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 Beach Eye Care's team of professionals has strong ties to our community. Our staff participates in a wide array of campaigns to give back to area organizations that help those in need. It is our commitment to continue our service to our community and to assist organizations that need help. The following are just a few of the campaigns with which we have been recently involved: Beach Eye Care saved 34 trees in 2011A total of 2 tons of paper was shredded. Read More
Upcoming Montero Medical Mission – Ghana, AfricaJune 23-30, 2012 Montero Medical Missions will partner with Unite for Sight to provide eye care services to patients living in extreme poverty in Ghana. From June 22 - July 1, 2012, Dr. Peyton Neatrour will lead the mission team that presently consists of his wife and their three children, all of who will be Unite for Sight Global Impact Fellows. At one of the five eye clinics managed by Unite for Sight, the Neatrour family will volunteer alongside local Ghanaian medical professionals and local social entrepreneurs who know their communities and their barriers to quality care. This grassroots global health delivery program has three clinics in Accra, one in Kumasi, and one in Tamale. The mission will be managed by ophthalmologists at Unite for Sight's partner clinics with outreach services brought to the people in their villages. The local ophthalmic nurses, optometrists, and volunteers will travel each day to different villages 1-8 hours from the eye clinic providing eye care to 100-300 patients during the day, returning to their base location, and then providing eye care in a different location the next day. Patients requiring cataract surgery or other advanced care will be transported to the eye clinic where the local ophthalmologist will provide care. Dr. Neatrour will provide surgical training and skills transfer to local ophthalmologists. The mission team will learn first-hand about Ghanaian public health, international development, cultural competency and cross-cultural communication. Unite for Sight has provided sight-restoring surgeries to more than 42,000 patients and provided eye care to more than 1,200,000 people. In addition, the goal is to provide 3,000 pairs of reading glasses (at a cost of $0.30 each - $900) and to provide cataract surgery for 156 Ghanaians (cost of $7,800).Contact Montero Medical Missions or Beach Eye Care today to make your donation towards our goal of $8,700. How Unite for Sight was founded:The Connecticut-based nonprofit was founded in 2000 by Staple-Clark from her dorm room at Yale. She worked part time for an ophthalmologist, where the college sophomore saw many people with vision problems that could have been prevented if they had come in earlier. Most people with preventable blindness, she found, either failed to recognize their problem or felt they simply couldn't afford treatment. She energized college students to go to homeless shelters, food kitchens, schools and other venues to let people know about existing resources out there that would provide free or low-cost visual exams and treatment. The project expanded to include 50 national college campuses with Unite For Sight chapters.When the nonprofit came to Ghana in 2005, ophthalmologist Dr. Wanye was the only eye doctor for the two million people who lived throughout the entire northern region of the country. Yet, he regularly went months without performing a cataract operation because his patients simply could not afford the surgery. Unite For Sight brought in human and financial resources to support Dr. Wanye's programs. With their help, Dr. Wanye and his team provided 2,661 sight-restoring cataract surgeries in 2010. Additionally, the team provides eye care each year for more than 65,000 patients living in extreme poverty. By 2008, Unite For Sight funded 36 percent of all cataract surgeries in Ghana; by 2009 it had partnered with three other ophthalmologists and had increased cataract surgeries from 5,011 to 8,060, an increase directly attributed to Unite For Sight's involvement. In 2010, Unite For Sight partnered with a fifth ophthalmologist. Together the team currently provides more than half of all restorative vision surgeries done in Ghana. In addition, Unite For Sight encourages the doctors to up their game by brainstorming together to implement and improve best practices, patient outreach strategies and available resources. Healthy Outlook Blog Post View 2011 Montero Medical Mission Activities View 2011 Montero Medical Mission Accomplishment Reports Beach Eye Care Donates $1,000 to VisionWalkHampton Roads VisionWalk – May 6th, 2012VisionWalk is a signature fundraising event of the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Over 10 Million Americans are affected by blinding retinal diseases including macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa and Usher syndrome. The Foundation Fighting Blindness is working to find treatments and cures for these devastating diseases. By funding leading edge research in area such as genetics, gene therapy, transplantation, artificial retinal implants and pharmaceutical and nutritional therapies. The Foundation Fighting Blindness is making a difference today to make the world a brighter place for those suffering with retinal degenerative diseases. Since its inception in the Spring of 2006, VisionWalk has raised over $20 million to fund sight-saving research. As promising treatments