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They’re not hip or modern,

fancy or fashionable.

They no longer fit your prescription,

Or your style.

But for one person living in a developing country, used eyeglasses will put the world in focus. Maybe for the very first time.

Don’t throw away someone’s chance for a clearer tomorrow.

Donate your used prescription eyeglasses. You get a tax deduction,
and someone in the world gets to see again.

Lions Clubs have recognized the urgent need for corrective lenses and fight the problem with the Recycle For Sight program.

The Lions Eyeglasses Recycling Program was adopted as an official service activity of Lions Clubs International in October 1994. The goal of the program is to meet the demand for quality eyeglasses in developing nations. Currently, it costs less than US.08 to provide someone with recycled eyeglasses.

There are 13 official Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers in the world (seven in the U.S., one each in Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Republic of South Africa, and Spain). Lions volunteer their time and services to prepare the eyeglasses for distribution, cleaning and categorizing each pair by prescription. Optical missions sponsored by Lions clubs and other groups distribute donated eyeglasses to needy people.

The Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers also instruct Lions on how to properly dispense the eyeglasses. When training is completed, the recycling centers continue to provide eyeglasses to the local Lions responsible for managing their respective programs.

All types of eyeglasses and sunglasses, prescription and non-prescription, are acceptable. Reading glasses are also useful because many recipients are in need of visual correction to help them perform close-up tasks. Sunglasses are needed by people living near the equator in order to shield their eyes from the sun's damaging rays.

In fiscal year 2004-05, the Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers distributed eyeglasses to more than 3 million people in developing nations.

To learn about establishing a Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center in your community, click here.

Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers

Recycle for Sight, Australia, Inc.

Canadian Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (CLERC)

Medico Lions Club de France

Centro Italiano Lions Per La Raccolta Degli Occhiali Usati (Italy)

Lions Operation BrightSight (Republic of South Africa)

Spain Eyeglass Recycling Center (Tarragona)

Lions in Sight Foundation of California and Nevada (USA)

Indiana Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (USA)

New Jersey Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center, Inc. (USA)

Texas Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (USA)

Virginia Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (USA)

(Washington, USA) The Northwest Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center

Wisconsin Lions Foundation Eyeglass Recycling Center (USA)

Please send your eyeglasses to:

Lion's Certified Collection Centers
1734 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94115