{"id":95499,"date":"2015-02-06T18:55:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T08:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=95499"},"modified":"2020-11-20T15:02:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T05:02:06","slug":"lions-club-passes-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/02\/06\/lions-club-passes-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions Club Passes Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_74825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74825\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140717amarjargue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-74825\" title=\"20140717 Marj Argue\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140717amarjargue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140717amarjargue.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140717amarjargue-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lions Club member Marj Argue last year with some of the spectacles that she had collected<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/lionslogo2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-74934\" title=\"Lions Club\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/lionslogo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><strong>February 6, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by Heather Leask<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kingaroy Lions Club has reached a milestone in its collection of prescription glasses for recycling.<\/p>\n<p>Lions Marj and Ralph Argue have collected and sent off more than 2000 pairs of glasses since they took on the task about 18 months ago.<\/p>\n<p>The glasses go to a central collection depot in Australia where they are tested and labelled by optical technicians .<\/p>\n<p>They are then sent to countries where many people cannot afford prescription glasses.\u00a0 Optometrists then match the glasses free of charge, to the people who need them.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone has unused prescription glasses they can drop them off at our local collection points Lonsdale&#8217;s Pharmacy Essentials, Blooms Pharmacy, Fitzpatrick Optometrists and Lee See Optometrist.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/07\/a-gift-that-keeps-on-giving\/\">A Gift That Keeps On Giving<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"sample\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/community-report-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19217\" title=\"community-report-1\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/community-report-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>southburnett.com.au welcomes reports from community groups about their activities. 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