VSP Vision Care is on a roll—literally. After months of planning, our first mobile eyecare clinic has hit the road ! Today our clinic debuted at our home base in Sacramento ! After so much time and planning it was amazing to see the clinic up close and personal. For me, the experience brought back a lot of memories.
Almost two years ago we were in the Gulf Coast to help after Hurricane Katrina , where we first saw the need for a mobile response unit. We set up temporary clinics to re-employ 24 of our doctors who had lost their offices, and helped almost 10,000 people affected by the storm. The devastation was intense, but our doctors and patients were so amazing. Everything we saw, and the people we met inspired us to want to create something good from the tragedy.
I think the Mobile Eyes clinic represents who VSP is as a company; it is the tangible face of all our efforts, to help people in need and to promote eye health. So, the next time a disaster hits, we’ll be there, even sooner and better equipped. And when we’re not helping natural disaster victims, we’ll be touring the nation, working with our doctors to educate about the importance of eyecare and providing care to those in need.
See a slideshow of our clinic and let us know what you think!
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