move into critical human studies, the need for research funding is greater than ever. Join the tens of thousands of people who have taken important steps toward a cure by participating in a 5K VisionWalk. Find a Walk near you and register today! Beach Eye Care Raised Over $1,100 for the Polar Plunge2012 Polar Plunge The Polar Plunge® Winter Festival is Special Olympics Virginia's largest fundraiser, attracting more than 10,000 people to an otherwise deserted beachfront in February. Individuals and teams, alongside our athletes and thousands of community members, experience heartwarming and bone chilling extremes as they take the plunge into the icy Atlantic Ocean in the height of winter! Polar Plunge 2012 raised over $1.12 million dollars – the largest amount raised in their 20 year history.Read more Holiday Food Drive for the Foodbank of Southeastern VirginiaBeach Eye Care has provided assistance to the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia for over 5 years and is asking for your help this year when community needs are at an all time high. With the help of their staff, friends, family, and patients, Beach Eye Care was able to provide over 150 pounds of food, 3 turkeys, and $1,000 in cash donations this Thanksgiving. Help them keep the spirit alive and continue their efforts to provide even more to those in need this holiday season. Visit Beach Eye Care in December and donate canned and non-perishable items to the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. 2011 Komen Race for the Cure®
Beach Eye Care and Physicians for Peace need your help to provide eye care to the Philippines
  Dr. Neatrour will lead a group of medical professionals to the Philippines in mid-July to perform cataract surgery, teach local professionals, educate the resident Filipinos on diabetes/eye health, and distribute glasses. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to fund the medical equipment and supplies needed to help our neighbors see in Surigao del Sur, Philippines. Our fundraiser at Yotini's Yogurt Bar successfully launched our journey.
New yogurt bar dispenses community outreachClick here to read the online article that originally appeared on Pilotonline.com
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On October 15th, more than 20 Beach Eye Care staff members, friends and family proudly participated in the Komen Tidewater Race for the Cure® to combat breast cancer. Our team organized "$5 Jeans Fridays," in which the Beach Eye Care staff donated $5 to dress casual for a great cause. We also organized raffles, bake sales, merchandise sales and donation opportunities for several months prior to the race. We applaud the combined effort of our Beach Eye Care team, whose hard work resulted in our contribution of over $1,600 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. 
"Rejuvenating" is the word that comes to mind as I describe my second trip as a member of the Appalachia Service Project to Hinton, West Virginia. Working with the youth of Community United Methodist Church and helping others in need has a way of cleansing the soul and recharging the heart. I joined 34 others, including 25 youth 14-25 years old, forming five teams of seven each. My team worked on the 75 year- old home of an EMT/volunteer firefighter with a heart condition, who could not do the work himself. We replaced the newspaper insulation and wood siding on his home with fiberglass insulation, OSB board, a moisture barrier, and vinyl siding.
For the second year in a row, Beach Eye Care employees have raised awareness and held fundraisers to support the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in the ongoing search for a cure for diabetes. The Beach Eye Care Team of nine cyclists were particularly proud of their two Red Riders, employees diagnosed with diabetes, who showcased the courage it takes to live day to day with this chronic disease. The team remarkably collected $2,557, surpassing their $2,500 goal. Funds were raised not only by hosting raffles, bake sales, jewelry and Jolee accessory sales, but also by the ever popular "Denim for Diabetes" effort (Beach Eye Care employees donated $5 in order to wear jeans on Fridays). Additionally, employees encouraged the purchase of jersey card donations and contributions from friends and family. Thank you, patients and friends alike, for supporting the ADA's mission in their quest to prevent and cure diabetes. Improving the lives of all people affected by diabetes is an ongoing effort that requires extreme dedication and commitment. With 800 total riders riding in this year's Tour de Cure, the Beach Eye Care Team members all successfully completed the thirty mile ride. The employees hoped to raise overall awareness, as diabetic eye disease can lead to blindness and people with diabetes are predisposed to cataracts and glaucoma.
Beach Eye Care donated a gift certificate valued at $1,000 for Laser Vision Correction to the 17th annual charity picnic sponsored by the Southeast Virginia Street Rods. With $3,150 in total donations, the Street Rods chose the Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the Blind and Visually Impaired as the 2009 recipient. As Chris Wooldridge (Beach Eye Care's Director of Information Technology and Marketing) presented the gift certificate, he received artwork as a token of appreciation. The following is a letter from the President-elect of the Southeast Virginia Street Rods:
October 2009
Dear Peyton...
