The Rotary Club of Warren met for its first meeting of the month on Tuesday, Nov. 10 inside the Donald W. Reynolds YMCA of Warren and Bradley County, with the Lions Club of Warren in attendance for the third joint meeting of both organizations. The crowd heard from Warren High School Junior Rotarians Blythe Callaway and Livi McKinney to begin the gathering.
Rotarian Donna Lawhon then presented her program, which was Lions Club member Delbert Zimmerly. Zimmerly spoke to the group about the vision screenings their club does. They conduct vision screenings for preschoolers in Bradley County, and he went over a history of the program. He talked about the first machine they had, which used Polaroid film, and he continued by showing the group their current machine and how it works. Initially, Warren’s Lions Club partnered with clubs in Monticello and Crossett as they all shared the machine for vision screenings in their respective counties, but those clubs have since folded. Their screenings can detect vision problems, particularly in young children, who then can be referred to an optometrist. Zimmerly answered a few questions to conclude the informative meeting.
