Local club members will regularly deliver used glasses to eye bank board members. If a location needs a collection box or if a collection box needs to be emptied, a board member should pick up or drop off the materials or assign another Lion to do so. Any hearing aids you collect should be forwarded to a Hearing Foundation trustee or to Grecia or Jennifer at the eye bank.īoard Member Duties Board members are responsible for coordinating the collection of eyeglasses. Hearing aids can also be placed in collection boxes. When countries request glasses, glasses are packed and shipped out. An inventory is kept on a computer database. The glasses are put in bags, labeled with their prescriptions, and stored. There, optometrist-trained Lions members and others wash, repair, determine the prescriptions of, and pack the eyeglasses.

Minnesota Lions send their eyeglasses to a recycling facility in Rosholt, Wisconsin. Lions typically advertise the locations of collection points by displaying business cards at optical stores and by placing ads in the community newspaper. Statewide, used eyeglasses can be taken to any Vision World, LensCrafters, Sam’s Club, and all Wal-Mart stores with a vision center. Overview Collection boxes are placed at Minnesota optical stores, banks, schools, city halls, etc. Used Eyeglass & Hearing Aid Collection Locations FORWARD LOCATIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO: PDG Lynn Farley 5M-6 Eye Bank Board of Directors 1835 5th Street White Bear Lake, MN 55110 E-mail: Phone: (651) 426-9407Įyeglass and Hearing Aid Collection Program

Spectacle shoppe new brighton