Eye Glass Collection Program
Recently the Lions Club of Paris had an eye
glass sorting session of the glasses that have been collected around Paris in
the last 18 months.
We sorted 1340 eye glasses & 220 pairs
of lenses. Currently our Club has eye glass donation boxes at 8 area locations;
Rest Acres Pharmacy, Rexall Pharmacy, Bank of Montreal, TD Bank, CIBC,
Northville Pharmacy & Health Hub Pharmacy. The donation boxes accept
prescription, reading & sun glasses; we also accept lenses not in frames.
The packaged glasses are taken to Woodstock
to Day & Ross Transport who have partnered with Lions Clubs to ship them to
CLERC – Canadian Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centre in Calgary Alberta.
CLERC is celebrating its 25th
year in providing quality eyeglasses to 3rd world countries. This is
a milestone shared by all Lions clubs that have supported CLERC during this
time. CLERC is a Lions of Canada initiative that profoundly touches more lives
than any other project that Lions do.
CLERC has placed eyeglasses on 6.3 million
faces in 103 countries around the world. It has partnered with Canadian Vision
Care on two Optical Teaching Centres. In addition, over the past 8 years, CLERC
has kept 992,000 lbs. out of landfills allowing the plastic, glass and metal to
become viable products. Weekly a ton of plastic, newsprint and cardboard boxes
that they receive shipped glasses in are recycled.
We ask that you help us in supporting this
worthwhile project by dropping your used glasses off at one of our donation
boxes.
David Arsenault
Eye Glass Chair Paris Lions Club
