Recycle Eyeglasses in Coquitlam & Tricities
XO OPTIX
Save the planet while helping those who are less fortunate than us.
Do you have old and unbroken glasses that you don’t wear anymore? Perhaps they have an out-of-date prescription, or have simply just gone out of style. Don’t discard – Donate them!
XO OPTIX Vision Care gladly accepts donations of prescription eyeglasses and non-prescription sunglasses and distribute them to eye care organizations serving those in the developing countries. Organizations such as the Third World Eye Care Society (TWECS) collects, cleans, verifies, sorts donated eyeglasses, and distributes them to people in developing countries or areas where people can't afford glasses.
Most organizations travel with 10,000 pairs of glasses in order to match these individuals with the correct (or nearly correct) prescription. Glasses that are not paired with an individual are saved for use on future projects.
Eye care volunteers provide vision testing, refraction and eye health examinations for free. People who need vision correction are given a pair of glasses – again, at no charge – that match or come very close their prescription.
Please visit the Third World Eye Care Society Canada website:
