May 5, 2011

The Lab Goes On A Field Trip…..

By jpotanko

Yesterday was our last full day here in Detroit. We saw 226 kids with 205 eyeglasses being made, a 90.7% need, the highest of the clinic. Our cumulative total so far is 2163 kids seen with 1856 eyeglasses made

 

We sent a second team out to start dispensing eyeglasses to some of the students who already came through the clinic. Greg, the leader from the last team, went again. He traveled with John, Teresa, Joe and Leanne to the school. John, Teresa, Joe and Leanne are all part of our Lab Production Team and do not get to interact with the kids as much as everyone else has, so they were all nominated and chosen to go out to the schools. it was nice and encouraging to see those four go out and experience the joy on those kids faces when they put on their new eyeglasses for the first time. Even as the kids left, they would stop our team in the hallways and point to them that they were still wearing their glasses as they should.

 

Our Fundraising Co-Captains, Lori and Desha, held a second silent and live auction over the last few days to help raise more money for Onesight. Some of the items that went up for auction included a pair of Chanel sunglasses, a pair of Maui Jim sunglasses, two University of Michigan hats, a Onesight water bottle and various Onesight T-Shirts.  We were able to raise another $330.00 for our fundraising page, putting our total so far near or above $10,000. Great job by the team and Desha and Lori for putting everything together for us!

 

The Pinning Ceremony also happened yesterday, however that will be incliuded in a separate post to give it proper due for the event itself.

 

Thanks for Reading!

Detroit Team 2011

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