Daily peek at eyecare
Just in time for the season of giving, Sacramento’s FOX affiliate (KTXL) recently aired a special story on Christmas Day about one of the 50,000 Boys & Girls Club members who are receiving the gift of sight from a VSP doctor courtesy of the VSP Eye Pledge campaign. Watch the story here.
To learn more about the VSP Eye Pledge campaign, please click here.
Kate Renwick-Espinosa, CMO of VSP Global celebrates the VSP Eye Pledge with Sacramento-area Boys & Girls Clubs members
In recognition of the VSP Eye Pledge campaign reaching its goal to provide more than $19.2 million worth of free eye exams and glasses to 50,000 at-risk youth across America, the Boys & Girls Clubs Teichert Branch in Sacramento and VSP Vision Care (VSP) hosted a fun-filled celebration Friday.
Kate Renwick-Espinosa, CMO of VSP Global speaks to Boys & Girls Club members
Karolina Maluga, development manager of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento was on-hand to receive a giant gift certificate for 50,000 free eye exams and glasses on behalf of Boys & Girls Clubs across the country. Local Boys & Girls Club members also enjoyed an eye-opening tour inside one of VSP’s state-of-the-art, 45-foot mobile eyecare clinics.
In the online campaign that kicked off in mid-August, VSP Vision Care and Boys & Girls Clubs of America partnered to encourage people across the country to visit www.SeeMuchMore.com and take the free VSP Eye Pledge. For each pledge made, a gift certificate for a free eye exam and glasses was directed to a local Club child in need.
VSP Vision Care and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America launched the free campaign to encourage consumers to take care of their vision.
Children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento, Kate Renwick-Espinosa, CMO of VSP Global, Karolina Maluga, Development Director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento and Dave Dess, VP of VSP Vision Care Marketing
THANK YOU to all who took the free VSP Eye Pledge and helped us reach our goal of providing 50,000 children in need with a free eye exam and glasses, a donation valued at more than $19 million!
Boys & Girls Club members will receive free eye exams and glasses thanks to the generosity of the fifty thousand people across the country who took the pledge to not only take care of their eyes, but directed care to a child in need.
Since the VSP Eye Pledge campaign launched in mid-August, more than half of those who pledged opted to direct a free eye exam and glasses to a Club most in need. Pledge-takers also had the option to direct to a child from a local Club in their area.
A special thanks to the individuals in these nine states that helped us receive the majority of our pledges:
One in four children have an undetected vision problem that can interfere with their ability to learn. Manashe, age 13, from Plainfield, N.J., was struggling in school because he couldn’t see the board. Just a few weeks ago, he received a free exam and glasses from the VSP Eye Pledge campaign and is already improving in class and on the field.
“Without the VSP Eye Pledge campaign, our kids wouldn’t have an opportunity to get this health check up which is greatly needed, ” stated Kenya Mutyanda, Unit Director of the Plainfield Club of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Union. “Sometimes kids start to act out in school and you may think they are just having behavioral issues. But actually it stems from being frustrated because they can’t see. The Union County Plainfield Club is thankful for the VSP Eye Pledge campaign and helping our kids see their best.”
Visit SeeMuchMore.com to learn more about the VSP Eye Pledge Campaign and check out the video below to see how your pledges have helped children. Plus, you can still take the VSP Eye Pledge and promise to care for your eyes. Your promise helps support the donation of free eye exams and glasses to those in need and keeps eye health top-of-mind.
Once again, THANK YOU for helping provide the gift of sight to 50,000 Boys and Girls Club members across the country!
Since the Eye Pledge campaign kicked off three months ago, more than 47,000 people have made the promise to care for their eyes! In return, VSP has provided free eye exams and glasses to Boys and Girls Clubs of America for each Eye Pledge taken. But we are still in need of more pledge-takers in order to reach our 50,000 goal.
See how your Eye Pledge helps children in need:
-Watch (below) how the VSP Eye Pledge campaign, with the support of a local VSP optometrist, helped Atlanta-area children improve their eyesight and performance in school.
-Boys & Girls Club members in Tampa, Florida, have also benefited from pledge-takers like you through the campaign. See how the life of one young student in particular has changed (below).
Take the free VSP Eye Pledge now and help us reach our goal of providing 50,000 kids a free eye exam and glasses. You can make a difference!
Did you know that today is World Sight Day? It’s a day of awareness focusing on blindness, visual impairment, and rehabilitation of the visually impaired. Your sight and eye health are important, which is why annual eye exams play a critical role in your overall health and well-being. But not everyone can afford an eye exam or glasses. Pledge first and foremost to take care of your own eyes this year in honor of World Sight Day. When you do so by clicking the link below, VSP will donate a comprehensive eye exam and glasses to a child in need served by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. In less than 30 seconds, and at no cost to you, you can make a big impact on a child’s life. Take the free pledge now.
SeeZar, one of VSP’s mobile eye clinics, is in Detroit, Michigan for a two-day vision clinic. VSP is providing free comprehensive eye exams and eyewear to many local children. Bess the Book Bus, a traveling literacy outreach program, is also there to hand out free books! Check out the short clip from our event below and read the full article here.
We’re also excited to share a new milestone! VSP’s Sight for Students® program, which provides low income and uninsured children with free eyecare, has helped more than 600,000 children receive an eye exam and glasses to correct vision- and health-related issues. More on this announcement.
Little Rock-based Dillard’s partnered with VSP Vision Care on August 23 to bring a state-of-the-art 45-foot mobile eye exam clinic to Our House, a local shelter for working homeless families, to provide a full day of comprehensive eye exams and complimentary eyewear to the families and children in need. See the Mobile Clinic in action!
Guest Blogger: Casey Knopik, winner of VSP’s Amgen Tour of California Scavenger Hunt. Casey shares a personal story about how his niece was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
The term arthritis conjures up images of a disease that affects individuals in the retirement age. But the truth is that arthritis can affect you no matter what age you are. And no one knows that better than my family.
Brooklynn
My niece Brooklynn was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) the day before her fourth birthday. Brooklynn’s mom was getting her ready for daycare when she noticed that Brooklynn’s eye was very red and irregular looking. They immediately went to the doctor and blood tests confirmed that Brooklynn had JRA. No one had seen it affect a child’s eye before and after seeing specialists and doctors, Brooklynn eventually had to undergo surgery to remove her left eye.
Team Brooklynn
On behalf of Brooklyn, I formed a team with my dad and friend to race in the People’s Coast Classic Bicycle Ride, a benefit ride for the Arthritis Foundation to help raise funds and awareness about this terrible disease. If you are interested in donating to this cause, please check out our Team Brooklyn donation page to find out more about us. If you’re unable to donate, please feel free to leave us a comment wishing us well with our training and on our ride. Thank you.
This is Hope Productions™ Foundation’s 2nd annual WALK ‘N ROCK FOR KIDS event and benefit concerts to support local children’s charities. The event will kick off with a morning 5K walk involving families, local businesses, walk teams and supporters.
Participants will walk and raise funds on behalf of Big Brothers Big Sisters, People Reaching Out, Wind Youth Services, River Cats Foundation, and many more organizations that benefit local children in the Sacramento area.
The morning will be filled with music at Raley Field and along the walk route. After the walk, enjoy entertainment, interactive booths, kid’s activities, more music, food and fun!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Walk Registration: 7:00 a.m.
Walk Start: 8:00 a.m.
Raley Field, West Sacramento
Sign up by visiting VSP’s team page.
