Freeport resident Kathryn Lynch has a low-vision condition
so severe that she must always use some sort of magnifier to bring objects and
print into focus. It can take two to three times as long for her to read a
simple newspaper article as it does someone with 20/20 vision.
On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, the Freeport Lions Club
donated a new, modern, DaVinci HD Ultra 24 magnifying reader to Kathryn.
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Lion Joe Serafini points to specific buttons and knobs on the magnifier control panel for Kathryn as Lion Terry Anderson reads about them from the operations manual.
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Lions Terry Anderson and Joe Serafini unpacked and set up
the reader for her in her home, and gave Kathryn some initial instructions with
her at the controls.
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| “Oh my goodness!” Kathryn exclaimed, “Oh my goodness, this is just wonderful!” |
When she saw all the amazing features of the machine she
exclaimed over and over how wonderful it was to be able to see things like a grandchild’s
picture, a simple cake recipe, and an old address book once again without the
troublesome eye strain that it normally takes for her to see things that most
people might take for granted, like writing a check to pay a bill for instance.
Once the basic training session was completed, the Lions
Anderson and Serafini gave Kathryn the instruction manual so she could magnify
it herself, continue becoming familiar with the machine at her own speed, and
improve the quality of her reading and communicating.
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