The other day, I got my first pair of reading glasses. All of a sudden, reading, computers, knitting–even the fine print at the store–is SO much clearer. I’ve had regular glasses since the third grade, so you’d think I wouldn’t be surprised, but it’s easy to forget how much difference a new pair of glasses can make.
When I went to pick them up, I saw a brochure for One Dollar Glasses with lots of happy people sporting new glasses. Here’s the link to the English version of the website that has fewer photos.
My optician told me he’d been to a workshop to learn to make a pair of glasses out of one piece of wire. It was challenging even for people trained to make glasses. You only get one shot.
But it doesn’t need electricity and it means people don’t have to wear glasses that almost work because they’re someone else’s old glasses.
The raw materials for each pair cost one dollar which means the sales tax from my recent glasses would pay for 30 pair.
It makes me happy to think that 30 people could finally see what they’re looking at! Hope they have good books to read! 🙂
If you’d also like to help someone see what they’re missing, here’s the donation information. (PayPal, credit cards, and direct bank transfer all work).
Thanks for reading!
Laurel
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