The 1st Tsawwassen Guides recently completed an international service project to collect used prescription eyeglasses for donation to Third World countries.
Dr. Giulia DeVuono at Tsawwassen Optometry Clinic provided support for the humanitarian project by forwarding glasses to the aid program.
The project included sewing eyeglass cases to protect those without cases. The girls also made collection boxes.
Girls in the unit attend four different elementary schools in Tsawwassen (English Bluff, Beach Grove, Pebble Hill and Ecole South Park) plus Sacred Heart in Ladner. In their school groups, they worked with their respective principals to get the word out.
The collection period lasted two to three weeks and almost 80 pairs of glasses were collected.
