Friday 2 March 2007

GIFT OF SIGHT


If you have old pairs of spectacles sitting in the corner of your house and collecting dust, please do not throw them away.

Pass them to the nearest collection points before 31 March 2007, they are:

MBPJ HQ, Menara MBPJ, DJROA Community Recycling Centre, Ming Tien Food Court in Taman Megah, Taman Megah RA, Magnum in Taman Megah, Taman Mayang Jaya RA, Morning Market SS2/63 (in front of MJ restaurant), Lovely Disabled Home in SS2, PJCC at Jalan 17/21, London Optical in Damansara Utama, Malaya Optical at Jalan Yong Shook Lin, RA Section 5 (Photo Shop of Jalan Chantek), SK Sri Kelana, RT Jalan Carey, RT Section 1A, RT SS5, Komuniti Link at Summit Shopping Centre, Saujana Apartment RA in Damansara Damai, RT Kampung Chempaka, JKKK Kampung Kayu Ara, Beautiful Gate at Jalan SS2/24, RA SS3, Klinik Huang in SS3, RT Sea Park, Clinic MBPJ, RT Section 4A, MBPJ Landscape Department in Taman Bandaran Kelana Jaya, Hotel Lisa De Inn, Hotel PJ De Inn and Komuniti Link at ICT Centre, Jalan 17/1A.
RA: Residents Association
RT: Rukun Tetangga

The above 32 collection points are working jointly with The Lions Club and Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya under The Lions International's optical mission, GIVE THE GIFT OF SIGHT.

For those who wish to donate but are staying outside the Petaling Jaya district, you can contact the respective state Lions Club districts' President for arrangement to collect your glasses.

When the project ends at the end of this month, the old spectacles will be packed and flown to the Lions Club International Eyeglasses Recycling Centre in Sri Lanka, where they will be classified by prescription and will be cleaned and repaired, then distributed to the under-privileged in the poor countries of Africa, Asia and Central America.

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