Author Topic: donating spectacles (Read 2443 times)

Andy777 · « **on:** June 23, 2010, 21:41:28 PM »

Cant find the post on here where the chemist is to donate old glasses?

anyone help? flying in the morning.

Scunner · « **Reply #1 on:** June 23, 2010, 21:45:17 PM »

There you go Andy: {A Link to an old CBF topic was here - no longer available}32734

Andy777 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 23, 2010, 23:08:51 PM »

ok thanks, still not sure where but I will try when I get out there. co-ords would be great.
May log on in the morning to look. turkey here we come!

karaokemark · « **Reply #3 on:** June 24, 2010, 06:58:03 AM »

The Embrace charity is based at Dennis the Menace bar on Calis front (ex Bambu) if you go over the wooden bridge turn right it is about 80m they are there Wednesday morning. If you can not get Wednesday call my mobile I will pick them up from you and make sure Mavis gets them. 0539 4941329
Mark

hubblebubbles · « **Reply #4 on:** June 24, 2010, 10:16:04 AM »

Mark you are a star ....thank you for replying to this thread for me.I am soooooo busy at the moment packing and getting ready to move home. Hopefully see you and Carol soon.

SteveJ · « **Reply #5 on:** June 26, 2010, 11:17:46 AM »

I dropped 10 pairs off at the Chemist in Fethiye when I was over in May. I have to say that I don't think that any of the staff who were in there had a clue about what I was trying to do, even with my very best Turkglish I couldn't make myself understood. Eventually the old guy took them off me with a nod of his head and a quick thank-you but I got the feeling that he was just trying to get rid of me before I frightened off the other customers.

I hope they eventually found their way to the right people

mercury · « **Reply #6 on:** June 26, 2010, 15:10:03 PM »

I fear probably not Steve. I would always ask people to give their spectacles to Mavis at Embrace as Mark says. They always get to the people who need them. She and her team have the right contacts. They have been doing this for a long time.

SteveJ · « **Reply #7 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:21:43 AM »

Thsnks - can you add that advice to the thread about spectacles (link above)so that othersmay be warned. I know of other people who have dropped glasses off at this Chemist - he's proably doing a roaring trade in second hand specs!

apollo · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2012, 13:52:23 PM »

Does anyone have any upto date news on this?

We have a few pairs of specs to dispose of.

Supacabby · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2012, 15:19:05 PM »

Mavis is still at Embrace, every Wednesday between 11am-1pm at Dennis The Menace on Calis seafront, I'm sure she would be delighted to receive any spare spectacles as well as anything suitable for the second hand stall to resell on.

Mavis is 1 of the nicest people you'll ever meet in Calis, Embrace does some amazing work with little or no "pomp & circumstance" the other bigger charities use for their marketing, long may Embrace continue to help others.

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