SANTA CRUZ HOST LIONS CLUB
Boxes of eye glasses ready for shipment
Eyeglass Recycling Locations
Goodwill Industries
350 Encinal Ave.
Santa Cruz
Midtown Optomery
550 Water Street
Santa Cruz
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
2025 Soquel Ave.
Santa Cruz
SPEX
124 Church St.
Santa Cruz
Steven E. Killgore
1667 Domincan Way. #132 A
Santa Cruz
Robert C. Jones M.D.
515 Soquel Ave.
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Optometric Center
904 Ceder St.
Santa Cruz
Cress Optical
526 Soquel Ave.
Santa Cruz
Branciforte Library
230 Gault St.
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Library
224 Church St.
Santa Cruz
Capitola Library
2005 Wharf Road
Capitola
Insight Eye Care Center
2121 41st Ave.
Capitola
Grey Bears
2710 Chanticleer Ave.
Santa Cruz
Sight for Sore Eyes
3555 Clares Ave.
Capitola
PAMF Audiology
2950 Research Park Dr.
Soquel
Santa Cruz Optical House
1515 Capitola Rd.
Santa Cruz
Costco Eye Center
220 Sylvania Ave.
Santa Cruz
Dr. Curtis Froid
1015 Mission St.
Santa Cruz
Dr Francis Kuo
346 Union St.
Santa Cruz
Fortier's Opticians
108 Walnut St.
Santa Cruz
Eye Q
1101 Pacific Ave.
Santa Cruz
Lions Dennis Alameda (left) and Michael Olson (right) congratulate Lion Steve Benson on the award he received
for his efforts in collecting used pairs of eyeglasses.
Santa Cruz Host Lions, together with community volunteers, collect used eyeglasses for donation to Lion’s Eyeglass Recycling Centers located throughout the world. The used eyeglasses are cleaned, repaired, and classified by description. The eyeglasses are then distributed to those in need by Lion volunteers and other organizations hosting optical missions in developing nations. Those who assist the Lions in their collecting efforts include: Palo Alto Medical Optical Department, Costco, Goodwill, Grey Bears, local libraries and numerous the local opticians and other organizations shown at the bottom of this page.
These efforts have resulted in the Santa Cruz Host Lions taking first place for eyeglass collections at the Lions District Convention. If you would like to help collect eyeglasses, email us at santacruzhostlionsclub@gmail.com and we will happily furnish you with a collection box. In the last year 8,000 pairs were collected thanks to chairman Lion Steve Benson!
Lions In Sight Volunteers
Eye Glasses Recycling
Lions in Sight of California and Nevada receives eyeglasses from Lions Clubs from all over California and Nevada and then prepares them for shipment to developing nations for distribution.
Live Oak Library
2380 Portola Dr.
Santa Cruz
Live Oak Senior Center
1777 Capitola Road
Santa Cruz
Insight Eye Care Center
255 D Mt. Hermon Road
Scotts Valley
Dr. Ben Popilsky Optometry
7551 Soquel Drive
Aptos
North Coast Vision
804 41st Avenue
Capitola
Aptos Optometric Center
3275 Aptos Rancho Road
Aptos
Plaza Lane Optometry
1537 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz
Plager Vision Center
1665 Dominican Way
Santa Cruz
Dr Thomas Suzuki
53 Aspen Way
Watsonville
Bay Eye Medical
1489 Main Street, Suite 101
Watsonville
Dr. Sylvia Lee and Dr. Corwyn Mosiman
386 S. Green Valley Rd., Suite 2
Watsonville