As part of February’s Age-related Macular Degeneration Awareness Month, Prevent Blindness America wants to educate the public on what foods can benefit the eyes as well as what foods to avoid. Prevent Blindness America also offers a free, dedicated website at preventblindness.org/AMD that provides information on risk factors, symptoms, types of … [Read more...]
Cathy and I always angst at the end of the year on where to place our charitable donation. We wait until the end of the year as we donate 10% of our annual income from this blog and our sister site www.opticalvisionresources.com. Vision Care would seem to be the obvious choice but because there are so many other needs it is makes it hard to … [Read more...]
I was sorry to read that Jay Jay French's 18 year old daughter Samantha suffers from the debilitating eye disease, Uveitis. The good news is because of his daughter's condition, Jay Jay French has been an outspoken voice for the uveitis awareness cause for a few years now. "When my daughter was six, she had a routine eye exam at school … [Read more...]
Both Shirley and I are big on Giving Back. This story of Massachusetts Optometrist, Dr. Irvin Fradkin demonstrates how the power of one person can launch a national program. All he did was ask for a $1 donation to help send people to school. 'Fifty years ago, an optometrist from Massachusetts launched a campaign in his hometown of Fall River, … [Read more...]
I am very inspired by both Amy and Jim Schneider, founders of Eyes of Faith Optical, the hope-inspired, designer eyewear brand. Cathy and I met them both when each of our companies was just starting up a couple of years ago. We have continued to be impressed with how this company walks the talk plus they produce beautiful eyewear…Jim returned a … [Read more...]
Ellen Troyer of Biosyntrx wrote an eye-boggling Pearl, in one of her weekly newsletters. Every single one of us has the power to turn this around. Every single one of us can donate old eyeglasses, participate in Vision Walk, World Sight Day, Give Back Programs, InfantSee, Homeless, "Never doubt the power of small groups to change the world; … [Read more...]
The safest and healthiest way to Trick or Treat on Halloween is to have a Sight Night sponsored by OneSight. Instead of trick or treating for candy, you trick or treat for used glasses to donate. Glasses collected during Sight Night are recycled and hand-delivered to adults and children in need in developing countries during OneSight Global … [Read more...]
October 13 is World Sight Day and many businesses, media and eyecare professionals both retail and wholesale are partipating in this important global event. Just a snapshot of what comes up on google search for World Sight Day 2011. Google search 19,300, 000 Results so this is huge. The following came up pages 1-3 on google. These are only a few … [Read more...]
As many of you know, Prevent Blindness America, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization, has declared October as Home Eye Safety Awareness Month in an effort to urge the public to take extra care in protecting their eyes in order to avoid painful and potentially blinding eye accidents. We know there are a lot of DIY … [Read more...]
Dear Optical Vision Site Readers, Hello! I wrote a short paper for your blog this past July during which time I was in Orissa India through the program Unite for Sight. I was there to volunteer at the Kalinga Eye Hospital, located in Dhenkanal, for the entire month of July. Now that I am back and settled again, I thought I could write about my … [Read more...]
It just came across our Google Alerts, another online eyewear company has started a Give Back program with New Eyes for the Needy. Classic Specs has developed a limited Edition series of 5 frames of which $100 of each purchase will be donated to New Eyes For The Needy. (If you want to view a list of other companies that are promoting a give back … [Read more...]
Both Shirley and I are big supporters of Giving Back, and one of the best things an eyecare professional can do is give the Gift of Sight. The World Sight Day Challenge offers a fantastic opportunity for eyecare professionals to support an international Day of Awareness about Blindness, give back to their community and use skills to help people all … [Read more...]
If you are ever wondering why you should support a vision charity, this picture speaks for itself We have complied a partial listing of Vision Charities. As an FYI here are some stats Over 45 million people in the world are blind—a figure that is expected to grow to 76 million by 2020. Of these, 80 percent of the blindness … [Read more...]
I know we are doing a post on Eyecare About Breast Cancer and by the looks of it, many optical people are doing the Pink Walk! Perhaps you are not into that walk, but you might be interested in another walk for The Foundation Fighting Blindness. VisionWalk is the national signature fundraising event of the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Since … [Read more...]
I recently attended a Melissa Etheridge concert, she played her "pink" guitar. At the end of the tour, she will keep one for herself and the other will be auctioned on ebay with proceeds going to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This event got me thinking about how many Optical Vision Site sponsors support Breast Cancer prevention … [Read more...]
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