Blasts From The Past

NASCAR’S Kurt Busch Teams Up With Tag Heuer

Kurt Busch Ambassador for Tag Heuer Eyewear

Kurt Busch, 2004 NASCAR Cup champion, has teamed up with well know sports goggles, eyewear and watch maker Tag Heuer to promote their “Avant-Garde Eyewear” brand. Tag Heuer thinks it’s the perfect match of athlete to athletic eyewear. Their lines such as Speedway, Curve, Track and Squadra are [...]

Philadelphia Eagles Help Kids With Free Eyeglasses

Those of you in the Philadelphia area will be pleased to know that the Eagles started a free program approximately 14 yrs ago to help children who can’t afford glasses. They sponsor a mobile eye examination unit called “Eagles Eye Mobile” and features stadium seats

Children are examined by a nurse and kids with vision problems [...]

Handicapped Kids Can Now Have Good Fitting Glasses

Maria Dellapina is a single mother of a special child “Erin” who has Down’s Syndrome and vision problems. Maria is also an optician for over 20 years and decided that the eyeglasses Erin had were inadequate. The glasses would slip down her face and Erin would even hide them from her mother.

Maria decided to create [...]

Best UV Protection-Cheap Sunglasses versus Brands

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A new study shows that name brand sunglasses will give your eyes the best protection.  A Roanoke VA news website did a study of really cheap ($1.00) sunglasses and popular name brand sunglasses.

The name brands came out on top almost everytime but surprisingly,  there was a dollar pair that gave pretty good UV protection-no [...]