Changing Lives, One Pair at a Time

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Lions Recycle for Sight

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Throughout the year, Lions, Leos and other volunteers collect used eyeglasses and deliver them to regional Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers (LERCs). LERC volunteers clean, sort by prescription strength and package the glasses. Recycled glasses are distributed to people in need in low and middle income communities where they will have the greatest impact.

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Eyeglass Recycling – How You Can Help

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Donate glasses and change someone's life. Imagine if you could help a child read. An adult succeed in his job. A senior maintain her independence. And provide a community with more opportunities to grow and thrive.

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Everyday, our recycled eyeglass programs do all of this and more. Here's how you can donate glasses and help.

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Drop Your Eyeglasses in Lions Collection Boxes

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You can drop off your usable eyewear at Lions-sponsored collection boxes in your community. Typical locations include libraries, schools, community centers, places of worship, coffee shops, optometrist offices and other public locations where communities socialize and get together. For information specific to locations in your community, contact your local Lions club.

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For a list of locations in the Lexington area click here.

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For a list of some locations in the Louisville area see below.

• KY Lions Eye Center - 301 E. Muhammad Ali Blvd, Louisville KY 40202

• Korrect Optical - 4036 Dutchmans Ln, Louisville, KY 40207

• Dr. Black's Eye Associates - 1102 Lyndon Ln Suite A, Louisville, KY 40222

• The Eye Care Institute - 1536 Story Ave, Louisville, KY 40206

• St. Matthews Vision Center - 4159 Shelbyville Rd, Louisville, KY 40207

• Louisville Muhammad Ali Intl. Airport - 600 Terminal Dr, Louisville KY 40209

• Sam's Club - 6622 Preston Hwy, Louisville, KY 40219

• Dr. Coker Family Eye Care - 432 Wall St, Jeffersonville, IN 47130

• Kentucky Eye Care - 6400 Dutchman's Lane, Louisville KY 40207

• Koby Karp - Dupont Medical Center,  4004 Dupont Circle, Louisville KY 40207

• Greenberg Lasik - 4004 B Dutchman's Lane, Louisville KY 40207

• America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses - 3618 Mall Road, Louisville KY 40218

• Gaddie Eye Center - 9850 Von Allmen Court #105, Louisville KY 40241

• Jaffe Lasik Plus - 4902 Shelbyville Road, Louisville KY 40207

• Vision First - 2110 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy., Louisville KY 40220

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The following Vision Works locations have collection boxes available across the state: 

• Owensboro -  5220 Frederica St, Owensboro, KY 42301   

• Louisville - 4655 Outer Loop, Louisville, KY 40219 

• Louisville  - 1001 Breckenridge Ln, St Matthews, KY 40207

• Louisville  -  100 W Market St, Louisville, KY 40202    

• Louisville - 5224 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, KY 40216    

• Elizabethtown - 1609 N Dixie Hwy Ste 100, Elizabethtown, KY 42701    

• Lexington - 3695 Nicholasville Rd Ste 150, Lexington, KY 40503    

• Louisville - 3571 Springhurst Blvd, Louisville, KY 40241    

• Lexington - 2312 Sir Barton Way Ste 170, Lexington, KY 40509    

• Richmond - 2115 Lantern Ridge Dr Ste U500, Richmond, KY 40475 

• Louisville - 13210 Shelbyville Rd Ste 101, Louisville, KY 40223    

• Louisville - 7945 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40291    

• Frankfort - 111 Jett Boulevard Ste 100, Frankfort, KY 40601   

• Georgetown - 450 Connector Rd, Georgetown, KY 40324    

• Florence - 7727 Mall Rd B, Florence, KY 41042    

• Somerset - 2007 S Hwy 27 Ste A, Somerset, KY 42501   

• Ashland - 500 Winchester Ave Ste 810, Ashland, KY 41101 

• Bowling Green - 2608 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green, KY 42104

• Hopkinsville - 4135 Fort Campbell Blvd, Hopkinsville, KY 42240    

• Paducah - 3910 Hinkleville Rd, Paducah, KY 42001    

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Other locations may be available. 

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