Action #042

Recycle your specs

 
This action has been done 2,312 times which means that somewhere in the world 4,624 eyeballs aren't squinting at a blackboard
 
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They reckon 200 million people around the world need glasses every year, but can't afford them. People who can't see properly, can't do their jobs - and kids who can't see properly, can't learn at school.

A lot of people have an old pair or two lying around. And wearing two pairs at once unfortunately doesn't make you see twice as far. So send off your specs so they can sit on someone else's nose and help them read and write.

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  • Hoang Hoang did this action

    I love my specs

    Actually I'm using my old specs. I don't know why but I really like my first ones. My mother bought them for me the first time she's realized that I've been short-sighted. They're so comfortable to wear. 09 October 2010, 14:45
  • Sophia Sophia and friends did this action and got 10 people to do it too

    I'm looking through you

    I help spread the messege by using the Beatles song i'm looking though you, it really helped to get the action in peoples heads. 05 May 2010, 11:52
  • Katie Katie did this action

    Done!

    Recycled three pairs of old glasses today, hurrah! 15 March 2010, 20:06
  • Vish Vish did this action

    I hAv Problems wid my specs !!!!!! :)

    I have so many specs at home dat i dont hav enough space for mi self in my room.....
    Someone plsssssssszzzzzz.....Help me.....:)     05 January 2010, 14:05
  • Sabrina Herbst Sabrina Herbst did this action

    Recycled Glasses

    I actually did this a few weeks ago and, since I don't see myself needing a new pair again anytime during my participation in Mission 101, I'm going to count that incident. Basically, all I did was get a badly-needed new pair of glasses and when I was getting ready to leave, I was asked if I would like to donate my old pair since the frame itself was still in good shape and the lenses could probably be repaired (the protective coating had begun to flake off). I said that I would and now, they're probably being put to good use again! 02 January 2010, 17:27
  • Olly-ul Islam Olly-ul Islam and friends did this action and got 7 people to do it too

    Recycling

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzLSs2ZDmfs 09 July 2009, 13:03
  • Cris Cris did this action

    recyclling


    here in my country, actually in my home here in Argentina, we recycle the rubbish and since there is only one spot to do it, the people who take time to do them are very little compared to the size of the city (400.000)
    so here at home, we recycle everything we can, from plastic to paper.     22 February 2009, 14:59
  • mem mem did this action

    donating old glasses in australia


    - Lions Club Australia www.lionsclubs.org.au/recycle-for-sight/
    - Intrepid (old glasses & hearing aids) www.theintrepidfoundation.org/index.php?main_page=page&id=9&chapter=0&zenid=04740db523fdc2f0901aa9530aad3a46
    - OPSM www.opsm.com/Pages/opsmcommunity.aspx     12 July 2008, 00:48

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