Old Glasses Give New Life!

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 153 million people around the world have uncorrected refractive errors (near-sightedness, far-sightedness and astigmatism). Refractive errors can be easily corrected with eyeglasses, yet millions of people in low and middle-income countries lack access to basic vision services. Without eyeglasses many people throughout the world have fewer opportunities for education, employment and a better quality of life.

The Austin Downtown Lions Club would like you to donate your used eyeglasses. The glasses that we collect are shipped to the Texas Lions Eyeglasses Recycling Center in Midland Texas where trained volunteers sort, clean and determine the prescription strengths of the glasses. Prepared glasses are stored in the warehouse until they are requested for distribution by Lions and other groups. Each year, the Texas Lions Eyeglasses Recycling Center supplies 60-80 missions sponsored by church groups, physicians and other organizations with used eyeglasses.

To donate used glasses (including sunglasses and reading glasses), place them in the specially marked Lions Recycle for Sight collection boxes found at various community locations. Below you will find a list of locations where collection boxes are available.

If your Austin area business or facility would like to be a collection location for eyeglasses, please call (512) 441-1555, leave a message or send an email to  and we will get back to you.

Lion	Facility	Address	City	ZIP	Phone
Van Meter, Jim	Central Christian Church	12th & Guadalupe	Austin	78701	476-6941
Hastings, Mark	Central Presbyterian Church	200 E. 8th Street	Austin	78701	472-2445
Hastings, Mark	Hastings Communication Services	825 W 11th Street	Austin	78701	476-6358
Hastings, Mark	Senior Activity Center	2874 Shoal Crest Ave	Austin	78705	474-5921
Hastings, Mark	Capitol Optical Salon	1009 E. 40th St, #201	Austin	78751	451-5226
Hastings, Mark	Costco Wholesale	4301 W. Wm. Cannon Dr.	Austin	78749	382-3011
Hastings, Mark	Cook-Walden Funeral Home	6100 North Lamar	Austin	78752	454-5611
Robinson, Patti	Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired	1100 West 45th Street	Austin	78756	454-8631
Kirksey, J.P.	Manchaca Baptist Church	1215 West FM 1626	Manchaca	78652	282-0875
Najvar, Larry	Capitol Optical Salon Northwest	11901 Jollyville Rd.	Austin	78759	250-8485
Ratcliffe, Richard & Karen	EyeMasters	Barton Creek Mall	Austin	78746	329-0703
Ratcliffe, Richard & Karen	EyeMasters	Highland Mall	Austin	78752	454-9421
Ratcliffe, Richard & Karen	Dr. Ryder at WalMart	North Austin	Austin
Ratcliffe, Richard & Karen	Dr. Ryder at WalMart	Round Rock	Round Rock
Ratcliffe, Richard & Karen	Austin Vision Center	2415 Exposition Blvd # D	Austin	78703	477-2282
Ratcliffe, Richard & Karen	Bellingrath Optics	Barton Creek Mall	Austin	78746	306-9665
Ratcliffe, Richard & Karen	TSO	Barton Creek Mall	Austin	78746	327-3605
Ratcliffe, Richard & Karen	TSO	Capital Plaza	Austin	78723	451-0229
Ratcliffe, Richard & Karen	Westlake Vision Center	3010 Bee Cave Rd	Austin	78746	327-7050
Ratcliffe, Richard & Karen	IRS - Nurses Station	IRS South IH35	Austin	78741
Hammett, Sam	Franklin Bank	721 W Highway 290, #100	Dripping Springs	78620	858-1256
Watson, Robert	Sams Club	Hwy 290 W	Austin
Watson, Robert	Walmart	Hwy 290 W	Austin
Watson, Robert	Dr. Taylor Eye Clinic	William Cannon	Austin
Watson, Robert	Seton Hospital Southwest, Eye Clinic	RR 1826	Austin
Watson, Robert	TSO	7101 Hwy 71 W., Suite A3	Austin	78735	288-6555
Watson, Robert	Texan Eye Surgery	MoPac & Bee Cave	Austin
Watson, Robert	Sheppard of the Hills Lutheran Church	3525 Bee Cave Rd	Austin	78746	327-3370
Munguia, Rudy	Robert Ross Optomitrist	Jefferson Square	Austin
Richardson, Mike	National Eye Clinic	Burnet & RR 2222	Austin
Summers, Glenda	Westlake United Methodist Church	1460 Red Bud Trail	Austin	78746	327-1335
Burns, Ed	Westminster Manor	4100 Jackson Ave	Austin	78731	454-2140
Martin, Bill	LasikPlus Vision Center	9705 Research Blvd, Suite C	Austin	78759	382-3850