Updated Dropoff Locations for Eyeglasses and Hearing Aids

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Through Recycle for Sight, Lions collect new and gently used eyeglasses and sunglasses in collection bins at a variety of locations in their communities including libraries, doctors’ offices, schools, sidewalks, banks, and retail stores. The glasses are then shipped to the nearest Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center, where volunteers sort the glasses, clean them and determine their prescription strength. After carefully packaging the refurbished spectacles, Lions store them until they can be distributed, usually through humanitarian missions to developing nations.

Lion volunteers and eye care professionals screen thousands of children and adults during sight missions, providing them—free of charge—with prescription lenses, frames and ultimately a better quality of life. Lions also provide recycled glasses to nonprofit organizations focused on eye care, as well as to optometry college groups, religious organizations, and military assistance groups, which also distribute to people in need.

P.S. We also collect used hearing aids; which are cleaned, refurbished, and made available at reduced prices to those who cannot otherwise afford hearing assistance.

Olney: MedStar Montgomery Medical Center (lobby), Fletcher’s BP Service, Sandy Spring Bank, EyeWorks Vision Care Center, Quality Optical, Montgomery County Library, My Eye Dr.

Sandy Spring: Friends House, Sherwood High School

Cloverly: Safeway Pharmacy

Ashton: Ashton United Methodist Church, Dempsey’s Restaurant, Just Hair Studio

White Oak: Hines-Rinaldi Funeral Home

Brookeville: Salem United Methodist Church

Silver Spring: Holiday Park Senior Center, Schweinhaut Senior Center, White Oak Senior Center

We have also added this as a permanent page on our website, accessible through the menu dropdown.

Christmas Tree Sales Begin Friday!

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The Sandy Spring Lions Club is once again selling Christmas trees and handmade Frasier Fir wreaths beginning FRIDAY, November 25th at the old Montgomery General Hospital grounds, located at Olney Sandy Spring Road and Prince Phillip Drive.

The tree lot will be open from 4 – 7 PM on Thursdays/Fridays and 10 AM to 7 PM on Saturdays/Sundays and will continue until all the trees are sold.  This is our major annual fundraiser and proceeds benefit our Lions Club programs which returns 100% of the proceeds to charitable projects, mostly in the local community.  Cash, checks AND CREDIT CARDS will be accepted and Lion’s collection buckets available for donations. Sizes available include: 3′ Tabletop,  5’ – 6’,   6’ – 7’,   7’ – 8’,    9’ and 10’ 

The Sandy Spring Lions Club has been serving the community for more than 75 years.   While selling our trees and wreaths, we collect eyeglasses and hearing aids in support of the Lions Recycle For Sight & Hearing Program & have donation buckets available to support our Foundation.  Please spread the word to your friends and neighbors in the area to visit us & buy a great Fraser Fir Tree/Wreath before we sell out!

Our wreath construction elves create with our own trimmings & donated tree boughs to create/decorate a targeted 75 wreaths this year.  Due to the Elf-donated materials, all wreath sales are 100% profit to our club.  Our Lions, LEOs, friends, & wonderful Elves all volunteer their precious hours best exhibiting the Lions motto: WE SERVE!! 

Reminder: Light Bulb Exchange this Saturday 10am-1pm

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On Saturday September 10th, the Sandy Spring Lions are co-hosting a lightbulb exchange event with free lightbulbs provided by Montgomery County. The location is New Hope Presbyterian Church at 17930 Bowie Mill Rd, Derwood, MD 20855. Please come and join us to exchange your bulbs and enjoy each other’s company.

This event offers MoCo residents the opportunity to dispose of all incandescent (trash) and CFL bulbs (proper disposal-Mercury) held by the resident.  In return, each person will be provided an exchange of up to three (3) A-19 Warm (w/some daylight) 60 Watt equivalent LED bulbs.