WORLD SIGHT DAY CHALLENGE, OCTOBER 8, 2015

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WORLD SIGHT DAY CHALLENGE, OCTOBER 8, 2015 — When you visit any Bard Optical between September 15 and October 8, you can make a donation to OPTOMETRY GIVING SIGHT. Please look for the donation box located in every office.

Optometry Giving Sight is the only global fundraising initiative that specifically targets the prevention of blindness and impaired vision due to uncorrected refractive error – simply the need for an eye exam and a pair of glasses. More than 600 million people around the world are blind or vision impaired because they do not have access to the eye examination and glasses they need. Your donations allow Optometry Giving Sight to fund the solution by supporting programs that:
·             Train – local eye care professionals and;
·             Establish – vision centres for sustainability to;
·             Deliver – eye care and low cost glasses.
For more information on World Sight Day Challenge, go to www.givingsight.org



Bard Optical, Vision For Life

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