Thursday 04.22.10

On Thursday, our last full day at the Chicago OneSight clinic we had a super busy day! We are very close to reaching our goal of helping 3500 kids in these two weeks!

There were a lot of great stories with great kids today.

Jessica met a young girl in the dilation room named Alexis. Alexis was sobbing as soon as she sat down in her chair telling her teachers and classmates that she was scared and didn't want to do the eyedrops. She asked to go first to get it over with but couldn't keep her eyes open and couldn't stop crying. Alexis had one of her best friends come over and talk to her and hold her hand, and together Alexis and her friend decided to go last instead. Alexis was able to go last in the eyedrop line when all the other kids had left the room and ended up laughing at how much the drops tickled. Later in the day Jessica met up with Alexis in the frame selection room and helped her pick out a cute pair of glasses.

Alexis and Jessica

We were also fortunate to help out a military school today!

Mary-Kay had said she'd never been called "ma'am" so much before, until this group was at the clinic.

Jess and a group of kids from the school

Caviniona was able to pose with the whole class.

Victor and Marcos were also able to get to meet a great group of kids who thanked them for all the work they have been doing on EyeVan during the clinic!

Thanks Marcos and Victor! You guys are amazing!

Scott was able to join us today on the last full day of clinic also!

Scott, Harry, Dawn, Bridgid and Naomi

Before our day ended we did some deep cleaning on the items used everyday that will be on their way to the next OneSight clinic in Detroit. We also took some pictures to remember our new friends by.
Click on pics to open in new window.

The group on EyeVan.

Tonight after clinic we all ate at Lou Malnati's downtown and had some deep dish pizza and pasta. After that we headed to the hotel to have our pinning ceremony.

During the ceremony everyone got to say some special words about the person they got to pin.

We also took time to get pictures of each brand.

LensCrafters


Sunglass Hut


Pearle Vision


Target and Sears Optical

Tomorrow will be the final day of Chicago clinic. There will be around 100+ kids, lots of goodbyes and flights home all over the country.