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.
I took the pledge! Eye health matters because pretty much everything we do requires vision.
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/Getalonghome/statuses/116862268272156672
I took the pledge and it matters to me because I have glaucoma in the family, my grandfather had it, my younger brother has the beginnings of it and my baby sister has it so bad she may need surgery soon (she is 30)
http://twitter.com/#!/mellanhead/status/116939469764050945
I took the pledge!!! Eye health matters to me because I watched 3 of my grandparents undergo cataract surgery and now my other grandfather is in the process of scheduling his surgery.
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I tweeted it.
I took the pledge. My mother has macular degeneration and can hardly see.. she is 80 years old. It appears to run in the family, so I need to take care of my eyes!
I took the pledge!
Eyes matter….I’ve had two friends at work both go through retina surgery in the past two years. Both were scared they’d never have vision in their eyes again. I take my daughter yearly for her exam.
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I took the pledge. Eye health is important to me since my life would lose so much without sight!
I took the pledge, eye health matters because i can prevent a lot of secondary diseases.
I took the pledge to make sure that my family’s eye care needs are made just as much of a priority as health and oral care needs.
Hi, the pledge is important because eye care is not just about good vision, which is extremely important in and of itself. But eye exams can detect more serious, life-threatening diseases. Everyone deserves good eye health. Thanks for being an ambassador and educating people about this.
I tweeted (am @sourwine) 🙂
I subscribed to your feed. Stumbled. And I liked your FB page. I’m sorry about this I thought I already had!
I took the pledge.
I really feel that good eye care & sight for children will help them do better in school.
Thanks so much.
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/peg42/status/118385844624179200
Thanks
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I’m a subscriber.
Thanks
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Took the pledge becaue I feel that all children need the opportunity to learn and read and must have good eyesight to allow that to happen.
I took the pledge because every child deserves to be taken care of in all aspects of their life including their eye care. I have a young friend who has gone blind and it’s for her I made the pledge.
tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/AMomBlog/status/118416383854903299
I’ve taken the pledge.
We only have one pair of eyes, and if we don’t take care of them, we could lose our vision. That’s certainly not something I want! My eye doctor says my retina has lattice, so it’s important to make sure that no tears(like rip, not like from crying, LOL!) occur there.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I subscribe to your blog’s feed via google reader.
There is so much beauty in this world to be seen and there is no greater place than through the eyes of a child. Help them see the world with perfect vision
I took the pledge and will schedule an appointment this week!!!
Forgot to mention why my eyesight means so much to me. I have been noticing that I can’t see as well as I used to. In fact, I can no longer read without glasses. I have to ask my son to read recipes if my glasses aren’t near by. It’s a horrible feeling. Have messed up a few recipes because I couldn’t read them. Bad news.
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Took the pledge and eyes are important so I can keep seeing my loved ones
I took the pledge. Eye health is important to me because it effects so many other areas of your life.
I have already taken the pledge. Eye care is important to me because so much of what we do depends on good vision. Life would be so difficult without it.
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Subscribed in Google Reader – Cynthia Conley
I took the pledge and I believe eye care is just as important as any other wellness exam.
I took the pledge. My oldest daughter who is now 11 has worn glasses since she was three. Good eye health is important because it affects everything we do. If we can’t see well we put ourselves in harms way.
I took the pledge. Eye care is very important, I’ve worn glasses all my life and my brother-in-law has macular degeneration and sight is such a fragile and important sense; I think of all the beautiful things I see each day and truly appreciate them. Thank you.
I took the pledge. Eye health is important to me because without my glasses I wouldn’t really even be able to function, and every year my sight gets worse! I’m blessed to have the means to keep myself seeing well and I feel terrible for those who don’t have the means.
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I subscribe in google reader.
I tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/Tina12312/status/118683030939381761
i took the pledge and i believe eye health is important to be able to see all the beauty in the world
took the pledge
I took the pledge.
Eye vision is important because as you age your eyes get weaker.
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Subscribed on RSS Google reader.
mikeanderson203(at)juno(dot)com
I took the pledge-we have some eye problems in our family, so vision is important.
dwellenstein at cox dot net
I am an email subscriber.
dwellenstein at cox dot net
I took the pledge. Good eye health is important to me and my family because eyesight is important in everyday activities that my family does each and every day.
Dove056 at aol dot com
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