Roselle Lions to collect glasses, socks and food during Community Service Day

The Roselle Lions Club is sponsoring a Community Service Day of People Helping People from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 17, in the rear parking lot of the American Legion, 344 E. Maple in Roselle.

The Lions will be recycling used eyeglasses, hearing aids, sneakers, printer ink cartridges, cellphones and pop top tabs. The glasses and hearing aids are refurbished, graded and made available for reuse by those in need.

The other items will be sorted and sold to recyclers and the funds are used to provide hearing and vision services to more than 18,000 individuals with vision and hearing issues through the Lions of Illinois Foundation.

As part of the Lions Socktober campaign now in its seventh year, the Lions will collect warm sport socks that will be given to those in need, homeless individuals, and veterans in Hines and North Chicago Veterans Hospitals.

The Lions Club is also seeking food donations for the Roselle Community Food Pantry. The pantry needs staples such as flour, sugar, canned vegetables, microwave meals, pasta and sauces, and paper products including paper towels, toilet tissue and napkins.

Lions will be on hand to receive donated items from vehicles in the parking lot. Cash donations will be accepted, and money raised will be donated to help others.

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