Lions Recycle for Sight

Old Glasses Give New Life!

To donate used glasses (including sunglasses and reading glasses; sorry no contact lenses), place them in the specially marked Lions Recycle for Sight collection boxes found at various community locations. Below you will find a list of locations where collection boxes are available.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 153 million people around the world have uncorrected refractive errors (nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism). Refractive errors can be easily corrected with eyeglasses, yet millions of people in low and middle-income countries lack access to basic vision services. Without eyeglasses many people throughout the world have fewer opportunities for education, employment and a better quality of life. The Founder Lions Club would like you to donate your used eyeglasses.

Bank Five Nine

155 W Wisconsin Ave

Oconomowowoc Memorial Hospital

791 Summit Ave | Main Entrance

Primary EyeCare Associates

1280 Summit Ave

Forgotten Treasures Resale Shop

1305 W Wisconsin Ave (Shorehaven)

Oconomowowoc Public Library

200 W South St

St Vincent De Paul Thrift Store

W359N5848 Brown St | Town of Ocon

Visionworks

203 E Wisconsin Ave

Oconomowowoc Area Senior Center

210 S Main St

Oconomowowoc Vision

1674 Old School House Rd, Ste 101

Summit Eye Clinic

608 Summit Ave

The Journey of Recycled Glasses

1. You drop off your used eyeglasses or sunglasses at any of the community locations listed above.

2. The glasses are shipped to the Eyeglass Recycling Center (ERC) located at the Wisconsin Lions Foundation Headquarters in Rosholt, Wisconsin where trained volunteers sort, clean and determine the prescription strengths of the glasses.

3. Volunteers carefully package the prepared glasses and store them until they are required for Vision Mission projects to developing countries (regulations discourage United States use). At any given time, the ERC inventory available is about 125,000 pairs of glasses.

4. At the mission site, eye care professionals and trained Lion, Lioness, Leo volunteers perform vision screenings and dispense the appropriate recycled glasses, free of charge, to children and adults in need.