The Covington Lions Club will be hosting the Northwest Lions Foundation’s free Health Screening Unit on July 20 in the Fred Meyer parking lot from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The LHSU is a program of the Northwest Lions Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization founded in 1969 by Lions Clubs in the Northwest. The LHSU operates under the Lions’ motto “We Serve” and is staffed by volunteer health professionals and Lions Club members.

Since 1997, this professionally equipped mobile unit has traveled throughout Washington and Northern Idaho providing vision, hearing, glaucoma, diabetes, and blood pressure screening to more than 22,000 people annually, including 19,000 school children.

The LHSU is able to keep its service free through the efforts of civic-minded volunteers, local Lions Club sponsorship, and the Northwest Lions Foundation.