Lions ask for used eyeglasses

| 29 Sep 2011 | 01:46

    West Milford - The Lions Club is asking people to remember during their fall cleaning gets to look through dresser drawers and closets for used eyeglasses and donate them to the Lions Recycle For Sight program. Throughout the year Lions Club will be collecting used prescription eyeglasses and 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 need everyone to donate their used eyeglasses,” said William Francis, West Milford Lions Club President. “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 the New Jersey Lions Eye Glass Recycling Center where they will be cleaned, categorized by prescription and prepared for distribution by Lions and other groups. To donate used glasses (including sunglasses and reading glasses), place them in the specially marked Lions Recycle For Sight collection boxes located at the Post Offices in Hewitt, Newfoundland, West Milford, Oak Ridge, and Stockholm. The West Milford Lions Club has 20 members and meets on the first and third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at Le Bistro II in Hewitt. Lions 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 West Milford Lions Club, contact WestMilfordLions.com.