2018 Boys and Girls Club National Conference
First day, First Conference I arrived in not-so-sunny San Diego, Calif. on Monday, April 30, 2018. I was one of many newbies to the 112th annual Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA) National...
Author: Safaa Sammander
Peruvian Fisherman and Popular Shaman Given the Gift of Sight
Dr. Thomas Melgar, from Western Michigan University’s Homer Stryker School of Medicine, traveled with eight other physicians and four medical students to a remote area of Loreto, Peru. Partnering with Amazon Promise, a non-profit...
Rockin’ For New Eyes on St. Patty’s Day 2018
On March 17, 2018, attendees packed the Hard Rock Café at the center of Times Square in New York City for the New Eyes for the Needy annual fundraiser, Rockin’ For New Eyes. This...
National Vision General Manager Makes a Difference in Guatemala
General Manager Robert Tryon, from our Princeton, New Jersey Vision Center (brought to you by Walmart) recently traveled back to Taxisco, Guatemala with readers and sunglasses in tow to share with community residents in need....
Ukrainian Orphan Gets to Eyeglass World Just In Time
Six year old orphan, Andrii,* and Danielle Thomas, his host mom, walk into an Eyeglass World store in Indianapolis, Indiana. Having only hours left to catch a flight from Chicago, Illinois back to his...
