On May 9 and 10, the Orcas Lions and the Northwest Lions Foundation in Seattle provided free health screening for Orcas Islanders.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many individuals who contributed their time and  effort to make the Lions Health Screening possible – 145 man-hours were devoted to this project. A huge thank you to the following Lions for their help during the two-day event:  Jim Biddick, Bill Buchan, Merry Bush, Judy Dorman, Virginia Erhardt,  Melissa Halwax, Pam Harney, Karen Hiller, Toby Hiller, Mike Jonas, John Lofland,  Paul Losleben, Dave McPeake, Kay Miller,  Mac Trunkey, Don Webster, Carla Weston, Diane Whitley and Patrick Whitley. Thanks guys. It couldn’t have been done without you. I’d like to thank the Screening Unit crew, Lions Mike and Pat Parker, and Leif, a RN, who also helped us this year. Thanks to the Sounder for getting the message to our event out to the public, if  the community doesn’t find out about us, all our efforts are in vain.

MOST importantly, I would like to thank the community who participated in the event: 134 persons turned out and made our efforts worthwhile. For those of you who discovered potential health problems, I hope you follow-up with the appropriate care – if we helped just ONE person prevent an emergency or improve their health  status, it was all worth the effort! If you missed this year’s screening, look for us next year!

Karen & Toby Hiller

Lion Health Screening Unit Co-chairs