05/13/2026
Press Release on behalf of our WayMorr Lions Club and Wrightstown High School:
Wrightstown FBLA partnered with the Way-Morr Lions club to hold its annual used eyeglass drive. 111 pairs of glasses and 6 hearing aids were collected. These glasses will go to the Wisconsin Lions Foundation’s (WLF) Eyeglass Recycling Center is located in Rosholt, Wisconsin. It is one of 19 Lions International Certified Eyeglass Recycling Centers in the world. On average 800,000 pairs of glasses are received here annually from the Lions of Michigan, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. When glasses are received, they are sorted and checked over to determine their condition. About 35% are disposed due to condition of the glasses. However, if a broken frame has gold or precious metal, volunteer Lions will strip it and save it to be smelted to offset the cost of running the program. Glasses that are in good condition, will be cleaned and packed into donated dairy crates. These crates are shipped to correctional facilities throughout Wisconsin where inmates from one federal and two state correctional facilities assist in the recycling process. They wash, read the prescriptions with a Lensometer and individually package the glasses into a plastic bag with the prescription written on them. Glasses are then packaged 50 pairs to a box according to prescription and gender. Through medical missions and the outreach of various groups, Lions eyeglass recycling centers throughout the world distribute eyeglasses to over 49 developing countries.
Wrightstown FBLA will continue to collect eyeglasses and hearing aids throughout the year if you have additional pairs you would like to recycle. Collection bins are located at Dick’s Family Foods, Unison Credit Union, Wrightstown Branch of the Brown County Library, Greenleaf Bank, and at the high school in the Business Education Department.
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Steven Doell
Business Education Teacher & FBLA Advisor
Wrightstown High School
(920) 532-0525 ext. 6419