From May 1, 2017 to May 21, 2017, the San Diego Branch collected a total of 2,700 pairs of eyeglasses, 1,047 pairs of new lenses, 300 eyeglasses accessories, and 1,585 bottles of eye medication. They will ship all of those eyeglasses and lenses to children and adults from needed families in Uganda. All the prescription eyeglasses will be checked one by one by a lensometer and documented before shipping.
Christopher Yang and Stephen Yang led the collection events.
The San Diego Branch has collected and distributed a total of 4,888 pairs of eyeglasses, 1047 pairs of new lenses, 300 eyeglasses accessories, and 1,585 bottles of eye medication to those in need for the countries listed above since 2015.
