, the Lions Club told Becker’s, and was gifted by club member and former district governor Mary Lee Phillips. 

The Lord Baltimore Lions Club has been raising funds for low-vision research since 1988. It holds annual Vision Day collections to fund its donations.

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