PILLARS OF SERVICE
EYEGLASS DEPOSIT BOX LOCATIONS
Wheaton area residents are encouraged to donate their used eyeglasses, sunglasses, hearing aides, cell phones and metal keys to the Wheaton Lions Club. Complete eyeglasses rather than just the lenses are needed. You can use these deposit boxes for all of the above.
Wheaton Leisure Center (Memorial Park), 208 W. Union Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
Williams Kamp Funeral Home, 430 E. Roosevelt Road, Wheaton, IL 60187
Advance Eye Care, 1325 N. Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
McBeth Dental Health, 949 W. Liberty Drive, Wheaton, IL 60187
Wheaton Park District Community Center, 1777 S. Blanchard Road, Wheaton, IL 60189
St Paul Lutheran Church, 515 S. Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187
Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main Street, Wheaton IL 60187
Gary Methodist Church, 224 N. Main Street, Wheaton 60187
Spectrios Eye Center, 219 E. Cole, Wheaton, IL 60187
Wheaton Library (Three levels), 225 N. Cross Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
Central DuPage Vision Center, 27W185 Geneva Road, Winfield, IL 60190
Eyes on Wheaton, 127 W. Wesley, Wheaton, IL 60187
Danada Vision Center, 324 E. Roosevelt Road, Wheaton, IL 60189
Wheaton Bank and Trust, 100 N. Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187
Wheaton Bank and Trust, 370 S. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187
SCARCE, 800 S. Rohlwing Road, Addison, IL 60101
Wheaton Eye Clinic, 2015 Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
Twice is Nice-Retail Shop, 893 Geneva Road, Carol Stream 60188
Stars Retail Shop, Front Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
Purple Manatee Resale Shop, 241 W. St. Charles Rd, Lombard, IL 60148
Pearle Vision, 811 Butterfield Road, Wheaton, IL 60189
Vision Eye Care, 1706 E. Roosevelt Road, Wheaton IL 60189
Milton Township Office, 1492 N. Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
America's Best, 146 Danada Square West, Wheaton, IL 60187
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Vision Works, 109 Danada Square East Wheaton, IL 60189
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America's Best, 2934 Finely Road, Downers Grove, IL 60515
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Wheaton Lions Den, 120 E. Wesley Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
For over 80 Years, individual Lions clubs and districts in the U.S., Canada and several other developed countries have collected used, unwanted eyeglasses, sunglasses and hearing aids for re-distribution to the poor in developing nations. Patients search through the array of recycled eyeglasses and find the pair that best fits their eyesight correction requirements, much like those who buy "reading" glasses at the drug store.
When a notable amount of glasses and hearing aids are collected, Lion Rod Irey takes them to the Lions of Illinois Foundation in Sycamore, Illinois. They in turn send the eyeglasses to Lions International for shipment overseas to be given to needy families.
In FY 2019 Lion Rod Irey brought 2,000 pairs of eye glasses and several hearing aids down to the Illinois Lions headquarters. They will be examined by the Lions and then donated to people in need around the world.