Thank you ALL for taking the pledge. Our winner is comment #23 – Nanette. Congratulations!
Did you know that one of the most important exams in a kids life doesn’t take place in school? The exam actually takes place in an optometrist’s office. Unfortunately, not every kid has access to this exam. Millions of kids go each year with vision problems that are undetected. This is not only sad, but it also causes learning problems with the kids. I can remember clearly when I was in school. I sat in the back of classroom and the words begin fading more and more each day. I was too embarrassed to say anything as we were not a rich family. My teacher finally asked me why I was squinting so much and sent a note home to my parents. Thankfully, I was able to get an exam and get the much needed eye glasses that I needed. My story though is not always the case for kids all across the U.S. We can work hard together and change that with the help of VSP Vision Care.
VSP, the largest not-for-profit vision benefits and services company in the United States, launched the Eye Pledge campaign to support and promote the importance of healthy vision. People nationwide are encouraged to give back by taking the Eye Pledge at www.SeeMuchMore.com and selecting either their local Boys & Girls Club or choosing to donate to a Club with the greatest need. For every Eye Pledge taken, a gift certificate, valid for a comprehensive eye exam and, if needed, a pair of glasses, will be donated by VSP.
To date, through VSP charity programs including VSP Mobile Eyes® and Sight for Students®, and through relationships with partners like BGCA, VSP has donated more than $138 million in free eye care and glasses to more than 715,000 children and adults. These services have resulted in the early detection of nearly 2,000 chronic health and eye diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, glaucoma and cataracts in children across the country.
Will you take the pledge with me? Let’s help kids get the eye exams and glasses that they need. You never know when we can be saving a child’s eye sight too.
WIN! VSP Vision Care is offering one of my readers who take the pledge a $200 Visa Gift Card.
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2. Leave a comment letting us know you took the pledge and why eye health matters so much to you?
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Contest Ends October 1, 2011 at 11:59pm ET.
Disclosure: I am an Ambassador with VSP Vision Care. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.
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I took the pledge. We are concerned with eye healthcare bc my husbnad has glaucoma
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I took the pledge- good eyesight is important so you can see the world around you. My oldest almost went blind because of an incompetent optometrist
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I took the pledge and it is important to me because I have always had perfect eyesight and now that I am getting older, not so much. Makes me realize how important it is and how we need to take care of our eyes and make sure children have good eyecare.
I tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/eyzofblu63/status/120173574639194112
I took the pledge. Eye health matters because I have eye problems, and know what a challenge it is to manage with them.
I subscribe by email (peaceloveandpetsblog@gmail.com)
I took the pledge since I consider eye health to be very important. I don’t want to take for granted what a luxury being able to see is and do damage that could have been prevented .
I tweeted but since I can not paste on this web page, I can not share the link. It was done on 10/01 at 1:41 under the twitter name njhhb,.
I took the pledge, and eye health is important to me because I have been legally blind for most of my life. After I developed cataracts, surgery has corrected that (of course now I have great far vision and pretty poor near vision, but it is still much better!).
I took the pledge and eye health means alot to me because I want to be able to see my children grow. reejen at comcast dot ent
I took the pledge and eye health means a lot to me because all of my family members wear glasses or contacts.
http://twitter.com/#!/susan1215/status/120218576664805377
I took the pledge and posted it on my FB wall (Sarah S).
Eye health matters so much to me because even though it is something we take for granted when it is good, when it is off a little, or more than a little, so many things can be negatively impacted for us (seeing the school board, driving, etc.).
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i took the pledge and eye health matters to me because sight is a wonderful thing
took the pledge and eye health means much to me cause I want to see the world
took the pledge,important because everyone needs to see well!
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I took the pledge. Eye health is important to me because being able to see the smile on my daughters face, when she is in her happy moods, mean the world to me.
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Tweeted (Christy Weller)
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I subscribed (Christy Weller)
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I took the pledge. Sight is my most important sense…I need to care for my eyes because not having sight is unthinkable to me. 🙂 Thank you.
I took the pledge. I realize how much I depend on vision not only for the necessities of life but also for the enjoyment of reading a good book, watching TV or enjoying a sunset. I think everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy those same things.
I’m a subscriber, both email and google reader.
Tweet – http://twitter.com/#!/willitara/status/120320889739935744
I took the pledge. Having good vision means so much to me. I can’t even imagine not having it. Taking care of your eyes is too important to mess up.
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I took the pledge. I had a corneal transplant in 2002 to try and preserve my own vision as long as possible. It is hard to imsagine not being able to read, be on the computer, watch movies or see the beuty in the world that God created without visiona
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I took the pledge because I wear eye glasses and now how expensive they are!
I tweeted as well but it won’t let me copy and paste. U can see on there mya98604.
Thanks for the giveaway…took the pledge; eye care is important to me because we have a family history of glaucoma.
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Subscribed via RSS.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/brianpiero/status/120329662747525120
I took the pledge and eye health matters to me because I’ve worn glasses since childhood.
I took the pledge. Eye health matters to me because I am diabetic and have to monitor my vision closely.
Google reader subscriber.
I sent a tweet. @ladyt64
Took pledge. Getting cataracts and have to watch it.
Thanks for the contest.
tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/slehan/status/120347036439683072
Thank you so much OneMomsWorld and VSP! Now I can go get my eye exam I have been putting off and take my kids for theirs too.