Thousands of Pairs of Glasses Plus Other Optical Supplies and Equipment Being Gathered in Preparation of Goodwill Effort
(Long Island, NY) New York State Assemblyman Charles Lavine will be joined by a team of Long Island eye doctors and vision care specialists to announce a mercy mission to provide free eyeglasses to children living in some of the poorest and underserved communities in the Dominican Republic, tomorrow, Friday February 12, 2016 at 2:00 pm at Woodbury Optical at 185 Woodbury Road, Hicksville, NY.
The group will be gathering thousands of pairs of glasses donated by Woodbury Optical, plus other supplies and equipment in advance of the international voyage of goodwill and humanitarianism. The crew of experts will be leaving this weekend with the goal of treating the thousands of vision-impaired Dominican children whose families can’t afford glasses.
Local Optometrists and Woodbury Optical planned the trip by partnering with the Moreano World Medical Mission, founded in 1999, to provide volunteer medical services and training in areas of the world where most doctors would not go.
