Lions Club Spain
Grupo VAPF is gladly collaborating with the eyeglass collection charity organized by the Lions Club. VAPF has located in its offices a collector case where local people can place their old or disused glasses to be sent to the Club.
The glasses received by Lions Club and other volunteers will be recycled in Spain, one of the club’s ten collection centers in the world. The used eyeglasses are cleaned, repaired and classified by prescription. Later, Lions volunteers -and other organizations aiming to protect the eyes of people in developing countries- distribute the glasses to the needy.
The eyeglass recycling center -located at San Vicente del Raspeig- has distributed more than 100,000 pairs of glasses to needy countries since 2010.
The Lions Club is a leading service organization that has become one of the world largest. Its members (the Lions) are people loyal to the principle that no one better than the inhabitants of a town or community, to find out who and why needs help.
Since its founding in 1917, the Lions Clubs has offered to professionals, entrepreneurs, men and women featured in the community, an enabling environment to share their success with those less fortunate.