Eye Glass Trip to Chinandega, Nicaragua January 25 – February 4, 2013
The Eye Glass Story
Rosholt, WI
WI Lion’s Eyeglass Recycling Center • • • • • • • •
1 of 9 worldwide such centers Sort Clean Categorize Bag and label Box > 1 million pairs of glasses processed > 450,000 distributed to developing countries
Glasses are tested and labeled at 3 institutions in WI • Columbia Correctional Institution.. • Portage, WI • Oxford Federal Correctional Institution.. • Oxford, WI • Sauk County Jail… • Baraboo, WI
Columbia Correctional Institution, Portage, WI
Shipped from W/NP warehouse in Stevens Point, WI to W/NP warehouse in Managua, Nicaragua
Final destination: Chinandega, Nicaragua Glasses fitted and distributed to those most in need