The Colorado Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (COLERC) processes the used eyeglasses collected by Lions in Colorado. COLERC is managed by a committee consisting of Dwight Steen and Fletcher Brown (Denver Den) John Spice (Golden), Carol Young (Arvada) and Dave Newman (Englewood). Anyone interested in joining the committee please contact any member.
Fifteen Clubs have attended training and work sessions through January 2024. Four Clubs have worked multiple times. Clubs in Pueblo and Gill are processing glasses and bringing the finished product to COLERC. Lions have worked a total of 839 hours and non-Lions have worked a total of 352 hours since July.
COLERC currently has 14,000 pairs of processed glasses in inventory. In September, all remaining processed glasses from Sterling were transferred to COLERC. These have been sorted, boxed are now in inventory. Since July, COLERC has distributed 2,500 pairs of prescription glasses, 9,050 readers, and 3,450 pairs of non-prescription sunglasses. Mission groups have taken glasses to Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Ghana, and Ethiopia
If your Club or other group (Church, work, neighbors, family, school, etc.) would like to volunteer at COLERC, contact Dwight Steen (Dwight.steen@gmail.com) or Fletcher Brown (brownsinco@gmail.com). For additional information please go to COLERC.org