TIMES RECORD • November 16, 2021
Most eye treatment people, such as New England Optics, will accept old glasses and ensure that they are reused. In addition, the local and Maine Lions Clubs have a tradition of collecting used eyeglasses. They send them to their own lab in Waldoboro where they are processed and distributed wherever they find the biggest need worldwide. In the same boxes, the Lions also collect complete hearing aids and old cell phones, refurbish them, and redistribute them worldwide. The phones are scrubbed and configured to only dial 911, then given to local police departments, or directly to women at risk, wherever they may be found. ~ Harry Hopcroft