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Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers

Our Answer to a Global Need

Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers (LERCs) are located around the world – in Australia, Canada, France, Italy, South Africa, Spain and the United States. Glasses collected by local Lions clubs are sent to a regional LERC where Lion volunteers:

Prepare the glasses for distribution
Ship large quantities of prepared glasses to humanitarian distribution teams
Supply Lions permanent clinics with an inventory of prepared glasses

LERC Locations

Lions host 17 Eyeglass Recycling centers in the USA and around the world.

USA

Requesting Eyeglasses for Missions

When requesting quantities of recycled eyeglasses from a LERC for mission use, your organization is responsible for:

Assuring the LERC that the eyeglasses will be given to needy people at no charge
Providing shipping instructions
Paying for the cost of shipping the eyeglasses
Arranging customs clearance
Reporting the results of the mission within two weeks of completion (number of people served and number of people fitted with glasses)

BY THE NUMBERS

120

The number of villages in Mali that received access to clean water as a result of a joint project involving Lions in Mali and France, with help from LCIF.

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