Girl Scouts Collect Eyeglasses

On Halloween, girls from nine Brownie Girl Scout troops collected more than candy during Trick-or-Treat. The troops partnered with the Horsham Lions Club to collect used eyeglasses. The girls handed out flyers to houses in their neighborhoods a week before Halloween. The flyers told the neighbors that the girls will be visiting during Trick-or-Treat on Halloween night to collect eyeglasses.

This is the second year the Horsham Lions Club has partnered with Girl Scouts to collect eyeglasses. This effort is called Sight Night, it's led by the Gift of Sight foundation, and you can learn more by visiting their website: www.SightNight.org.

Each troop accumulated the eyeglasses and gave them to the Horsham Lions Club. The Lions will then have the eyeglasses cleaned, repaired, and redistributed to those in need in developing countries like Guatemala and Haiti.

In total, more than FIVE HUNDRED pairs were collected. The troops that participated were:

TYPE	NUMBER	LOCATION	LEADER
Brownie	7304	Horsham, PA	Andrea Killingsworth
Brownie	7597	Horsham, PA	Sue Piergallini
Brownie	73467	Hatboro, PA	Jennifer Crosby
Junior	71203	Horsham, PA	Tina Santacroce
Brownie	71335	Horsham, PA	Linda Gorkes
Brownie	7117	Horsham, PA	Melissa Schmitt
Brownie	71530	Horsham, PA	Suzanne Weiss
Brownie	64	Jackson, NJ	Gretchen Worrall
Junior	791	Hatboro, PA	Debbie Heenan

Photos of some of the troops are below. Click each for a larger version.

The Horsham Lions thanks all nine troops for their generous effort at helping Lions to preserve sight worldwide.

Troop 73467 led by Jennifer Crosby (click for larger image)
Troop 64 led by Gretchen Worrall (click for larger image)
Troop 71203 led by Tina Santacroce (click for larger image)
Troop 71335 led by Linda Gorkes (click for larger image)
Troop 791 led by Debbie Heenan (click for larger image)
Troop 7117 led by Melissa Schmitt (click for larger image)