Optometry Giving Sight

Seeing Eye to Eye is a great way of raising the profile of optometry and your practice in your community while giving sight – and hope – to people in need. Simply donate a set amount from the sale of every pair of glasses, frames, contact lenses, eye exam or another item or service you choose.

Most practices are choosing $2-$5 / £1-£2.50 per item, although some are donating more!

We will provide display materials for your practice to highlight your involvement in reducing global blindness to your staff and patients including:

Posters

• Optometry Giving Sight brochures
• Donation box/tin with brochure holder (on request)
• Template press release for you to send to your local newspaper highlighting your practice’s involvement in funding programs to provide eye care to the developing world.

Frequently Asked Questions About Seeing Eye to Eye

How do I track the number of donations made to Optometry Giving Sight?
Some practices may choose to modify their existing payment software to incorporate payment to Optometry Giving Sight as a payment item. This means your accountant can reconcile the donation automatically.

Other practices may choose to track their donations manually using the Optometry Giving Sight Remittance Form, which will be sent to you.

It can be as easy as this example:

102 frames sold X $5 per frame = $510 donation to Optometry Giving Sight.
Send check or remit online
Optometry Giving Sight will send you a tax deductible receipt

What if our practice simply wants to collect donations using a donation box?
We are able to provide donation boxes to practice that are participating in one of the following ways:

• The optometrists or the practice is a current donor to Optometry Giving Sight.
• The practice is involved in a Practice Giving Program either;
  • Seeing Eye to Eye
  • World Sight Day Challenge

Can I do Seeing Eye to Eye and take part in the World Sight Day Challenge?
Yes! Many practices participate in Seeing Eye to Eye throughout the year and take part in the World Sight Day Challenge in October as well.

Click here for more information about the World Sight Day Challenge.

What if the practice or a patient wants to do a special event?
We are pleased to encourage such activities but hope that they are in addition to their participation in the Practice Giving Program or to a donation they have already made.

How do I get additional materials to display in my practice or ask another question?
You can contact us by clicking here.

“We have been donating $2 for every frame we sell for sometime now and it is really easy to administer. I think it is important to help those who do not have access to vision care and this works well for our practices.”
- Sue Strachan, Melbourne, Australia

"This fall, our optometrists pledged to donate $5 for every new frame purchased by our patients. We feel good about it, we can afford it, and it is a marketing tool. It raises a useful amount of cash for Optometry Giving Sight and is very easy to implement. We use it as one more reason why patients might want to buy their eyewear from us. We are planning promote this donation more consistently in the office, and on an in-office and website video currently in production."
- Dr. Cynthia P. Willis, Victoria Vision and Eye Care Centre, Canada