Over the Easter weekend the Lions Club in conjunction with the Eye Centers of Northwest Ohio took over 8,000 pairs of glasses to Columbus for sorting.
The glasses are sorted to determine those that are usable or unusable, processed, and placed in inventory for distribution to optical missions around the world. The Lions Club help to minimize landfill waste by supporting precious metal reclamation and scrap processing for damaged glasses that are unusable.
The World Health Organization estimates that 120 million are visually impaired because of uncorrected refractive errors (far and near sightedness). Refractive errors can be easily diagnosed, measured and corrected with eyeglasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery. Yet, millions of people lack access to these basic services. With your help we can change this.
We would like to thank everyone who donated their old glasses to help those in need.
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