A new lease of life for glasses? Good call!
The Oualichi Lions Club gives a new lease of life to pairs of glasses that are no longer needed. And it’s an idea that’s well worth considering: once collected, they are sent to Dominica to be recycled — a process that isn’t possible in Saint Martin — before returning to the territory to be redistributed, primarily to secondary school pupils, but also to anyone who cannot afford to buy their own. Because when you change your lenses, you often change your frames as well… and the old pair usually ends up at the back of a drawer. It’s a shame, when you realise they could still be useful to someone else. So the right thing to do is quite simple: drop off your old glasses in one of the Lions Club boxes set up at numerous collection points. Simply pop into an optician’s (Céleste et Clémentine or New Vision in Marigot), a bookshop (Librairie des Isles in Concordia or the one in Mont Vernon), pharmacies (Pharmacies de la Lagune in La Baie Nettlé, Grand Case and Quartier d’Orléans) and even the one at the Concordia veterinary clinic or the Louis Constant Fleming Hospital (the box is right there at reception). It really is a tiny gesture for those who can afford new glasses, but one that can make a real difference to those who need them. To everyone who has read this article and our ‘Reading Break’ of the week… there’s no need to spell it out: you’ll understand just how much being able to see properly can change things.
The Oualichi Lions Club gives a new lease of life to pairs of glasses that are no longer needed. And it’s an idea that’s well worth considering: once collected, they are sent to Dominica to be recycled — a process that isn’t possible in Saint Martin — before returning to the territory to be redistributed, primarily to secondary school pupils, but also to anyone who cannot afford to buy their own. Because when you change your lenses, you often change your frames as well… and the old pair usually ends up at the back of a drawer. It’s a shame, when you realise they could still be useful to someone else. So the right thing to do is quite simple: drop off your old glasses in one of the Lions Club boxes set up at numerous collection points. Simply pop into an optician’s (Céleste et Clémentine or New Vision in Marigot), a bookshop (Librairie des Isles in Concordia or the one in Mont Vernon), pharmacies (Pharmacies de la Lagune in La Baie Nettlé, Grand Case and Quartier d’Orléans) and even the one at the Concordia veterinary clinic or the Louis Constant Fleming Hospital (the box is right there at reception). It really is a tiny gesture for those who can afford new glasses, but one that can make a real difference to those who need them. To everyone who has read this article and our ‘Reading Break’ of the week… there’s no need to spell it out: you’ll understand just how much being able to see properly can change things.
