Vision Extended
Hundreds of thousands of people in developing countries can read and sew again, build cabinets or plow a straight row because an MMI team fitted them with a good pair of used glasses.
Some of our patients have never owned a pair of eyeglasses. Our computerized inventory of used prescription eyeglasses makes it possible to find exact or close matches for patients with varying combinations of prescriptions and frame sizes. Donated eyeglasses, sunglasses, frames and cases from all over Canada are sent to our warehouse in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
We sort and wash the eyeglasses suitable for our patients. Eyeglass collections are assembled for MMI projects by determining prescriptions with an auto lensometer and entered into a computerized inventory system. Your glasses may be tagged for a little town in Central or South America, Eastern Europe, or Southeast Asia.
Want to get involved?
In Canada:
Volunteers are needed to help sort eyeglasses and prepare collections at the Canada warehouse in Stoney Creek. Click here to email the Canada office for our current schedule of work parties. If you would like to help collect eyeglasses, please see our Letter to Eyeglass Collectors.
Boxes of glasses can be sent to our Canada Warehouse:
Via Canada Post to:
PO Box 56086
Stoney Creek, Ontario L8G 5C9
Via Courier to:
455 Barton Street – Unit 4
Stoney Creek, Ontario L8E 2L7
In Person:
In the US:
We are now consolidating our efforts to collect used eyeglasses and all collections will now be handled in our MMI Canada warehouse. As a result, we no longer have a need to receive used eyeglasses in the USA. If you or your church would like to support the MMI eye program, we do need funds to purchase NEW reading glasses. A $1.00 donation can provide a patient with new reading glasses. Please send financial gifts to MMI, P.O. Box 1339, Allen, TX 75013.
If you have access to new reading glasses in quantity, please contact Rick Skinner.
If you would like to continue collecting used eyeglasses in the USA, we would like to introduce you to one of our partnering ministries. Crosslink International’s mission is to supply short-term medical teams, including MMI medical projects, with a wide variety of medical supplies.
For more information about Crosslink please visit www.crosslinkinternational.net.
Crosslink will gratefully receive all donated used eyeglasses in the USA at the following address:
C/O David Lewis200 East Parkway North (in the First Baptist Church)
Memphis, TN 38112
901.323.8477
dclewis@crosslinkinternational.net
