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Under the energetic leadership of Lion Ione Jorgensen, the Eugene Downtown Lions regularly collect used eyeglasses and hearing aids from approximately 60 sites situated throughout the Eugene area. Currently Lion Ione reports that 1,570 eyeglasses have been collected and 10 hearing aids.
Eyeglasses are sent to Portland for sorting and then on to the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility where 20 inmates clean, calibrating and sort the eyeglasses for mission. Eventually the mission-ready eyeglasses are distributed as part of the Lions Health Missions to developing countries. Each year Lions throughout the Multiple District 36 collect between 130,000 and 150,000 eyeglasses. Hearing aids, once collected, are sent to a refurbisher and then placed in the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation's Hearing Aid Bank for future recipients. |
