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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Tips for donating unused contact lenses

When you find that your prescription contact lenses has changed, or you had a successful LASIK surgery, you may no longer need to use your lenses. Therefore, it is possible to donate their unused contact lenses for charity to help people less fortunate than yourself. In addition, you can also clean the Cabinet space, do a good deed and also get the deduction of tax at the same time. At the moment, this article will give you several tips for donating your unused contact lenses. Just take a look at the following tips.


The first thing you have to do is decide the charity you want to give your contacts.It is known that there are available several charitable organizations that accept donations of unused contacts. organizations include MADRE, Lions Club, goodwill, new eyes for the Needy and so on.


The second thing is to determine what is required for sending your contacts are not used for the chosen charity. unused lenses must be securely packaged in a way to send them to a charity chosen by mail. It is concluded that some organizations have a form that will ask you to fill out, but most don't.


The third thing is to donate their unused contact lenses and not open to the charity you have chosen. you need to make sure that you secure pack them so they will not damage in shipment.If you decide to give your lenses for goodwill or Lions Club, you do not need to send your contacts in the mail, since both have many locations and also drop-off boxes across the country.In addition, you can try to find the location nearest to you so that you can make your donation in person.

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