[Vision2020] Special request for eyeglasses and hearing devices

[Andreas Schou]

Just to add a little lagniappe to the top of Jeff's post:

This is very important. Though a lot of the poor's needs are covered
by government programs and well-supported nonprofit enterprises, there
are a lot of small but critical needs, like tampons and eyeglasses,
that fall through the cracks and are provided erratically when thery
are provided at all. For most people, being able to see or hear is a
necessary precondition to being to work, and eyeglasses or a hearing
aid can be that first step up back to self-sufficiency.

Most of these glasses are distributed in countries where poor vision
is a permanent disability. Some, in previous years, have been
distributed through agencies like Pullman's Community Action Agency
and Moscow's Community Action Partnership. If you've got spare glasses
kicking around, donate them. How many pairs of glasses do you wear,
anyway? They'll go to someone who needs them.

-- ACS



On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com> wrote:
>  Good evening Veeps.  This missive is to ask for your donation of your
> old glasses, broken or not.  Each year, the Moscow Central Lions Club
> accepts donations of unused/somewhat abused eyeglasses and hearing aids.
>
> We have placed donation boxes in most/perhaps all of the optometrists in
> Moscow.  If you have abandoned eyeglasses/hearing aids, you can drop
> them at the donation boxes noted above.
>
> Once or twice a year, we gather up the glasses/hearing aids and
> transport them to Seattle, where they are repaired and made available to
> folks that need them.  Often, items will be sent overseas to needed
> areas.  Glasses are distributed through the Lions International network.
>
> Last year, we sent approximately 3,000 pairs of glasses to the Seattle
> facility.
>
> So, if you have some old pairs ... well you know.  If you have questions
> about this project, let me know.
>
> Thanks, in advance, for participating.
>
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