Were can I Donatate frames outdated new frames

[Wolfj82]

I am looking to donate about 200 new glasses that are older styles. I want to get a tax credit so I need to find an organization that is non profit organization. Anyone have any suggestion?

[Fezz]

FezzJohns Inc. maybe interested. Contact Johns on Optiboard.


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[Fezz]

Seriously:

Red Cross, Lions Club, Womens Shelter, or maybe the Special Olympics?

Good luck.

[Chris Ryser]

I am looking to donate about 200 new glasses that are older styles. I want to get a tax credit so I need to find an organization that is non profit organization. Anyone have any suggestion?

You could donate them to your local YMCA..............they will give you a receipt for any value you tell them to and dispose of them somehow.

I have about 3000 mostly designer stuff a quite a few years old and all made in France (No Chinese), mostly designer stuff .................but been thinking of soldering them together and make piece of artwork 6 by 3 feet I can hang on the wall in my living room or office. Maybe I can make it 15 x 4 feet, sell it to Essilor or Zeiss or FezzJohns Inc to hang up in their headoffice lobby as the only modern times art work, that is purely 100% optical and worth about $ 30,000

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[ADO]

When I worked in Denver there was an OD/MD practice that was not for profit. They existed to serve people in need. I know there is one in Minneapolis as well. You can look to see if one exists in your area.
We donated frames, lenses, and some equipment to them and they gave us a receipt for tax purposes.
It served a second function as well. Whenever we got a call from someone asking us to help a person in need I would refer them there and let the caller know that we donate product to that group. This allowed us to concentrate on paying patients, but still help fulfill our civic duty.

[obxeyeguy]

Try calling a school that has an Optician program. They used to take them for the students to use, or now some run clinics for the poor.

[Thumbs]

The Ben Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston just opened a new clinic and have their first Freshman class started last month. You may want to get in-touch with Blair Wong the program director. He is also the executive director of the Opticians Association of Massachusetts and they are fully supporting this program and are accepting donation for the school. He can be reached @ www.opticiansma.org