Home Work, Travel & Life Take a Selfie, Help Kids in Need & Everybody Wins for World Sight Day By Shahrzad WarkentinOctober 8, 2018 Search more like this eye-healthsocial-mediavision-lossvisioncampaigntreatmentfoundationhimalayanchairmankiddiagnosiswhopinitiativetap Read next Work, Travel & Life The Best Organic Clothes for Babies & Toddlers Work, Travel & Life 45 Pumpkin Carving Designs That’ll Wow the Neighborhood Work, Travel & Life Target’s Best Holiday Deals Start Sooner Than You Think Work, Travel & Life This Larger Than Life Mister Rogers Monument is Exactly What the World Needs Work, Travel & Life Want a Free Donut on Halloween? Here’s How to Get One from Krispy Kreme Sight is an immeasurable gift—and it’s one you can help offer to kids with just a few simple taps on your smartphone. This week you can help kids in need for World Sight Day just by snapping and posting a selfie. Read on for how this simple act can make a huge difference. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 285 million people in the world suffer from vision loss or impairment. Incredibly, a whopping 80 percent of those cases are preventable with early diagnosis and treatment. In honor of World Sight Day on Oct. 11, Johnson & Johnson Vision has partnered with Lions Clubs International Foundation’s Sight for Kids and Himalayan Cataract Project to help provide vision screenings to 100,000 kids in need and sight-restoring procedures to 1,000 cataract patients. Photo: Pexen Design via Pexels For week leading up the World Sight Day, Johnson & Johnson Vision has launched a special social media campaign to raising awareness about vision impairment and the importance of early treatment. To participate, you can post one photo per day using the Johnson & Johnson Donate a Photo app. For every post shared with the hashtag #spotlightsight, Johnson & Johnson vision will donae $1 to the both of its initiative partners. Supporters can continue to post until the donation goals are met, now through Dec. 31, 2018. Join us this #WorldSightDay as we launch a worldwide campaign to #spotlightsight. More info coming 10/8. pic.twitter.com/8EAM32A26b — Johnson & Johnson Vision (@JNJVision) October 4, 2018 “The needs are great—more than 19 million children are visually impaired,” said Dr. Naresh Aggarwal, Chairman of Lions Clubs International Foundation. “To change this statistic, we aspire to double the number of children treated through Sight for Kids by 2021. Together, we can transform small actions into life-long impacts for eye health.” —Shahrzad Warkentin Featured photo: Krewr Studio via Pexels RELATED STORIES: This Breast Cancer Survivor & Mom’s Story Will Inspire Us All How Much Screen Time Should Kids Be Allowed? New Study Urges Stricter Limits New York Just Became the First State to Mandate Mental Health Classes for Kids
