Dr. Floyd Zastrow, a Lodi optometrist, was presented with a Helen Keller Fellowship at recent Lodi Lions Club fund raising dinner. The Helen Keller Fellowship, presented through the Lions Eye Foundation of Northern California and Nevada, was awarded to Dr. Zastrow for his enduring commitment in assuring that the underprivileged in our community are provided with necessary vision related services. Zastrow has been a practicing optometrist for 61 years and has been a member of the Lodi Lions Club for 53 years.

The Helen Keller Fellowship is named after Helen Adams Keller, an American author, political activist and lecturer, probably best known for being the first deaf/blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1925, Helen Keller addressed the Lions Club International Convention, challenging the Lions to become “knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness.” Since then, Lions have worked tirelessly to aid the blind and visually impaired.