Friday Clinic Stories

Amy Anderson
Store 6570, Pearle Vision, Las Vegas, NV

After waiting all day in the heat, I had a lady tell me a funny joke. She said that she knew she needed glasses because her dog was saying, “oink oink” instead of “bow wow”!

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Jenna Morse
LensCrafters 848

Today I dispensed a pair of glasses to a very cute three-year-old boy. He was in need of surgery for both ptosis (drooping eyelids) and strabismus (lazy eye). He didn't mind at all the process of fitting his glasses. Somebody on the team gave him a bag of small toys and candy, which alleviated his fear of the process. He stuck a toy magnet on one of the metal glasses dispensing tables, and played with it for a long time.

We gave him a pair of Chabellas (custom-made eyeglasses, which we make at clinic) and some sunglasses. After I dispensed the glasses, the boy's dad was amazed to watch his son's eyes follow the toy's movement!

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Dawn Marie Hess
Pearle Vision #6423

Story 1
Yesterday, I dispensed a pair of glasses to an 88-year-old woman with a +11.50 in both eyes. Her old glasses were so old and scratched that she couldn’t see through them anymore. The moment I put her new pair on her, she broke out in a huge smile! Her eyes lit up with joy as she looked around. She bowed in thank many, many times and gave me a big bear hug before she left.

Story 2
We ring a bell every time we are able to match a prescription perfectly. When we hear that bell, we let out a cheer. The bell was ringing so often at one point, that the adorable woman I was dispensinsing glasses to joined in – letting out her “WOO-HOOs” and clapping her hands!

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Mitch Belinsky, Inventory Management System (IMS) Leader
LensCrafters Operations, Cincinnati, OH

IMS rocked solid today! Having an information officer review all our prescriptions first just creates a great flow to both the Glasses Selection and Chabellas stations. The team was strong throughout clinic. This team is already gellin’! Rock on Team Thailand!

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Brianne Kroger
Pearle Vision Legal, Cincinnati Ohio

Hello Cincinnati! I am thrilled to be on my first OneSight mission here in Phayao, Thailand! It has been amazing in so many ways. I want to say hello to Stacy Mann and Andra Terrell in the Legal department. This is AWESOME!!!

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Jennifer Bishop
Loss Prevention, Cincinnati Ohio

I just want to send a big hello to Mrs. Trenz’s third grade class, my husband Mark, Rocky, Austin, Amber, my mom & dad, and all the Loss Prevention team back at the CSC and out in the field!! This is the most amazing experience I’ve ever had, and better than any NASCAR race in the US. I can’t wait to share pictures and stories with everyone!! Love you guys!!

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Julie Lewis
Nashville, TN

Amazing Dispense of Today…
1. Lady +16.50 had near-perfect match. She seemed scared when she got the glasses, blinked several times, then in plain English, looked at me and said, “Wow, you are beautiful!

2. Another lady, -9.50, never wore glasses. She spoke Thai during dispense. When she put the glasses on, she started clipping her hands and said, “Yippee! I can see!” We’d liie to say hi all our family & friends at stores 765 and 1206.

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Kendra Moore
Sears Optical, Chicago, IL

I dispensed my sister-in-law’s glasses, and the patient loved them! I am so blessed with not only my friends, family and co-workers supporting me from home, but also incredibly blessed and amazed with my team! XOXO

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Cleopatra Comiotto
Luxottica Italia – Sedico

Ecco il team europeo di questa straordinaria esperienza in Thailadia.
- Manolis Tzatzimanis (Luxottica Grecia)
- Manuela Werner ( Luxottica Germania – Monaco)
- Cleopatra Comiotto (Luxottica Italia – Sedico)
- Derick Afenyo Gamor (Luxottica Italia - Agordo)
- Adriano Dal Pont (Luxottica Italia – Agordo)
- Hung Vo Van (Luxottica Italia – Pederobba)

Siamo veramente entusiasmati di questa missione.

Le giornate in clinica sono molto pesanti ma le stanchezze non si sentono, in quanto le gratificazioni sono tante.

In cambio di un paio di occhiali usati loro ci regalano un sorriso che ricorderemo per tutta la vita.

Abbiamo raggiunto quota 7520 persone aiutate a vedere in soli tre giorni!!!

Saluti a tutti!!!

Siamo felici di appartenere a questo team meraviglioso!!!

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We hope to have some pictures up soon. Thailand is a beautiful country (the land of smiles). Our hosts are so gracious, the patients are so thankful, and our team is so upbeat and happy to be helping the people of Phayao Thailand! If only we could figure out how to upload photos, it would be perfect.

Much love to family, friends, co-workers and pets at home,
Team Thailand, February 2009