We Serve
Here are some more activities of Baguio City Host Lions serving the underprivileged - and having fun doing it!
Sight for Teens
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Sight for Teens is an offshoot of LCIF's Sight for Kids, providing vision screenings and prescription eyeglasses to high school students suffering from vision problems.
Baguio City Host Lions Club, in partnership with Blazing Lights Ministries and Dr. Deborah Mangonon, conducted Sight for Teens screenings at the following schools: Tuba Central National High School, Tuba, Benguet Twin Peaks National High School, Tuba, Benguet Evelio Javier Memorial National High School, Tuba, Benguet Saytan National High School, Pugo, La Union Cuenca National High School, Pugo, La Union San Luis National High School, Pugo, La Union Pugo Central National High School, Pugo, La Union Maoasoas National High School, Pugo, La Union Nueva Vizcaya State University National High School, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya Solano High School, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya Anonang National High School, San Fabian, Pangasinan Mabilao National High School, San Fabian, Pangasinan Binday National High School, San Fabian, Pangasinan Loo National High School, Buguias, Benguet Sight for Teens is the brainchild of BCHLC Past President Eugene Fernandez. |
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Eye Run 2 |
"BE MY EYES" |
 17K Runners pose for a group shot at the 40-foot Lion's Head, the starting point of the 17K race. This photo was set-up and shot by Baguio's master photographer Ompong Tan.
Eye Run 2" is Baguio City Host Lions Club’s run-for-a-cause held on October 20, 2013. The event was another success just like its predecessor, “Eye Run ‘Coz I Care”. We were able to generate a lot of enthusiasm… and generate some funds as well, to support the service projects of the club.
The 3K, 5K and 9K races' start and finish line was at the Baguio Convention Center, while the more difficult 17K category, which drew the most number of runners, started at the Lion's Head along Kennon Road and ended at the Baguio Convention Center. The top finishers for each category were presented with medals and cash prizes. All racers were provided with finisher’s certificates and snacks. All 17K finishers were given miniature lion wood carvings as tokens. Photo booth sessions were also made available to the participants of EYE RUN 2. Raffles were also held at the end of the run-for-a-cause. Proceeds from the Eye Run 2 fundraiser were used in assisting the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Bohol and the Typhoon Yolanda victims in Samar, Leyte and other parts of central Philippines. BCHLC made cash donations to the Philippine National Red Cross, the ABS-CBN Foundation and to the District 301-C Disaster Relief Fund. Our club also donated tableware, blankets, used clothes and other items to the thousands who were affected by these catastrophes . Gift-giving at Fairview Village, Baguio City
BCHLC, together with the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Philippine National Red Cross - Baguio Chapter, donated basic goods, toys, used clothes and shoes to 160 indigent families in Fairview Village, Baguio City.
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"Be My Eyes" is a special event designed for the visually-impaired children of the Northern Luzon Association for the Blind. 14 visually-impaired children raced a 500-meter course around the Baguio Convention Center. They were assisted by sighted guides – some were the children’s parents, some were their guardians, and some were Lions from BCHLC. The children were given EYE RUN 2 shirts, race bibs, finisher’s certificates, loot bags and packed lunches after the race.
Photos in this section appear courtesy of Eliza Consul. 
Medical - Dental Mission in Tawang, La Trinidad
In the recent past, BCHLC has conducted regular medical and dental missions within Northern Luzon, providing medical and dental check-ups, free medicines and basic dental services. In 2011, BCHLC held one such mission in Tawang Elementary School, La Trinidad, Benguet. |
Global Music Competition for Violin
The Multiple District 301 Global Music Competition for Violin (National Level), sponsored by District 301-C headed by then-Governor Elmer O. Datuin of BCHLC, was held at the Baguio City Host Lions Clubhouse on March 13, 2010. The occasion was graced by world-renowned violin virtuoso Prof. Gilopez Kabayao and pianist Corazon Pineda Kabayao.
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Audio Screening and Deaf-awareness Program
Baguio City Host Lions Club held an audio screening and audio lecture at the Baguio City Host Lions Clubhouse. Audio experts from Manila conducted hearing lectures and hearing screenings.
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Eye Run 'Coz I Care
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On October 24, 2010, Baguio City Host Lions Club's First Run-for-a-Cause, EYE RUN 'COZ I CARE, drew in almost a thousand registrants for its 3K, 5K and 16K races, starting and finishing at Burnham Park.
Proceeds from the run benefitted the Northern Luzon Association for the Blind and the Philippine National Red Cross - Baguio Chapter, and financed other outreach programs for indigents. A special event, "Be My Eyes," involved visually-impaired children and their sighted guides going through a 400-meter race course along Burnham Lake Drive.
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Typhoon Parma Relief OperationsIn October 2009, Baguio City Host Lions distributed relief goods to communities affected by the devastating Typhoon Pepeng (Typhoon Parma), including but not limited to the following areas:
Pinsao Proper, Baguio City Lourdes Extension, Baguio City Twin Peaks, Tuba, Benguet Camp 3, Tuba, Benguet Tublay, Benguet Tomay, La Trinidad, Benguet Members donated relief items (and cash to buy relief goods) such as rice, noodles, coffee, blankets, used clothes, etc. The club joined forces with the Philippine National Red Cross - Baguio Chapter, the Baguio Association of Restaurants, Distrct 301-C, the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. through the Baguio Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and other organizations in bringing aid to the typhoon victims.
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Outreach - Mount Kabuyao Elementary SchoolBaguio City Host Lions Club, the Baguio City Dental Society, Red Cross - Baguio and other volunteers trekked to Mount Kabuyao Elementary School for a medical-dental mission and blood letting.
Oral health lectures were held and toothbrushes were given away to the schoolchildren. In addition, BCHLC donated text books and a brand new personal computer with printer to the school. 
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Outreach - Asin Elementary SchoolBaguio City Host Lions Club and Baguio City Dental Chapter held a dental and medical mission at Asin Elementary School. Toothbrushes were also distributed to the children after the oral health lecture.
The club, through Lion Nida Salvador, also donated text books to Asin Elementary School.
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Mass Feeding at the Baguio Health CenterFor Nutrition Month of July 2007, the City Government of Baguio, the National Nutrition Council, the Philippine National Red Cross - Baguio Chapter and Baguio City Host Lions Club sponsored a mass feeding for hundreds of indigents at the Baguio Health Center.
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