Bloomington, Indiana Lions Club

Eyeglass, Hearing Aid, and Key Collection

 

Eyeglass and hearing aid recycling is one of the Lions most popular activities. Many local businesses have been so generous as to let us leave collection boxes (in which you can put both eyeglasses and hearing aids) at their sites. Many thanks to all these community supporters. 

 

What do we do with the ones we collect? Well, as for the glasses, we send them on to the State of Indiana collection center where they are sorted and many are mended. Then they are redistributed to Lions and vision projects around the world. Refractive errors can be easily corrected with eyeglasses, yet millions in developing nations lack access to basic eye care services. Lions have recognized the urgent need for corrective lenses and continue to lend their support to the Lions Recycle for Sight Program. We know that the Indiana University School for Optometry gets many of the glasses they take to their clinic in Mexico from the Lions Club collection service.

 

Where can you take your glasses/hearing aids in the area? 

 

•  Kroger  East and West Stores ask at their pharmacy counters 

• The Eye Center of Southern Indiana, 1011 W. 2nd Street, Bloomington

• St.Paul United Methodist Church, 4201 W. 3rd St., Bloomington

• First Presbyterian Church,  221 E. 6th St., Bloomington

• First United Methodist Church, 219 E. 4th St., Bloomington 

• First Christian Church, 205 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington 

• Williams Brothers Pharmacy, 574 S. Landmark Ave., Bloomington 

• Allen Funeral Home, 4155 S. Old St. Rd. 37, Bloomington

• Powell & Deckard Funeral Chapel, 300 E. 3rd Street (College Mall)

• Cohen Eye/Opthamology Associates, 2901 S. Mcintire Dr. Bloomington

• Optiks Eye Care, Bloomington Indiana

• Dr.Kristina Morse/Family Eye Care, 4619 W. Richland Plaza, Bloomington

• Clariti, 481 S. Landmark Ave., Bloomington 

• Precision Eye Group (Drs.Howard and Deckard), 325 S. Woodcrest Drive, Bloomington

• Pearle Vision, 2853 E. 3rd St., Bloomington (in College Mall, near Macy's)

• Dr. Tavel Family Eye Care, 2552 E. 3rd St., Bloomington

• Long Family Eye Care, 660 S. College Ave., Bloomington

• Landmark Eye Care, 355 Landmark Ave., Bloomington

• American Legion Post 18, 1800 W. 3rd St., Bloomington

• Salvation Army office, 111 No. Rogers Rd

• Sam's Club, 3205 W. State Road 45, Bloomington

• Hoosier Eye Doctor, 1105 S. College Mall Rd., Bloomington

• Insights Optical, 415 S. Clariz Blvd., Bloomington

• Brinegar Eye Care, 4001 E. 3rd St., Bloomington

• Belltone, 2088 S. Liberty Drive, Bloomington

• ENT Associates of Southern Indiana, 2920 McIntire Drive, Bloomington

• Garden Villa, 4111 W. Vernal Pike, Bloomington

• Meadowwood, 2455 N. Tamarake Trail, Bloomington 

• Bell Trace 800 N. Belle Trace Circle, Bloomington

• Redbud Hills, 3211 E. Moores Pike, Bloomington

• Deremiah-Frye Funeral Home - Greene & Harrell Chapel, 700 W. Gourley Pike, Bloomington

• Edward Jones, 2484 S. Walnut St., Bloomington 

• Greg Kuzmits Tax Service, 115 E. 2nd St., Bloomington 

 

So this project not only helps the environment by recycling, but we also help local students get training and service work, and we help those in need of glasses who otherwise couldn't afford it. And we do all of this because of our generous community partners and all of you who share your glasses and hearing aids with us. 

 

Key Collection

We also support the Zionsville Lions Club's efforts to college old keys (house, car, etc.) in order to raise money for the Indiana Lions Cancer Control Fund. The keys are stripped of alloys and then resold to make new recycled keys. You can drop off your old keys to the Salvation Army in Bloomington, 111 N. Rogers St.