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When the call went out for optometry practices to participate in our annual World Sight Day Challenge, Hillsboro Vision Clinic in Hillsboro, Oregon, went all out! They donated proceeds from one day of optical sales, hosted a sunglass raffle, and treated patients (who gave donations as well) to OGS giveaways and baked goods from Decadent Creations.

Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) awarded these 2024 grants totaling almost one million dollars to partner organizations in support of self-sustaining initiatives that address preventable vision impairment and blindness for people of all ages around the world. This life-changing work would not be possible without your support.

Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) is pleased to announce that Donna J. Mikulecky, CPA, has accepted the organization’s Executive Director position. She replaces retiring Executive Director Lois Schoenbrun, FAAO, who has served in the role since April 2022.

In 2013, Optometry Giving Sight, Université de Montréal, the State University of Haiti, and the Brien Holden Foundation established a consortium that began work on establishing an optometry school at the university. Despite significant political turmoil and other challenges, the school continues to train students in an effort to build the optometry profession in the country. There are currently only three optometrists in the country of 11 million people. This article is reprinted with the permission of Université de Montréal.

Nationwide Search Underway for Successor July 19, 2024 – Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) has announced that Executive Director Lois Schoenbrun, CAE (Retired), FAAO, will retire from the organization in December 2024. Previously the Executive Director of the American...

Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) has launched a new program to provide optometry practices with ways to support OGS’s work on a year-round basis by integrating fundraising activities into their everyday business operations. The initiative is called TEAM OGS – Together...

As part of its commitment to improve the way people see every day, CooperVision raised more than $300,000 in 2023 through global initiatives in support of Optometry Giving Sight (OGS). Since 2008, CooperVision has helped OGS raise more than $4.9 million dollars to support their critical mission.