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The Cedar Hill Lions club collects used eyeglasses for recycling to those in need. The Lions Club Eyeglass Recycling Centers located throughout the world clean and prepare the collected glasses for distribution in developing countries where eye care is often unaffordable and inaccessible.

According to The World Health Organization, 153 million people have uncorrected refractive errors (near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism). Most of these vision impairments are quickly diagnosed and easy to treat with corrective lenses. Still, millions of people in developing nations are pushed deeper into poverty simply because they don't have glasses. They can't learn, because reading is difficult. They can't work to the best of their ability, because they can't see clearly. It costs Lions less than US$0.08 to provide a pair of recycled eyeglasses and change someone's life. For children, clear vision means a better education, healthier development and a better quality of life. For adults, it means greater employment opportunity and economic strength. For seniors it means less dependence on others.

Lions clubs collect millions of eyeglasses each year, making eyeglass recycling one of our most popular activities. You can help.

To donate used glasses (including sunglasses and reading glasses), place them in the specially marked Lions Recycle For Sight collection boxes located at these local sites in Cedar Hill:

• WalMart Vision Center
• US Post Office
• ChickFilA
• Vision City Optical
• Cedar Hill High School Nurse
• CustomEyes VisionCare (Dr Tony Tran)
• Eyecare Associates
• America's Best Optical
• Cedar Hill Eye Care 
• Lake Ridge Elementary
• High Point Elementary
• Bray Elementary
• Waterford Oaks Elementary
• Highland Elementary
• Plummer Elementary
• Coleman Middle School
• Ninth Grade Center
• Darryl Fenton (Edward Jones Investments)