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New Eyes for the Needy
New Eyes for the Needy is a non-profit organization started in 1932 as New Eyes (incorporated 1948〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charity Report: New Eyes for the Needy )〕) and based in Short Hills, New Jersey, which provides people in the United States with eyeglasses and sends recycled eyeglasses to needy people overseas.〔''The Rotarian'' March 1965 - Page 60 "The birth of New Eyes for the Needy dates back to 1932 and to a Red Cross food station in New York City, where Julia Ward Terry, then 65 years old, was a volunteer worker. Mrs. Terry noticed that some of the people who applied for aid could ..."〕〔 The Sight-saving Review -1954 Volumes 24 - 25 - Page 225 "New Eyes was founded in 1932 by the late Mrs. Julia Ward Terry, and is carried on by the Short Hills Junior Service League, under the chairmanship of Mrs. David Stagg. Volunteer workers sort over the piles of contributions."〕
==History ==
The organization was founded by Julia Lawrence Terry in 1932 in Short Hills, New Jersey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our History )〕 Terry worked in the Red Cross during the Great Depression and realized the need for eyeglasses in the US. Area residents donated basement space for sorting eyeglasses. By the end of the 1940s, the organization was receiving an average of 1,194 glasses monthly. "Old age glasses" were sent to hospitals in New York City and nursing homes in Kentucky. New Eyes was also featured in ''Woman's Day'' and ''Parade'' magazine articles, and had its first television appearance on WCBS. As the organization grew, the Junior Service League of the Oranges and Retired Men's Club in Short Hills began to volunteer. In 1947, the Junior Service League of Short Hills took over New Eyes with the passing of Mrs. Terry. By 1949, 455 people per month were receiving "new eyes". In the 1950s, New Eyes for the Needy had 55 volunteers sorting eyeglasses. The organization averaged 25–35 mailbags of glasses weekly. New Eyes was set up as an independent organization, a community project under the Junior League of Oranges. The Jewelry Committee was formed by Connie Hurd.
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