The club collects used and/or abandoned spectacles and sunglasses from a variety of sources i.e.: Fareshare, Ventura Buses, Optometrist at Forest Hill Chase, Southern Cross Railway Station/Wilson Security/members. All this is very ably coordinated by Len B, Bruce S and Colin R.
So where do all these glasses end up?
- 4 boxes of spectacles (399 pairs)and Sunglasses (126 pairs) were donated to Julie Tyers who spoke at our meeting on 15 January 2020 – she runs a Not For Profit in Ethiopia called “Eyes For Africa” which is a cataract project (RAWCS project number 45/11-12)
- Over 100 spectacles were given to Past District Governor, Janne Spiers, of District 9820 in the first part of 2019. She recently advised they were being sent to an isolated community west of Alice Springs as part of the Trachoma project.
- Regularly donate spectacles/sunglasses to the Taveuni Eye Project (based in Fiji) via the Rotary Club of Boronia