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couldn’t see! When you see a simple pair of
glasses change a life—it’s amazing!”
Understanding that diabetes is one of the
largest contributors to blindness, the Lions are
beginning to work with diabetes' awareness.
Sid explains, “For many years, we’ve provided
dialysis machines and education, but now we’re
involved with DAPS: Diabetes Awareness Peer
Support Group in NC. Statistically almost 50%
of the population today is not even aware that
they have some form of diabetes.”
From the local Club to serving as an
International President, Sid has seen all
dimensions of the Lions. From their headquarters
in Oakbrook, Illinois, around 300 full time
staff manage a $68 million organization. Sid
remembers, “The year I was President, Judy and
I were only home 40 days out of the entire year
as we visited 70 countries meeting with heads
of state. I had a private meeting with the Pope
along with meeting kings, queens, and sultans
to thank the government for their support.”
Influencing the world as a Lion holds great
opportunity; however, being a Lion influences
the giver just as much, if not more, than the
receiver. Pondering the impact, Sid tells,
“When you’re working with people, you have an
opportunity to see how much you have received
and how much is required of you as a good
steward. Billy Graham reminded, ‘God has given
us two hands, one to receive with and the other
to give with.’ And I think that’s really what it’s all
about. It’s a lifestyle. It’s not what I’ve got, but
how I can help someone.”
As for the locals, if you have a heart for
service, then there is a need. Through the
local and international organization, the Lions
can channel your efforts and multiply the
results. Visit a local Lions Club and see what’s
happening!
With so many ways to get involved from
donating used eye glasses, to donating time and
money, check out the local Lions Club in your
neighborhood whose motto simply remains,
“We Serve.” Changing lives forever, the Lions
embody their mission and become “Loving
Individuals Offering Needed Service.”
For more info:lionsclubs.org
Email flynlion@earthlink.net
Below: Judy and Sid serving in Mexico.
Getting to know Mr. Sidney Scruggs, III,
known as Sid, Vass Lion's Club:
Family? Married for 48 years. Judy and
Sid have 4 children, 17 grandchildren, 3 great
grandchildren. Our children live in the four
corners: Georgia, New Hampshire, California,
and Washington State.
Favorite thing about Moore County?
The golf. My wife Judy and I play all over.
Favorite restaurant? We eat out so much in
our travels, that our favorite restaurant is home.
On Sundays, we enjoy the Sunday breakfast
buffet at the Pinecrest Inn.
Hobbies or interests? In New Hampshire,
we had an antique business when we were
restoring our home on the national registry
built in 1804. Now we love to read and play golf;
I enjoy historical fiction and mysteries.
Greatest life lesson learned? Over the 79
years, I’ve learned to live life so that at the end of
the day I can say, "No regrets, no excuses." That
I’ve done the best I could that day.
Advice for young people? Plan ahead.
Look into the future and ask what’s going to
happen. Have I always done that? No. But I
went to a military prep school on a football
scholarship from Chattanooga. From there, I
went to the Naval Academy and learned to fly.
Did I fly because I was looking forward to an
airline career? No. I flew because I loved to fly.
My dad told me to do something I loved, and I
would never work a day in my life.
I’ve been very fortunate. I received the Order
of the Longleaf Pine for my work as a Lions. I’m
in the NC Lions Hall of Fame. I’ve worked with
the US Blind Golfers as a certified coach to teach
blind people to play golf. I’m in the US Blind
Golfers Hall of Fame as a blind golfer coach.
There have been so many opportunities; I
think you just have to take advantage of every
opportunity that comes along. Young people
should ask, “What is the end game?”
Favorite plane? Military: The single seated
sky raider. My favorite was the AD, the Aviation
Douglas that is propeller driven. Commercial:
Boeing 727; I logged hundreds of hours on that.
Most beautiful place you’ve visited?
My wife would say Norway. I would choose the
Highlands in Scotland, probably because of my
Scottish heritage. The New England coastline is
also beautiful.
What do you wish you would have
known starting off? I don’t know that I would
have done anything differently, but maybe I
would have done it in a different way.
I’ve been involved in so much. With the
airlines, one of the good things was that when I
was gone, I was really gone—out of the country.
However on my days off, I was home. Sometimes
I’d be the only father at a school play or soccer
game.
Being a super A personality, I wish I had
learned to take a little more time to smell the
roses, maybe learn to relax a little bit more.
Things don’t always have to be done today;
some of it can wait. It’s like one guy said, “If I
knew I was going to live this long, then I would
have taken better care of myself.”
I’ve been very fortunate because Judy and I
have been able to spend a lot of time traveling
the world several times around.
Life is choices. When you make those
choices, you don’t always project far enough
ahead. When we were traveling, there were often
times when I had made a commitment to be
out of country, and I would miss a high school
graduation. I was out saving the world, but Judy
was there. Of course, when I was in the military,
I had no choice. When you have two sea duties
back to back, and your second daughter is born
two weeks after you leave, and you don’t see her
until she’s almost a year old—it’s tough. Since I
had a wife and three kids, I chose to not make
a career of the military. However Vietnam was a
different era than today.
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