Nowadays you’re most likely preparing for holiday celebrations – whether this means shopping for last minute gifts, planning dinner parties or figuring out what to do on New Year’s Eve! Getting sick may be the least of your worries, but our immune systems are weaker and more susceptible during wintertime. Plus, people are spending more …
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Recently, Sacramento Kings star Tyreke Evans teamed up with VSP Vision Care to host a charity basketball camp for Sacramento area children in need for the second year in a row. The kids had a great time shooting hoops and participating in a question and answer session with Tyreke. Local VSP optometrists Tiffany Lu, OD, Russell Ng, OD, and …
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VSP, Sacramento Kings star Tyreke Evans and Positive Coaching Alliance will host the second annual free basketball camp for 200 Sacramento students in need this week. The children have been selected by the Family Life Center in Sacramento as well as VSP partners including Asian Resources Inc. and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento. Each …
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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 …
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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. Karolina Maluga, development manager of the …
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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 …
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A wonderful milestone has been reached today as the VSP Eye Pledge campaign soared past the 25,000 pledge mark. As of this evening, over 25,800 free eye exams and glasses are being donated to Boys & Girls Club members in-need! And, although we are halfway to the original 50,000 pledge goal we still need your help. …
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Yesterday, on the new Dr. Drew’s Life Changers show, he featured a mother who has been unable to afford to fix or buy new glasses for her children. She was having to make the gut-wrenching decision between paying bills and putting food on the table versus enabling her children to see. This was a segment …
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Several weeks ago, VSP® Vision Care and Boys & Girls Club of America announced the free VSP Eye Pledge campaign to provide 50,000 Boys & Girls Club members in need with access to free eye exams and glasses worth more than $19 million. We recently hit the 10,000 mark! This means that 10,000 kids across the …
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One of the most important exams in a students’ school year isn’t administered in the classroom, but rather in the optometrist’s office. For millions of children around the U.S., vision problems that go undetected, and a lack of access to eye exams and glasses, make learning a challenge. To provide children in need with quality …
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