By the way, Bill Daem writes a personal "thank you" to the next-of-kin after each donation. Hear Now Hearing aids can be recycled, too. Yet such a tiny device is likely to get forgotten in the distraction of funeral arrangements. Low-income individuals pay a $30 processing fee to receive one of these through the Hear Now program. Send the hearing aid in a padded envelope to: Hear Now, 9745 E. Hamden Ave., Suite 300, Denver, CO 80231. Include a return address if you would like a donation receipt for income tax purposes. For more information call 800-648-HEAR.
Lions to the Rescue In most communities, the local Lions Club will recycle eye-glasses. If there is no Lions Club in your area or if you would like to donate glasses for distribution in other countries, mail them to Operation Eyesight Universal, 4 Parkdale Crescent NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 3T8, Canada. For Diabetics ~ Even if you are covered by medical insurance, getting your company to fork over $4,000 for an insulin pump is almost impossible. Even if you succeeded in getting one, your diabetes specialist probably knows someone who didn't. Recycling an insulin pump locally�through the doctor who prescribed it�is probably the best way to pass a pump along. Another Card? FAMSA has devised a red wallet card to carry if you have medical devices that should be recycled after death. Contact information (i.e., the addresses printed above) is on the back for each of the various options. Ask and ye shall receive. Send an SASE (donation appreciated, too) to: FAMSA, P.O. Box 10, Hinesburg, VT 05461. Copyright � FAMSA 1996