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As spring cleaning gets under way, the Parksville Lions and Lioness clubs are asking people
to look through dresser drawers and closets for used eyeglasses and donate them to the Lions Recycle For Sight program.
Starting in the month of May, the Parksville Lions and Lioness Clubs will be collecting used prescription eyeglasses, prescription and non-prescription sunglasses as part of a unique recycling program. The collected glasses will be cleaned and prepared for distribution in developing countries where eye care is often unaffordable and inaccessible. “We would like everyone's help to recycle their used eyeglasses,” said Lion Clarence Esslinger. “In most developing countries, an eye exam can cost as much as one month’s wages and a single eye doctor may serve a community of hundreds of thousands of people”. The donated glasses will be shipped to a regional Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center where they will be cleaned, categorized by prescription and prepared for distribution by Lions and other groups. We will also accept the following: recycled hearing aids, soft eyeglass cases, safety glasses, non-prescription sunglasses, prescription sunglasses and uncut lenses), place them in the specially marked Lions Recycle eye glass boxes. The Permanent collection boxes will be located at and will accept glasses year around: SOS Thrift Shop, Salvation Army Thrift Shop, Oceanside Optometry Center - 183 Harrison St, Coast Optical - Wembly Mall, Seaside Optical Boutique - #2-139 East Hirst St Ken Maycock Optical - 122 Craig St, Dr.M.Spencer - 139 East Hirst St. Iris Optical - 674 Primrose St, Qualicum Number of eye glasses collected in 2004/2005 was 317,017 pr, number of eye glasses distributed 301,441. Recycled eyeglasses were sent to countries of: Angola, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, El Salvador, Ghana, Haiti, the Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Samoa, Tanzania, Togo, and Zambia Lions and Lioness clubs are a group of men and women who identify needs within the community and work together to fulfill those needs. For more information or to get involved with the Lions, Lioness Clubs, please contact Roger Williams 954-0575 or Georgina Gilmour 954-0010 Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with nearly 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in 193 countries and geographical areas around the world. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit the Web site at www.lionsclubs.org. |
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