NEWBURYPORT — The Newburyport Lions Club is now offering two drop-off locations for used eyeglasses.
Added to the current location in front of Newburyport Public Library at 94 State St. is a new location at Newburyport Bank at the Market Basket Plaza entrance off Storey Avenue.
All used prescription and over-the-counter glasses, including sunglasses, are accepted. Over the past five years, residents of Newburyport and surrounding communities have donated 18,000 pairs of glasses.
The collected glasses are cleaned, measured and used by doctors serving in third world countries.