Usable Eyeglasses Give New Life
Refractive errors can be easily corrected with eye glasses, yet millions living in low and middle income countries lack access to basic eye care services. Lions have recognized the urgent need for corrective lenses and collect usable glasses in their communities to support the Lions Recycle For Sight Program. See complete information about this service below.
Eyeglasses Collection Sites
Main Location
PARK NICOLET WAYZATA CLINIC – South Main Lobby Mailbox
250 Central Avenue North
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-1206
(952) 993-8250
www.parknicollet.com/Locations/Clinics/Wayzata
GOLDEN VALLEY
NORTHWEST EYE CLINIC & OPTICAL STORE
8501 Golden Valley Road, Suite 100 and 200
Golden Valley, Minnesota 55427-4472
(763) 417-7655
Eye Doctor Golden Valley | Ophthalmologist Golden Valley, MN
PARK NICOLLET GOLDEN VALLEY CLINIC & OPTICAL STORE
8401 Golden Valley Road, Suite 100
Golden Valley, Minnesota 55427-4488
(952) 993-8359
Park Nicollet Eye Care and Optical Store Golden Valley | HealthPartners & Park Nicollet
MINNEAPOLIS
HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER & OPTICAL STORE
715 South 8th Street, Level 4
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404-7530
(612) 873-5788
Eye Care - Hennepin Healthcare
MINNETONKA
BRIGHT EYES VISION CLINIC
13889 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305-1768
(763) 241-1090
Eye Doctors in Minnetonka & Otsego, MN | Bright Eyes Vision Clinic
PARK NICOLLET EYE CARE AND OPTICAL STORE MINNETONKA CARLSON PARKWAY CLINIC
15111 Twelve Oaks Center Drive
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55427-4488
(952) 993-8359
Park Nicollet Eye Care and Optical Store Minnetonka Carlson Parkway | HealthPartners & Park Nicollet
PLYMOUTH
CUB FOODS–PLYMOUTH WATERFORD – Front Customer Service Desk Collection Bucket
10200 6th Avenue North
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441-6386
(763) 541-9044
https://www.cub.com/
MESSIAH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH – Atrium Collection Bucket
17805 County Road 6
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447-2904
(763) 473-6968
PARK NICOLLET PLYMOUTH CLINIC – Front Entrance Airlock Collection Box
4155 County Road 101 North, Suite 1
Plymouth, Minnesota 55446-2307
(952) 993-8900
Park Nicollet Clinic Plymouth | HealthPartners & Park Nicollet
ST. PHILLIP THE DEACON LUTHERAN CHURCH
17205 County Road 6
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447-3043
(763) 475-7100
Home | St Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church | Plymouth Minnesota St. Philip The Deacon
VISIONSMITH
4190 Vinewood Lane North, Suite 109
Plymouth, Minnesota 55442-1771
(763) 559-5522
Optometrist in Plymouth, MN | VisionSmith
WESTGATE CHURCH
705 County Road 101 North
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447-3537
(763) 473-9463
ROSEVILLE
HUXLEY OPTICAL
1789 Lexington Avenue North, Suite “C”
Roseville, Minnesota 55113-6126
(651) 621-3684
Quality prescription glasses from $139 | Huxley Eyewear
WAYZATA
ART OF OPTIKS
747 Lake Street East
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-1712
(952) 404-2020
Eyewear Store & Optometry Wayzata MN - Art of Optiks
DIVISION OPTICAL
852 Lake Street East
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-4523
(952) 476-4185
FAMILY EYE CLINIC AND CONTACT LENS CENTER
1160 Wayzata Boulevard East
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-1963
(952) 473-7505
HUXLEY OPTICAL
1310 Wayzata Boulevard East
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-1952
(651) 373-0748
Quality prescription glasses from $139 | Huxley Eyewear
PARK NICCOLET WAYZATA CLINIC – South Main Lobby Mailbox
250 Central Avenue North
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-1206
(952) 993-8250
www.parknicollet.com/Locations/Clinics/Wayzata
REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH & CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
115 Wayzata Boulevard West
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-1597
(952) 473-1281
Redeemer Lutheran Church: Wayzata, MN
ST. BARTHOLOMEWS CATHOLIC CURCH AND SCHOOL
630 Wayzata Boulevard East
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-1743
(952) 473-6601
St. Bartholomew Catholic Church and School
WAYZATA COMMUNITY CHURCH
125 Wayzata Boulevard East
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-1596
(952) 473-8877
Wayzata Community Church - Inspire the world with the inclusive love of Jesus
Used Eyeglass Program
If you no longer need your used glasses or sunglasses, please consider donating them to the Lions. Minnesota Lions can accept prescription eyeglasses (frames with lenses intact), non-prescription sunglasses, and reading glasses. (No lenses without frames or frames without lenses, please.)
Why Donate Your Old Eyeglasses?
Globally, one child in four cannot see well enough to learn to read without eyeglasses.
By age 40, 90% of adults experience a decrease in their ability to read print and need eyeglasses.
Many emerging countries lack the resources to manufacture quality lenses, and the cost of importing eyeglasses is far beyond the means of the average citizen.
Millions fail to reach their economic, educational, and social potential without access to quality eyeglasses.
The World Health Organization estimates that the eyesight of one-fourth of the world’s population can be improved through the use of corrective lenses.
Unfortunately, for many a pair of glasses is both unaffordable and inaccessible. In developing countries, an eye exam costs as much as one month’s wages, and a single doctor may serve a community of hundreds of thousands of people.
How Are the Lions Helping?
For 80 years, individual Lions clubs and districts have collected old, unwanted eyeglasses for redistribution to the poor in developing countries. Lions and other volunteers donate travel expenses, time, and talent to dispense recycled eyeglasses free of charge to individuals in developing nations. Some people walk 50 miles to receive free eyeglasses from the Lions. It costs fewer than 8 cents to provide glasses to a person in a developing nation.
Minnesota Lions members have now collected more than twelve million pairs of eyeglasses. The Wisconsin Lions Foundation operates a regional facility in Rosholt, Wisconsin where Lions volunteers clean, repair, and classify the glasses by prescription. Glasses are then made available for medical mission work.
