This June I’ll be celebrating the anniversary of my LASIK surgery — that’s six years of seeing without the use of glasses.
So imagine my surprise when I found a stash of my old eyeglasses in a desk drawer. At one time I had called these my emergency glasses. Nothing is worse than taking a basketball to the face and having to wait for the replacement lenses to arrive. Totally reasonable. But at some point my preparedness morphed into hoarding and I now have five pairs I don’t need.
Luckily I know someone that can use them. The Lions Club International sponsors an eyeglass recycling program. After you give Lions Club your unwanted glasses–either by dropping them off at a collection site or by mailing them into a processing center–the glasses are sorted, tested to determine their prescription, and then distributed for clinics around the world. At the clinics locals are given sight tests and a new (to them) pair of glasses totally free!
Check out the video below and then redeem your hoarder self asap:
