The Lions have several Eyeglass Collection drop boxes for used eyeglasses. They get donated to people around the world. These are people that would otherwise not be able to get eyeglasses.
10 members of the Fort Vancouver Lions went to LERC (Lions Eyeglass Recycle Center) in Lacy, WA to learn how the eyeglasses we collect are cleaned, sorted, and tested before being distributed to people who need the eyeglasses. We had an opportunity to test some glasses, verifying the prescriptions, using the lensometer.
They were all very impressed with their operation.
As of the time of the visit, the Lions Clubs from this region have collected over 900,000 pairs of eyeglasses (just short of 1 million). Close to 100,00o have been donated to missions throughout the world from this recycling center.