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
St. Mark Church
300 E. Cole, Wheaton, IL 60187
Advance Eye Care
1325 N. Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
Dental Health of Wheaton
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
Haltgren Funeral
304 N. Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
Gary Methodist Church
224 N. Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
Spectrios Eye Center
219 E. Cole, Wheaton, IL 60187
Clarendon Vision
760 Pasquinelli Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
Wheaton Library
225 N. Cross Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
Central DuPage Vision Center
27W185 Geneva Road, Winfield, IL 60180
Covenant Living at Windsor Park
124 Windsor Park Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188
Eyes on Wheaton
127 W. Wesley, Wheaton, IL 60187
Dr. Kim Lindenmuth
45 S. Park Boulevard, Glen Ellyn, IL
Danada Vision Center
324 E. Roosevelt Road, Wheaton, IL. 60189
Wheaton Bank & Trust
100 N. Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton, IL 601878
Wheaton Bank & Trust
370 S. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187
SCARCE
799 Roosevelt Road, Building 2, Suite 108, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Wheaton Chamber of Commerce
108 E. Wesley Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
Wheaton Eye Clinic
2015 N. Main 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.
