SERVE at Home is a way for your family to spread kindness and help our community on your own, anytime, anywhere! We want to keep Austin volunteering all week long!

October is Blindness Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about vision loss and the importance of access to vision care. Millions of people around the world lack access to eyeglasses that could correct common vision problems and help improve their opportunities for education, employment, and everyday life.

Help the Texas Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center Foundation (TLERC) make a difference by donating gently used eyeglasses, including sunglasses and reading glasses. TLERC recycles eyeglasses for use in Texas, the United States and around the world. Each year, TLERC supplies 60-80 missions sponsored by church groups, physicians and other organizations with used eyeglasses. During their missions, eye care professionals and trained Lion and Leo volunteers perform vision screenings and dispense the appropriate recycled glasses, free of charge, to children and adults in need.

Activity Directions

Work with your family to collect gently used glasses, including sunglasses and reading glasses, to donate. Please note, contact lenses cannot be accepted.

Donations can be delivered to specially marked Lions Recycle for Sight collection boxes found at various community locations or mailed directly to Texas Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center.

If mailing, place the glasses in an appropriate envelope or box. DO NOT seal it.

Package must have the words “FREE MATTER FOR THE BLIND OR HANDICAPPED” in the upper right corner where postage would normally be placed. It may be printed, rubber stamped or handwritten.

Detailed mailing instructions can be found HERE. Donations can be mailed to:

Texas Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center
2550 Flynt Ave
Midland TX 79701

Activity Requirements

• This Generation SERVE activity will be done from your home, and you will need to provide the materials.
• This activity is great for all ages!
• This activity is a part of our Family Volunteering program and designed to be a family experience. At least two family members, including at least one adult, are required to work alongside each other for these activities and experience volunteerism together.

SERVE at Home Program Information

Our SERVE at Home activities are a way for your family to spread kindness and help our community on your own, anytime, anywhere! Work with your family to complete this activity anytime during the month. Be sure to take pictures of your family working together on this project so we can certify your submission when you are done. We ask that SERVE at Home activities be completed within the month of the calendar listing or within 7 days of the listing, whichever time frame is longer.

After you RSVP for this event, we will send you an email with a form for you to submit your photos and let us know you've completed the activity!

More About Our Partner

Texas Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (TLERC) is a nonprofit organization that collects, processes, and recycles donated eyeglasses to help provide vision care to people in need around the world. Based in Midland, Texas, TLERC has distributed hundreds of thousands of eyeglasses since the 1990s and also produces new prescription glasses for children who otherwise may not have access to vision care.