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Read MoreOn November 13 the optometrists at Midtown Optometry will be volunteering at the Free Health Clinic in Watsonville. This will be a great opportunity to assist those in need. Free glasses will be given to those without insurance. Our eye doctors are excited to participate in this fantastic local charity event.
Place: Watsonville Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church
Address: 336 Green Valley Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076
Date: November 13th, 2016
Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
While listening to the radio, Dr Ayesha Burns heard that one of the items the fire fighters in Big Sur needed most was eye wash and lubricating drops. That day, we contacted our reps at Alcon to coordinate a donation of over 600 bottles of Systane Ultra and Systane Balance artificial tears. We are excited to be in the unique position to help our community, and our thoughts are with those who have lost their homes and our fire fighters who are working tirelessly to protect further loss.
Updated: 11/29/2016
This week, the doctors and medical staff at Midtown Optometry visited La Posada Retirement Community for our Vision Health Fair. It was a great opportunity for us to have our doctors answer questions for the residents, many of whom don't have easy access to medical professionals. While the doctors discussed cataracts, dry eye disease, glaucoma and a variety of other medical eye conditions, the opticians were able to clean and adjust glasses for all attendees. Residents told us that reading is a big part of their day to day life in their beautiful retirement community, and we were happy to be able to make it easier for them. We also distributed the final pairs of reading glasses from our recent philanthropy event to the residents in need. Our doctors and staff had a lot of fun getting to know our seniors, and look forward to more events in the future.
With the overwhelming support of our "Buy a Pair, Donate a Pair" campaign for April, we broke through the 100 mark of glasses to give back to the local community! Thank you to all of those who participated! Our first donation round went to the Sunshine Villa Assisted Living and Memory Care Community.
Beautiful entrance to Sunshine Villa
Residents in need will have access to free reading glasses, and the doctors at Midtown Optometry have agreed to return for a health fair next month.
JATZIRY HELPS DISTRIBUTE FREE REAdIND GLASSES TO RESIDENTS
The next round of donated glasses will go to La Posada Retirement Community.
