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October 10, 2013 12:41 pm at 12:41 pm
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farrockgrandma
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Most prescription eyeglasses are not reused here. Lenscrafters collects donated eyeglasses. Google ‘donate eyeglasses’. Bloomberg had an article last year describing that the economics of shipping and repairing made donating ‘a feel-good waste of money.’
Common reading glasses are more reusable. Some shuls have a basket of reading glasses for people who do not rely on the eruv.