Donate exceptionable glasses amid 16-22 February and advice those in need.
-- Australians are accepting alleged aloft to accord the allowance of afterimage in February and advice those in charge who do not accept acceptance to eye care.
OneSight Foundation has been acknowledging chargeless eye affliction internationally for the endure 20 years with over six actor humans globally benefiting from the program. The Foundation provides acceptance to chargeless eye care through appointed clinics and eye screening at schools, appropriate festivals, antic contest and aboriginal bloom centres and over the endure six year has assisted added than 155,000 Australians.
Clear eyes is a basal appropriate - not a affluence - and Luxottica is appreciative to accommodate the allowance of afterimage to those who would contrarily not accept acceptance to eye care. Poor eyes impedes a child's adeptness to apprentice in academy and robs an developed of independence, advancement and above of life. Many of the accustomed activities that we crop for granted, such as account a book, watching TV or traveling to academy or plan are just not accessible for humans who accept awfully poor apparition and who abridgement the agency or befalling to seek able help During OneSight Week (16 - 22 February) Luxottica retail brands OPSM, Laubman & Pank, Budget Eyewear, Bright Eyes Sunglasses and Sunglass Hut food will be accession exceptionable prescription glasses and banknote donations to advice humans about the apple in charge of optical assistance. In February, the Foundation aims to aggregate 100,000 pairs of glasses to be acclimated on all-embracing missions.
Chris Beer, Chief Executive Officer of Luxottica Australasia, SE Asia, and South Africa says "Clear eyes is a basal appropriate - not a affluence - and Luxottica is appreciative to accommodate the allowance of afterimage to those who would contrarily not accept acceptance to eye care."
Andrew McKinnon, CEO of Optometrists Association Australia (NSW/ACT) believes that because the cogent appulse eyes problems can accept on a person's life, OneSight Week deserves the abutment of all Australians.
"Poor eyes impedes a child's adeptness to apprentice in academy and robs an developed of independence, advancement and above of life. Many of the accustomed activities that we crop for granted, such as account a book, watching TV or traveling to academy or plan are just not accessible for humans who accept awfully poor apparition and who abridgement the agency or befalling to seek able help," said Mr McKinnon.
Around the world, added than 250 actor adults and accouchement ache from poor eyes because they don't accept acceptance to eye exams and glasses. The a lot of accepted could cause of beheld crime is uncorrected refractive absurdity (short-sightedness, long-sightedness, amaurosis and astigmatism), which can be anchored artlessly by accouterment eye testing and decree glasses.
In accession to exceptionable glasses, banknote donations are aswell accepting accepted, which will be acclimated to accommodate chargeless eye affliction and eye wear to Australians in need.
In Australia, OneSight ally with The Salvation Army, Mission Australia, The KIDS Foundation and The Benevolent Society and as allotment of the program, Australian optometrists accord their time and ability to appointment rural and limited areas that accept bound acceptance to bloom resources.
With glasses added apparent as a appearance accessory, humans are afterlight their frames on a approved basis. As such, it's acceptable abounding Australians will accept a brace of pairs of exceptionable frames about in the house. Rather than bandy these out or leave them to accumulate dust, accord them to OneSight Foundation and advice anyone abroad see the apple clearly.
To accord exceptionable decree glasses or banknote and advice OneSight Foundation accommodate a brighter future, appointment your bounded OPSM, Laubman & Pank, Budget Eyewear, Bright Eyes Sunglasses or Sunglass Hut store.
About OneSight
OneSight is a not-for-profit organisation committed to convalescent eyes for those in charge common through outreach, analysis and education. Since 1988, OneSight beat efforts accept helped added than six actor humans about the apple see added acutely through two above programs, Give the Gift of Sight and Community I-Care. Luxottica Group, a all-around baton in eyewear, is the capital sponsor of the OneSight Foundation. For added information, www.onesight.org.au
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