Salmon Creek, Ridgefield Lions clubs test students’ vision

RIDGEFIELD — The Salmon Creek and Ridgefield Lions clubs recently helped with a vision screening of seventh-graders at View Ridge Middle School. Helping people check visual impairment at a young age is part of the group’s mission. Lions volunteers, who are trained to use specialized cameras to screen for eye issues, checked each students’ vision within a few minutes to find out whether a student’s eyes are fine or if they need a referral to an optometrist. “Over the years, Lions Club screenings nationwide have found not only thousands of kids who need glasses but also children with cancer, detached retinas and childhood cataracts,” a news release stated. Lions Club member David Page brought the cameras from the Salmon Creek chapter, while both Ridgefield and Salmon Creek members volunteered for the screenings. The Salmon Creek club has conducted screenings around the region since 2015, with more than 30,000 completed by the end of this year.