NEW JERSEY LIONS EYEGLASS RECYCLING CENTER

New Jersey Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center, Inc.
c/o The Katzenbach School for the Deaf
320 Sullivan Way
West Trenton, NJ  08628

Send Mail to:   NJ Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center
                          P.O. Box 7263
                          West Trenton, NJ  08628

Tel / Fax:          609-530-3485

     Contact:  Alan P. Brewer, President
                      Council Chair MD 16 (2007-08)
                      Phone and Fax:  908-782-4232
                      e-mail:  NJLions16d@aol.com

     Contact:  Mary Devon O'Brien, Secretary
                      Past Council Chair, MD 16
                      Phone:  973-763-4135    
                      Fax:  973-763-2661
                      e-mail:  MaryDevon@msn.com

Number of eyeglasses collected in 2005-06: 806,800
Number of eyeglasses distributed in 2005-06: 71,351

Eyeglasses at the center are processed with the help of students from the Katzenbach School for the Deaf and the Special Service School for the Mercer County Community.  Prisoners from two local institutions are also utilized for eyeglasses processing.  The center continually sponsors missions to Mexico and the Dominican Republic, organizing participation from optometrists and other medical professionals.  The center has also coordinated equipment loans between other Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers and mission groups.

In 2000, at their state convention, Lions Multiple District 16 gave approval for the center to be a state project of New Jersey.