"Sight Night is an experience we shall remember for a long time, every club should try it."
Sight Night
Trick-or-Treat, for Eyeglasses?
Sight Night is an annual eyeglasses collection project organized around Halloween or trick-or-treat in your community.
What is Sight Night? Sight Night is a national event sponsored by LensCrafters and Lions Clubs International. Volunteers from Lions, LensCrafters and other organizations across North America will canvass their neighborhoods and collect used eyeglasses during trick-or-treat. This is a great opportunity to partner with a Leo club, a local LensCrafters store, Scouts or other community youth organizations.
What kinds of eyeglasses are needed? All colors, shapes and sizes of children's and adult's prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses are needed, as well as nonprescription sunglasses. Eyeglass cases are not collected; you may want to find another group that accepts the cases.
What is done with the collected eyeglasses? Collected eyeglasses are cleaned, repaired and hand-delivered during optical missions to developing countries. These missions are sponsored by Lions, LensCrafters and in Canada only, Operation EyeSight Universal.
How can my club participate in Sight Night? Here is how:
Contact your local Lions Club to see if they are available to partner with your club for Sight Night. Contact the Club in early September 2008 to begin making your plans.Plan your activities and confirm the date for trick-or-treat in your community. Distribute news releases, PSAs and flyers in your community to promote the eyeglasses collection. Go door-to-door in your neighborhood with your children, grandchildren and other volunteers on October 31st or trick-or-treat night in your community and collect used eyeglasses.Following your collection, notify your contact with the total number of eyeglasses your club collected. Arrange for Lions Club eyeglass pick- up or deliver the collected eyeglasses to any LensCrafters store or carefully package the eyeglasses and ship them to the Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center nearest to you.Most of all, have a frightfully fun time!What if I want to help but am not available to volunteer? Look for Lions Club collection boxes in your town or take your eyeglasses to any LenCrafters store.
Where are Bartlett's Eyeglass Collection Boxes located? Bartlett Park District Community Center, Bartlett Library, Village Hall, Harris Bank, Sears Optical, United Church of Christ and more.
Sight Night is part of Give the Gift of Sight, a series of charitable vision care programs sponsored by LensCrafters Inc. and LensCrafters Foundation in conjunction with Lions Clubs International and other local charities.
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