Cushing Lions support KidSight eye screening program for youth

  • Cushing Lions Club members Lou Griffi n and Jim Pickard hold steady as they handle the cameras for Oak Grove School students being screened, while Tom Cummings and Russell Thurman supervise and hand out stickers in the background.
    Cushing Lions Club members Lou Griffi n and Jim Pickard hold steady as they handle the cameras for Oak Grove School students being screened, while Tom Cummings and Russell Thurman supervise and hand out stickers in the background.

    Across the state, schoolaged kids have had the privilege to have their eyes checked by Lions. Recently, Cushing Lions Club members made their way to Oak Grove School to perform a KidSight eye screening test at the elementary.

    The screening is achieved by using a highly-advanced camera that scans an individual’s eye for any abnormalities in less than 30 seconds, according to Cushing Lions Chairman T…