Tagged: mission trip

Group in Cuba

Giving Back in Havana

Magdala Hidalgo, the General Manager of America’s Best store 5389 in Pensacola, Florida traveled to Havana, Cuba in August and distributed glasses and sunglasses to those in need. Here is her story: Mission Trip...

Student OD giving woman in Fiji sunglasses

Mission Trip to Fiji

Earlier this year, a group of students from Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry, worked with the nonprofit organization, Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH), and traveled to Savusavu, Fiji to help the optically underserved....

Mission Trip to Costa Rica

Mission Trip to Costa Rica

This past March, volunteers from the Costa Rica Mission Partners gathered in San José, Costa Rica to hold vision clinics alongside medical and dental clinics. Readers and sunglasses were given to people of all...

Child receiving an eye exam in Belize

Mission Trip to Belize

This past May, we had the opportunity to support a mission trip to Belize. Students from the New England College of Optometry (NECO) have been traveling to Belize for over six years now, working hard...

Mission Trip to Nicaragua

“We were able to make a difference. Sometimes the simplest solution has dramatic results.” These are the thoughts of Gerald J. Selvin, O.D., after he and three Optometry students spent four days in Nicaragua...

Southern Baja California Mexico Beach

Mission Trip to Mexico

This past spring, we had the opportunity to support a mission trip to Loreto and La Purisima, Mexico. Through a partnership with VOSH California, we were able to help 669 people. About Mexico Mexico is a...

Old boat on the sand by the beach

Mission Trip to Haiti

We recently had the opportunity to support a mission trip to Haiti. Through a partnership with the Association Haitienne de Developpement Humain, we provided much-needed corrective glasses and sunglasses to the people of La Vallee-de-Jacmel. About Haiti Haiti...

Map of Europe

Mission Trip to Moldova

Throughout the year, National Vision takes part in many mission trips across the globe by financing trips or providing greatly needed supplies and glasses. Last fall, NVI had the opportunity to support a mission...