The Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions Club donated 200 pairs of new reading glasses to the Volunteer Health Program (VHP), which will use them for its worldwide eye-health missions.
Blindness and eye health are the signature causes of the Lions. They collect and recycle old glasses to be distributed to those in need around the world. Residents can deposit in Lions”™ eyeglass recycle boxes in many businesses, libraries, post offices and town centers.
VHP is a nonprofit health care program founded in 1992 that focuses on primary medical and surgical eye care to underserved rural areas in the Dominican Republic. It distributes hundreds of corrective glasses in addition to providing cataract, strabismus, ocular plastics and Pteurygium surgeries.
The Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions are part of Lions Clubs International, the world”™s largest service organization.
