What to do with your old prescription eyeglasses?
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What to do with old prescription eyeglasses?
The Lions Club is an international service organization which has recognized the urgent need for corrective lenses to assist individuals with vision impairment and blindness. They collect usable glasses in their communities to support the Lions Recycle For Sight Program.
To participate in this program, simply send your collected eyeglasses to an official Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (LERC) for processing. There, the glasses are sorted to determine if they are usable, processed, and placed in inventory for distribution to optical missions around the world. Lions help to minimize landfill waste by supporting precious metal reclamation and scrap processing for damaged glasses that are unusable.
Send your eyeglasses to:
Iowa Lions Eyeglass Recycle Center
c/o Rich Witt
1207 1st St. SE
Oelwein, IA 50662
Iowa Lions Eyeglass Recycle Center
c/o Oneota Valley Family Eye Care
305 East Water Street
Decorah, Iowa 52101
Or take your eyeglasses to the Urbandale Public library where there is a drop box in their lobby:
Urbandale Public Library
3520 86th St
Urbandale, IA 50322
When working with our clients, we collect their used glasses and drop them off at the Urbandale Library drop box. In the past 6 years I think we have donated at least 75-100 pairs of eyeglasses!
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