Lions Club collects empty pill bottles for patients in developing countries

Holyoke Lions Club is collecting empty plastic pill bottles for Matthew 25: Ministries, an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization. The Lions are asking that the community join in the project by donating empty pill bottles. A drop box is located at the Mower Man shop, 403 S. Interocean Ave.

The pill bottle program fulfills the dual needs of improving medical care in developing countries and caring for the environment. In developing countries, medicines are often dispensed into hands, leaves or any other available containers. Empty pill bottles donated to Matthew 25: Ministries offer a better way to distribute medicine in such communities.

Acceptable items include prescription and over-the-counter pill bottles, both large and small, with or without child-resistant caps. Pill bottles that are not appropriate to include with shipments of medical supplies are recycled and may generate revenue that supports Matthew 25: Ministries programs.

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