So you’ve decided to have a refractive surgery like LASIK or PRK, you’re getting excited at the prospect of seeing better than you ever have without correction.
Your eye doctor has told your current glasses will be useless for you. You probably have multiple pairs (68% of people have at least 2 pairs of prescription glasses) and you don’t know what to do with them.
Lion’s Club
The Lion’s Club is an international organization, active within 200+ countries. They have 5 core areas of focus for helping communities, including diabetes, hunger, childhood cancer, environment, and vision.
There are 47,679 local clubs and each works primarily on the focus their community has the greatest need for.
There are 10 districts in Wisconsin alone and there are 16 individual clubs within 15 miles of our office!
In 2021, over _______ pairs of glasses were donated to the Lions Club and they helped ______ people get glasses who couldn’t otherwise afford them.
We have a Lions Club donation box in our lobby, so bring in all your glasses with you to your procedure day!
Re-Use
Even after refractive surgery, we still recommend high quality sunglasses and many frames can be repurposed with tinted and mirrored lenses.
We recommend sunglasses for many reasons:
UV protection helps keep damaging rays of light from hitting the natural lens and retina of your eyes. UV light can lead to macular degeneration or early cataract formation.
Skin protection; did you know 10% of all skin cancers are around the eyes? Having some extra UV protection can benefit your skin along with the inside of your eyes.
Better clarity through polarized lenses. They help cut down glare and improve contrast when out doors and make the world easier to see.
