According to educational experts, 80 percent of learning is visual. So if a child can’t see well, he can’t learn. Yet most young children don’t get their vision screened until they have problems learning or paying attention in school, which maybe too late. Unless vision problems are detected early and corrected, those problems may become permanent by age seven.

On Wednesday, Aug. 1, the Wyoming Lions Club will be hosting a free vision screening from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Byron Community Ministries, 8250 Byron Creek Dr. SW.

The goal of the screening is to determine if glasses are needed. There are no age restrictions. Parents and families are invited to bring their children to Byron Center community Ministries for vision screening to make they are on the way to learning in the fall.

For more information about the screening, visit 616-881-3012.

The Lions Club is an international non-political service organization established originally in 1916 in Chicago, Illinois by Melvin Jones. In 1925, the organization accepted Helen Keller’s challenge to become “knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness.” Since then, The Lions Club work has included sight-related programs such as collecting old glasses for redistribution to those less fortunate.

For more about The Lions Club, click here.