Colorado Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center

Colorado Lions MD6 participates in the Lions Clubs International "Recycle For Sight" program by collecting used eyeglasses. In Colorado, after used glasses have been collected, they are separated by type (broken (unusable), non-prescription sunglasses, readers, specialty including prescription sunglasses, and all usable prescription glasses. All usable prescription glasses are cleaned, scanned to determine the optics of each pair and sorted by prescription. They are then boxed for distribution to various organizations who distribute them in the U.S. and around the world to people that do not have access to glasses. Used eyeglasses are made available from the recycling and distribution center. 

The mission of the Colorado Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (COLERC) is threefold:

• COLERC collects used eyeglasses from through out the state of Colorado from vision centers and other organizations.  

• COLERC provides used eyeglasses to Lions and other group missions providing vision screening and assistance in developing countries. Recycled glasses are supplied only under the guidelines of Lions International Eyeglass Recycling Center policy and procedures. We only ship domestically.

• COLERC coordinates missions to various areas of Colorado to provide glasses for the Colorado school children.

The Colorado Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (COLERC) is a 501-c3 organization for the Multiple District 6. It includes the District Processing Centers located in District 6C, Denver Colorado and District 6C, 6NE, 6SE and 6W Lions clubs collecting and sorting of used eyeglasses.

For more information, visit the COLERC website: https://www.colerc.org/

For a list of donation locations near you, click here: https://denverlions.org/page/eyeglass-donations