Share the Vision

July 2023

Florida Lions Eye Clinic

Monthly Newsletter

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4TH OF JULY EYE SAFETY

• Always wear safety glasses

• Never allow children to ignite or fireworks

• Don't try to re-light or pick up fireworks that did not ignite fully

• Keep a water source nearby

• Always have adult supervision when using sparklers

We are so excited to welcome our new board members to the FLLEC family! The FLLEC Board cares about the clinic and patients, and strives to uphold the mission and vision of what our founders began 15 years ago! Please join us in welcoming these awesome new members!

Dr. Carol Marston-Foucher, OD, FAAO, Director

Retired Optometrist

Dr. Jason Friedrichs, MD, Director

Ophthalmologist at Collins Vision

Melissa Boyer, Director

Division Director for Pediatrics - Golisano Children’s Hospital of SWFL

Thank you to our outgoing FLLEC board members. We appreciate your love and support of the clinic!

WANTED!

FLLEC is in need of a new introductory video!

Are you experienced in videography, editing, and voiceovers, and have your own equipment to work with?

Are you a student needing service hours?

Then we want you!

Please contact Miranda Escobar at 239-319-2983 or mirandae@fllec.com today!

Have extra readers or non-prescription sunglasses at home? Please donate them to the clinic! FLLEC gives them out to patients in need.

Happen to find some on sale while you're out shopping? We'll happily accept them too!

Your contributions help us help people see, and we can't do it without you!

Want to make an online donation but unsure how? We'd be happy to help you process it! The clinic accepts credit cards, checks and cash.

Did you know you can set up recurring donations? Our supporters enjoy setting up monthly payments to the clinic. This helps especially during quieter months of giving, especially during the summer time! You can do so through our PayPal or ask us how!

Another way to support the clinic is helping purchase basic needs that come up! FLLEC now has an Amazon Wishlist that is sharable with your friends. Please click on the logo below!

Thank you for your continued support!

On June 13th we celebrated Deanna's birthday! We wish her a year full of fun, health and good fortune ahead!

We are putting this out there into the universe! FLLEC could really use an upgrade to the existing murals.

Our beloved jungle murals in the waiting area and in the exam room have endured a lot of wear and tear over the years, and are in desperate need of a makeover!

Since our patients come in with vision loss, and difficulties seeing clearly, big bright murals would be beneficial to them! Having a captivating mural in the children's exam room will help them focus and be distracted from what they may be fearing at the time. (Not all patients like coming to the doctor!)

We have a very talented local artist who would love to help transform the space for our patients, and you can check out some of her work below. We're hoping to build up a budget to have the work done this summer! We have extended the final donation deadline to July 15th!

Thank you so much to those of you who have donated to help make this happen so far! It means so much to us!

If you donate $500 or more to our mural wish fund, your name will be incorporated into the mural!! Please be sure your check donations are marked with "mural" so we can start building our mural budget! If you chose to send a donation through PayPal please send a quick email to Miranda at mirandae@fllec.com to let her know it's for the mural!