Eyeglasses
Lions are recognized worldwide for their service to the blind and visually impaired. This service began when Helen Keller challenged the Lions to become her ‘knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness’ at the 1925 Lions International convention.
Today, in addition to the SightFirst program, run by the Lions Club
International Foundation, Lions extend their commitment to sight conservation through countless local efforts:
- Lions provide 600,000 free professional glaucoma screenings and make possible 20,000 corneal transplants each year.
- Lions establish and support a majority of the world's eye banks, hundreds of clinics, hospitals and eye research centers worldwide.
- Lions provide thousands each year with free quality eye care, eyeglasses, Braille-writers, large print texts, white canes and guide dogs.
- Lions collect more than 3 million pairs of used eyeglasses each year for distribution in developing countries.
- Since 1990, Lions have contributed over US$350 million to help improve vision worldwide.
Lions are also involved in a variety of other activities to improve their communities and help people in need, such as assisting the hearing-impaired, working with diabetes awareness and education, environmental projects and youth programs.
To support these efforts, Lions collect old eyeglasses for recycling and reuse. If you have old eyeglasses that someone could use, we have drop boxes at:
- Airport Restaurant, 417 East Roy E Furman Highway, Waynesburg
- Alan Eye Center, 1159 Morris Street, Waynesburg
- Cornerstone Care, 140 Church Street, Rogersville
- Edward Jones, 82 West High Street, Waynesburg
- First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Greene County, 25 East High Street, Waynesburg
- First National Bank of Pennsylvania, 1 West High Street, Waynesburg
- Humble Carpet, 1000 East High Street, Waynesburg
- McCracken Pharmacy, 595 East High Street, Waynesburg
- Regional Eye Associates, 226 Elm Drive, Waynesburg
- Rolling Meadows Nursing Home, 107 Curry Road, Waynesburg
- Sears Optical, 9 Greene Plaza, Waynesburg
If you are unable to make it to one of those locations, feel free to contact the Waynesburg Lions Club via and a Lion will contact you to arrange for pickup.