Sending Sight to South Dakota Sioux

On Saturday, March 30th, a pride of about a dozen Lions from all over central Massachusetts gathered in Charlton, MA to help ship 120,000 new single-vision, eyeglass lenses with cutting and shaping equipment to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Mission, South Dakota. It is the home of over 35,000 Native Americans of the Lakota Sioux Tribe. Don Fortin, District 33A Eyeglass Recycling Coordinator, led the project. Jon Haglund, of Arch Vision Inc. of Shrewsbury, MA had donated the equipment to the Lions back in 2018. The Lions then donated the equipment to Artists for World Peace of Middletown, CT.

District 33A Lions have partnered with AFWP (Artists for World Peace), an organization of global artists and activists, who promote peace by providing education, sustainability projects and healthcare to those in need, to distribute the eye equipment on the Rosebud Reservation. Through their NATIVE EYES project, AFWP brings free eyecare to those living on the reservation. To see the amazing work that AFWP does on the reservation and around the world, and the impact this kind of donation has, please visit the NATIVE EYES Youtube video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=31&v=BjHY6MBmCp8