Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day!

| By Brian Foster, Former Executive Director
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Canada, the United States, Australia and many other countries celebrate the special mothers in their lives on May 12. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all moms a very happy Mother’s Day! This photo shows a heartwarming maternal moment, when one of our favourite mothers and grandmothers, Jerita, saw her baby granddaughter for… Continue Reading Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day!

It’s a wonderful world… for a baby who can see

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
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With Mother’s Day on the horizon for Canadians, Americans, and others, it’s a natural association to think of babies. Their wide-eyed wonder at the world around them makes all but the crankiest person smile. Yet it may be shocking to realize that in the time it took you to read this paragraph, a child somewhere… Continue Reading It’s a wonderful world… for a baby who can see

Our best wishes for a happy Easter

| By Brian Foster, Former Executive Director
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Many of our supporters around the world are celebrating Easter this weekend. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you, your family and friends a very happy Easter time and, for those of us in the northern hemisphere, a very welcome Spring!

We <3 our donors!

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
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Every single person who has ever given to Operation Eyesight deserves heartfelt thanks. We hope you hear that message, often and loud and clear from us! And to turn up the gratitude, watch and share this brief feel-good video featuring some of the people you’ve helped. We guarantee a smile!

Fireworks for 50!

| By Brian Foster, Former Executive Director
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Light the fireworks! Throw the confetti! Strike up the band… Operation Eyesight turns 50 this year! Okay, in reality the celebrations might be a bit lower-key than that. But I’m sure you’ll agree, 50 years of preventing avoidable blindness is an occasion worth celebrating! Back in 1963, a Canadian doctor named Ben Gullison inspired businessman… Continue Reading Fireworks for 50!