Spare specs shared by Lions

SIX HUNDRED pairs of spare specs donated by Deloraine residents are set to go to third world countries, courtesy of Deloraine Lions.

Lions secretary Ted Carter said donors had dropped off their old glasses to local pharmacies and the medical clinic.

‘We’ll send them off to a Lions group in Redcliffe in Queensland’, he said.

‘They have the skills to repair and polish the glasses, then send them to countries such as Timor Leste.’

The Australian Lions’ Recycle for Sight project receives more than 600,000 pairs of used spectacles each year.

By the end of 2022 they believe they will successfully achieve their 2009 challenge of helping a million adults and children to see (for free) each year.

Ted said he had taken over the spectacle collection job from local Eric Richardson, who did it for many years.

‘In my two years in the job I sent 500 pairs in 2019 and now 600 pairs this year.’