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million for charity projects —a lot of money for a little country with a population of just 2.200,000.
The funds will be used to finance many of the same projects that Lions here undertake. "We follow the same pattern that Lions International gives you.” Perez said. “We’re not getting into eye bank projects," he noted, adding that Costa Rican Lions were also working with institutions in Miami, Florida, on a cornea transplant program.
Before the Lions Convention begins in Chicago on July 3, Tony and Maritza Perez will continue their journey across America, travelling by Greyhound bus. "It gives us a better view and we can stop wherever and want," he explained. With the better view, they hope to get a better idea of what this country is all about and pave the way to better understanding with our Latin American friends.
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