An upgrade has been made to the Mathews Lions Club Eyeglass Recycling Center, with a new Visionix VX 40 Lensometer now in operation. “We are proud of the work this local recycling center does,” said Mathews Lions Club president Doug Grandon.
“We get glasses from all over the place, we pick them up, bring them in, and get them ready for reuse,” he explained. All of the glasses donated to the Lions Club go through a process of cleaning, sanitizing and labeling to be sent to Chesapeake for distribution worldwide.
With the upgraded machine, Grandon’s son and Lions Club member Eric, who is blind, is able to operate the Lensometer. While Eric uses the machine to read the lens prescription, his father is able to focus on labeling, speeding up the entire process.
The process begins by running the glasses through a dishwasher donated to the Mathews Lions Club. From there, the glasses are brought out in a tub to the main room to be polished with isopropyl alcohol.
“We take the washed glasses, we...