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Newcastle Lions thrilled with public support for spectacles project

Newcastle Lions

In his address to Newcastle Lion  members at their first meeting on  Tuesday, Lion President  John  McDonagh said having helped to pack glasses dispatched to  France , that this was a wonderful example of the  Circular  Economy in action where we try to minimise waste, in this case spectacles. John also thanked the people of  Clough and  Newcastle for their fantastic financial support over the  Christmas period. As a result of this the Lions are now distributing the money raised by making donations to various groups.

On  Monday  John met up with four other Lion members to sort and pack glasses and cases. This would not have been possible with out the generosity of  Newcastle shops including  Saltrock, Regatta and  Essence who provided  strong boxes. As a result of recent spectacle collections just under  2,000 pairs of glasses and a large number of  spectacle cases were dispatched.

 

The glasses come from various location where collection bins are available, including our library,  GPs, and the opticians McGloins, Judith  Long Clough  Health  Centre and  Specs- Express and Eye  World  Kennedy  Centre  Belfast ,as well as the four  Belfast  City  Council recycling  centres. Having dispatched the glasses to  Lions  Medico France, the glasses are sorted and cleaned. Lion  Clubs all over the world then request these to help people in need. 


Newcastle Lion members,  Irene  Martin, President  John  Mc Donagh, Frank  McGreevy and  Terry  O'Reilly sort and pack glasses.



Seven large boxes containing  nearly  2,000 pairs of glasses bound for France.




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Affiliated by the Lions Club International under

District 133.

The Lions Club of Newcastle, County Down

was sponsored by the Lions Club of Downpatrick and Chartered on the 7th December 1984.

Charter Club Office Bearers were:

President: Peter Barr

Secretary: John Miller

Treasurer: Peter May

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