Current Volunteer Opportunities Where Help Is Needed
Used Eyeglasses Collection – Jeff Orne 480.688.1862 Pick up Eyeglasses from one or more of the 100 Denver Lions collection boxes in metro Denver.
Used Eyeglass Sorting - Jeff Orne 480.688.1862 - Sorting the collected eyeglasses into five categories at sorting events.
Eyeglass Processing – COLERC - Fletcher Brown 303.619.8486 Dwight Steen 303.653.8780. Processing sorted eyeglasses at the Colorado Eyeglass Recycling Center: washing/sanitizing, reading RXs, packaging for distribution to eyeglass missions
COLERC – Manager of discarded Eyeglasses - The COLERC process generates unusable eyeglasses which are shipped to a recycler in California for further processing. This position manages the collection and shipment of these glasses. Time commitment – 2 hours per month. For details, see Fletcher Brown: 303.619.8486; Dwight Steen: 303.653.8780
KidSight - Lions Club volunteers throughout Colorado conduct vision screening sessions at preschools, kindergartens, and other early childhood centers. The screeners use PlusOptix equipment, which is very user-friendly. One significant benefit of screening kids is that when a child is referred to an eye doctor, you know you made a difference in that child's life.
Rosepetal Van de Graaf 720.232.7103
COLERC Website - the current website is designed. The platform is Google Sites which is easy to use. What is needed is someone to manage the updates, which would be one to two hours per month. Contact Lion Fletcher
Speech Contest -The Lions Clubs host annual youth speech and public speaking contests globally and regionally to build leadership and communication skills, offering monetary prizes or scholarships as winners advance from local club levels through zone, district, and state.
See Lion Fletcher for details 303.619.8486 brownsinco@gmail.com