During the month of May, The Hanover Twp. Police Department will collect used eyeglasses at its headquarters at 1000 Rt. 10, Whippany.  May is Healthy Vision Month.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), vision disability is among the top ten disabilities affecting those 18 and older, and is the single most common disability among children. Furthermore, close to three and a half million people over age 40 are severely visually impaired, including those who are blind, and one in twelve people with diabetes over age 40 has diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to blindness.

The frames and lenses will be given to NJ Lions Eye Recycling Center in West Trenton, where volunteers sort, clean, and sterilize the glasses.  When charities or medical groups need glasses to provide eye exams and eyeglasses to needy people in areas of poverty around the world, they call the Center.