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2023 SOH Highlights

Sights on Health — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:03:26 +0000

Dear Sights on Health family & friends,

Happy Holidays! 2022 has been a busy year for Sights on Health as we celebrated our TENTH ANNIVERSARY. Below are the year’s highlights…

SOH provided three months of medical supplies to more than 40,000 Ukrainians
Our team bicycled 42 miles through the five boroughs of NYC raising $37,068.83 to purchase Interagency Emergency Health Kits through Project Hope.
Our thoughts go out to the Ukrainians as they face this winter still at war, with limited access to the basic necessities such as heat and electricity.
SoH provided 1,000 pairs of sunglasses
1,000 pairs of sunglasses were donated to the residents of Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota through AFWP NATIVE EYES Clinic
SoH Cataract Surgical Mission to Calca, Peru – 1st mission since the pandemic!

Sights on Health celebrated its 10th Anniversary by returning to the Sacred Valley, Peru where we held our first surgical mission in 2012. Over 90 patients were screened & 50 patients were brought to the operating room to give them back one of the 5 senses we take for granted every morning when we open our eyes… sight. The patient screening, post operative care & in country support could not have been done without the assistance of our longtime colleagues from FNE International, Asociacion Winaypaq & CEPRECE Eye Clinic. This surgical mission could not have been done without our very gracious supporters and volunteers who made this mission possible! For a complete list of donors click here. The mission was a costly endeavor; close to $70,000 of cataract surgical supplies were donated & $24,000 was spent by SoH to purchase the remaining supplies & provide the logistical support necessary to make this a success.

It is difficult to describe the sense of satisfaction felt by our mission participants; to be able to return to providing eye surgery to those unable to have access to cataract surgery, is truly heartwarming. Please consider making an end of the year donation. Mission planning will start in early 2023 and your financial support is critical to our efforts.

May your holidays be joyous, and may the New Year be healthy and happy year for all.

With deep gratitude,
The Sights on Health team

Thank to all of our supporters who helped make the 2022 cataract mission possible!

Sights on Health — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:34:39 +0000

On our 10th Anniversary trip to Calca, Peru. Our first after the pandemic. We screened over 90 patients and took 50 of them to the operating room to give them back one of the 5 senses we take for granted every morning when we open our eyes… sight. Every member of the team dedicated not only their vacation time but also their hard earned cash to fund their participation. Even then, and with close to $70,000 of donated cataract surgical supplies from Alcon & Surgical EyeExpeditions, Sights On Health with the assistance of our generous donors, spends more than $24,000 to help those less fortunate. Last but not least we wanted to give a shout out to our very gracious supporters for all you do for us to make this mission possible!

Alcon & SEE for all their intraocular lenses and other surgical supplies.

GOLD Level of Support

-Island Eye Surgical Center, Westbury, NY

-Barbara & Brian Shore

-Spectrum Vision/OCLI, Garden City, NY

-Thomas & Soley Burke

-James & Sally Rienzo

-Northwell Health: Center for Global Health

-ImprimisRx

-Dr. & Mrs. Mario Fracassa

-Mr. Brian Knoth & Dr. Natalie DiGioa

-Dr. Jack Oats

SILVER Level of Support

-Linda Collier

-Lnk International,Inc. – Manufacturers of OTC Pharmaceuticals

BRONZE Level of Support

Dr. & Mrs. George Demacopoulos

Chris Del Valle

Dr. Jack Stern

Dr Gerard D’Aversa

Dr. Paul Galstian

Gerardo Casco

Cathleen Whelan

Alma Hernandez

Peter Breingan

Dr. Glenn Stoller

Ingrassia Sharis

Susan Legovich

Ana Henriquez & her office team @OCLI

SPECIAL THANKS TO: FNE International, Dr. Francisco Morales, and Dr. Frilo Silva. Also Ambassador Marita Landaveri and LATAM Airlines

AND numerous other donors we could not have done without.

Sight On Health In Peru – Day-to-day!

Sights on Health — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:08:47 +0000

Day 1 (Started 1 day early to start making patients happy!) setting up and our first successful patient of the day!

A dozen obstacles overcome and another dozen of patients DONE! Restored sight to 12 very special patients! And our very first patient of this mission came back for her next day follow up! Look at that smile! Thank you to all of our supporters. With your kindness we can really help those less fortunate!

Day 2 Pre-op evaluations and sterilization area This is a great team!

Day 3 – Smooth day in the OR but so many patients evaluated today in the screening area! It was a wild day of bus loads of people coming in to be screened from mountain communities with NO resources! Shout out to our screening team! Dave Krebs, Ana, Jhon, Andy, Flo, George, Tatiana, Cipoletti, Vero, and Jessica! Bam Bam Bam! All taken care of!

Day 4 - in Calca, Peru. 88 patients evaluated and 50 patients went to the OR. There were some hairy times… and some great high fives. For all our past, present and future supporters… this is where your love lifts people up!!!

Shout out! – Today’s shout out goes to the administrative team that organizes this. Although we are but a small part of this whole organization, they work tirelessly year round to make this happen. Without our surgical team (mentioned on Tuesday) and our screening and registration team (mentioned on Weds) we would do nothing…

The admin team starts with Dr Debra Messina, our fearless president. Dr Joseph Ng, VP, Andy Maggiolo, Treasurer, Kenneth Roberts, Secretary, Dr George Coritsidis,Board Member, James Rienzo, Board Member, and Michael Sable Surgical Director. Dr. Frilo Silva from Cusco, Peru who has donated time and loaned us the equipment to make this possible and Dr Francisco Morales who, through his contacts helped spread the word and help us get our logistics planned out. FNE International, who was our boots on the ground who help cut through a lot of the bureaucracy.

Day 5 – It’s a wrap!!! We are done and packed as of early this afternoon… now to relax a bit, sight see and celebrate that we did some good in this world with all of our supporters help. Thank you all and see you all back home!