FGX International Donates Approximately $5.7 Million in Reading Glasses to Support Ongoing Haiti Recovery & Medical Missions ...
January 03 2011 - 6:30AM
Business Wire
FGX International, a leading designer and marketer of
non-prescription reading glasses and sunglasses, has donated
approximately $5.7 Million in reading glasses to support charitable
causes both in America and worldwide. Most recently, FGX
International donated 47,000 pairs of reading glasses, to be used
to support ongoing recovering efforts in Haiti and on medical
missions around the world. One half of the donation, comprised of
both Magnivision and Foster Grant branded readers, will benefit
CURE centers in Haiti and Africa, a project of the Lions Club
International Foundation. The remaining half will be sent on
medical missions to other third world countries in need.
FGX worked with Dr. Paul Berman, Optometrist, co-director of
EyeCare4Haiti, to facilitate the donation. Dr. Berman visited Haiti
in the wake of the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake and saw
a compelling need for non-prescription reading glasses.
“Non-prescription reading glasses can certainly help patients in
Haiti and elsewhere - not only to read, but to be able to do other
tasks that require the ability to focus up close,” said Dr. Berman.
“We delivered readers last year to patients in Haiti. For the first
time in a while, people could see up close, read, sew, and perform
other everyday jobs. I was amazed to learn that in some parts of
rural Haiti, it is thought that not being able to see up close was
just part of the aging process and that there is no solution. With
a donation of this magnitude from FGX, we will be able to
significantly change many more lives.”
“It has been one year since the devastating Haiti earthquake and
the reality is that there is still so much work to be done to help
Haiti recover,” said Alec Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, FGX
International. “If we can aid in some small way with the donation
of eyewear, we are pleased to be able to do so. It is our sincere
hope that our reading glasses donation both in America and abroad
will help patients in need throughout the world.”
The 47,000 pairs of readers will be distributed by New Jersey
Lions Eye Recycling Center, one of the 17 Lions Recycling Centers
in the world, which processes donated and used eyewear to be sent
to countries in need.
FGX International has also donated approximately $3 Million of
eyewear to the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial
Resources, (NAIER), and nearly $2 Million of product to Feed the
Children.
About FGX International
FGX International is a leading designer and marketer of
non-prescription reading glasses and sunglasses with a portfolio of
established, highly recognized eyewear brands including Foster
Grant®, Magnivision®, Gargoyles®, Anarchy®, Corinne McCormack®,
SolarShield® and PolarEyes®. FGXI also holds licenses for brands
such as Ironman, Body Glove, Field & Stream™ and C9 by
Champion. Based in Smithfield, Rhode Island, FGXI has approximately
350 full time employees. Additional offices are located in New York
City, New York; San Luis Obispo, CA; Toronto, Canada;
Stoke-on-Trent, England; Mexico City, Mexico; and Shenzhen,
China.
About New Jersey Lions Recycling Center
New Jersey Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center at the Katzenbach
School for the Deaf, 320 Sullivan Way, West Trenton, NJ 08628
receives approximately 1.2 million pair of eyeglasses each year.
The eyeglasses are processed with the help of students from the
Katzenbach School for the Deaf as well as prisoners from three
State Correctional Institutions.
The center continually sponsors missions globally and to Mexico
and the Dominican Republic, organizing participation from
optometrists and other medical professionals. The center has also
coordinated equipment loans between other Lions Eyeglass Recycling
Centers and mission groups. Mission Teams wishing to request a
supply of Lions Recycled Eyeglasses may submit
completed "Eyeglass Request Order Form" via fax to Alan P.
Brewer, President FAX: 908-782-4232 and to the NJ LERC FAX:
609-530-3485.
About NAEIR
NAEIR, (National Association for the Exchange of Industrial
Resources): is a nonprofit organization that collects excess
inventory from manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers then
redistributes the goods to nonprofit organizations all over U.S.
(Donors Include: Microsoft, Gateway, Stanley Tools, Reebok, 3M,
Rubbermaid, Reader’s Digest Books, Rand McNally, Gillette, Xerox,
BRIO, and more).
About Feed the Children
Feed the Children: Feed The Children is a Christian,
international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and
other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack
these essentials due to famine, war, poverty, or natural
disaster.
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