Spektrek
RINGWOOD AND FORDINGBRIDGE LIONS RECYCLE FOR SIGHT
As spring cleaning gets under way, the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Lions are asking people to look through dresser drawers and closets for used eyeglasses and hearing aids and then donate them to the Lions Recycle For Sight programme.
During the months of April, May and June especially, the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Lions Club will be collecting used prescription eyeglasses, prescription sunglasses and hearing aids as part of a unique recycling programme. The collected glasses and hearing aids will be refurbished, cleaned and prepared for distribution in developing countries where eye and hearing care is often unaffordable and inaccessible.
"We need everyone to donate their used eyeglasses and hearing aids," said Lion Shirley Tobias, Club Spec Trek Coordinator. "In most developing countries, an eye exam or hearing test can cost as much as one month's wages and a single doctor may serve a community of hundreds of thousands of people. All we are doing is making space in ‘that' kitchen drawer"
Our 2008 collection broke another record as the people of Ringwood and Fordingbridge recycled 2008 pairs of glasses and 12 hearing aids which we launched onto their "Treck" back into use.
The donated glasses and hearing aids will be shipped to a regional Lions Recycling Center where they will be cleaned, repaired if necessary, categorized by prescription and prepared for distribution by Lions and other groups.
To donate used glasses and hearing aids, place them in the specially marked Lions Recycle For Sight collection boxes located at:
Ringwood Town Hall, Christchurch Road.
SpecSavers, Furlong, Ringwood,
Acnt, Ringwood High Street (hearing aids only)
Information Centre, Fordingbridge.
Raxworthys Christchurch
