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🦽 Where to donate medical equipment and eyeglasses
Wheelchairs, walkers and other medical equipment can be refurbished and loaned or given free to people who need them. Eyeglasses and hearing aids can be dropped at Lions Club boxes.
Before you go
- Call first to confirm your item qualifies.
- Clean equipment before dropping it off.
101 local places we've checked take medical equipment and eyeglasses, plus 3 national programs.
National and mail-in programs
These take donations from anywhere in the country, by mail, at partner drop-off points, or through local chapters. Check each one's rules first.
NationwideCall to confirm
Lions Clubs eyeglass and hearing aid recycling
- How: Drop off at a participating Walmart Vision Center or local Lions club, or mail to the nearest Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center.
- Rules: Use the Lions Club Locator to find a local club and the Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center finder for a mailing address. The page doesn't say whether sunglasses, readers or cases are wanted; call to confirm.
- Used eyeglasses
- Unopened contact lenses (mail to a Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center)
- Used hearing aids of any age, brand or model (through Hearing Charities of America)
Nationwide
Hearing Aid Project (Sertoma / Hearing Charities of America)
- How: Mail hearing aids to Hearing Aid Project, c/o Sertoma International, 20 W. 14th Ave., Ste. 135, North Kansas City, MO 64116.
- Rules: Office has limited on-site staff; call 816-333-8300 before visiting in person. Run through Sertoma International, a 501(c)(3) (EIN 63-0655922).
- Hearing aids regardless of age or condition
Nationwide
Starkey Cares Program (Starkey Hearing Technologies)
- How: Mail to Starkey, Attn: Starkey Cares Program, 6700 Washington Avenue South, Eden Prairie, MN 55344.
- Rules: Run by the hearing aid manufacturer, not the Starkey Hearing Foundation (which stopped accepting hearing aid donations in April 2021). Aids are cleaned and refurbished for people in need or salvaged for parts. No donation letter is sent.
- Hearing aids and accessories for recycling
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