The Perry Lions Club is asking the public to donate old or unused eyeglasses to their eyeglasses recycling program. The recycled glasses will be donated to needy people in less developed countries and the U.S.
The glasses collected by the Perry Lions will be taken to the Lions state office in Ames and added to the glasses collected by other clubs across the state. From there the glasses will be shipped to a recycling center in Westville, Indiana, where they will be sorted and labeled by inmates in the Westville Correction Center.
The inmates prepare and ship out about 400,000 pairs of glasses each year. Last year the Perry community donated 81 pairs of glasses to this project. The recipients of the glasses are not charged. The project is funded by the Lions Club International Foundation.
There are eyeglasses collection boxes at Eye Care Associates, Hy-Vee, Medicap Pharmacy,
Fareway and the Hotel Pattee. Lions Club members David Summerson and Mike Wilson are in charge of this project. Contact them or any Perry Lions Club member for more information.
