THANK YOU, CEDAR KEY!
CEDAR KEY LIONS RECYCLE FOR SIGHT COLLECTION NETS OVER 400 EYEGLASSES.
November 18, 2019
On Tuesday, November 12, Cedar Key Lions members sorted and boxed over 400 pairs of prescription eyeglasses, sunglasses and readers for shipment to Lions eyeglass recycling and distribution centers where they will be cleaned, categorized by prescription and prepared for distribution to sight and hearing impaired poor in developing countries where vision and hearing care is often unaffordable and inaccessible.
The Cedar Key Lions Club Recycle for Sight project has donation locations in Cedar Key and Bronson. We are also accepting donations of used printer cartridges and cell phones.
The printer cartridges are sold to recyclers to benefit Lions programs and the cellphones are provided to victims of domestic violence and to older people who cannot afford them. Even without a cell phone carrier the phones can be used to dial 911 for emergency help.
“As we begin a new year of collection, we hope everyone will go through their drawers and cabinets to pull out and donate used eyeglasses, hearing aids and cell phones,” said Mike Hodges, Cedar Key Lions President.
“In most developing countries, an eye exam can cost as much as one month’s wages, a single eye doctor may serve a community of hundreds of thousands of people.”
To donate used glasses (including sunglasses, reading glasses as well as hearing aids, cellphones and printer cartridges,) place them in the specially marked Lions Recycle For Sight collection boxes or our Golden Bucket collection container to be found at the following locations:
In Cedar Key:
Drummond Community Bank
Cedar Key City Hall
Cedar Key Library
The Cedar Key Art Center
Christ Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall
The Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center
In Bronson:
Drummond Community Bank
Town Hall
Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas around the world. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world.
Cedar Key Lions also assist those in need in obtaining vision exams and eyeglasses, as well as eye surgery and hearing aids and through the Kidsight program screen preschool age children in Levy County for possible early childhood vision problems.
For more information about the Lions vision care program, Kidsight program and hearing aid assistance, please visit www.CedarKeyLionsClub.com or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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