Shown below are Lions Del Mayhew, our Delegate to Lions Community Outreach Foundation, and Martin Carr Chairman of International Affairs for us. Lion Del is presenting one of 20 some boxes of used eyeglasses to Lion Martin for shipment to Monrovia, Liberia.
The Damascus Lions Club collects used eyeglasses in the Damascus and Clarksburg areas. The Club generally collects approximately 4000 pairs in a year. The glasses are cleaned, repaired, calibrated and sorted for use in Third World Countries at two District Recycling Centers.
Lion Martin made arrangements as a team member of a United Methodist Mission Tripfor the Monrovia Lions in Liberia to have a clinic whereby Liberians could be fitted with used glasses donated to our Lions. Lions Martin and Del secured 8500 pair of ready-to-wear, boxed used eyeglasses from our recycling center to be shipped to Monrovia Liberia from the Damascus Lions Club. Thanks to the Damascus Community for helping to make it possible for another person to see!
