What to donate to Lions In Sight:
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Eyeglasses. Please discard all eyeglass cases before sending or donating.
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Sunglasses. Prescription and non-prescription.
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Broken eyeglass parts. LIS recycles them as scrap.
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Clip on sunglasses with metal parts. Please discard clip ons that are all plastic.
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Hearing aids
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Printer and toner cartridges
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Cell phones
How to get your eyeglasses and other items to Lions In Sight:
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Deliver your eyeglasses to a drop off location listed here. Drop off locations are unable to accept printer and toner cartridges.
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Mail your items to Lions In Sight using this shipping label.
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Give to a Lions Club member.
Ways to Collect Eyeglasses:
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Place a collection box in your business or community in an area where it will be noticed. You can request an eyeglass collection box from LIS or use any neatly labeled box. LIS can provide Lions Club stickers to help identify the purpose of the box. Please be sure to include your contact information on the box and collect the contents on a regular basis.
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Ask your eye care professional if you can place an LIS collection box in their office/clinic.
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Ask people who attend your event to bring a pair of used eyeglasses as their ‘ticket’.
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Develop a scout, youth group, or school collection project.
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Collect used eyeglasses and hearing aids from club members, neighbors, family, friends, schools, religious organizations, teams.