Today is the World Sight Day Challenge

Wednesday, October 8 2014 | 00 h 00 min | News

Today, Thursday, October 9, the industry is invited to support Optometry Giving Sight and its annual fundraising campaign known as the World Sight Day Challenge (WSD). Now in its 7^th year, the World Sight Day Challenge is the largest annual global fundraising campaign to address avoidable blindness caused by uncorrected refractive error – the need for an eye exam and glasses. The campaign has set a fundraising target of $1 million in 2014.

Participation can be a fundraising pledge, or a monthly or annual donation, before the end of World Sight Day, today, October 9.

Share your activities via social media and the #givingsight hashtag.

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