Safilo’s eight-year support of Opening Eyes continues to expand, specifically as a visible sponsor at the “2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece from 25th June to 04th July, when 7,000 Special Olympics athletes from more than 170 countries will compete in 22 Olympic-type sports.
As the global supplier of the Special Olympics-Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes vision care program, the company will donate more than 80,000 spectacles and sunglasses. In addition, Safilo personnel often take an active part in the implementation of the events as volunteers, donating their time and expertise for the benefit of Special Olympics athletes and those with intellectual disabilities.
Opening Eyes, part of Special Olympics’ award-winning Healthy Athletes public health initiative, is the largest program in the world dedicated to providing vision care for people with intellectual disabilities. The program was founded by the American Optometric Association’s Sports Vision Section and formally incorporated into the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes program in 1997. A generous grant from the Lions Clubs International Foundation, the largest service club in the world, formalized a global partnership and enabled the Opening Eyes program to expand internationally. Read more.
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