World Sight Day Challenge Coalition supports OGS

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Organizations and manufacturers in vision care have joined together to promote expand access to eye care through the World Sight Day Challenge.

 

Rancho Cordova, CA-Organizations in the eyecare industry have formed the World Sight Day Challenge Coalition to help raise awareness and mobilize support behind eye health and eye care, leading up to World Sight Day on October 10.

Coalition members include :

  • ABB Optical Group

  • Alcon

  • AllAboutVision.com

  • CooperVision

  • Essilor

  • Eyefinity

  • Marchon Eyewear

  • TLC Laser Eye Centers

  • Transitions Optical

  • Vistakon Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc.

  • Vision Source

  • VSP Optics Group 

  • VSP Vision Care

The Coalition’s objective is to promote the importance of eye health, and help expand access to eye care through support of Optometry Giving Sight (OGS), and its annual fundraising campaign, the World Sight Day Challenge.

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