EVENT DATE: OCT 2024
VTSEVA Detroit Youth Board, in just a month, with the help of our own youth volunteers, their friends and family, and Cosmic Toads and Atomic Toads Robotics teams from Novi, collected 168 pairs of gently used eyeglasses to donate them to those in need in Sri Lanka.
In Sri Lanka, frames for glasses tend to cost around 10,000 rupees, or about $119, even without lenses. In the small, off-the-grid town of Omanthai, village residents simply cannot afford these glasses. However, the demand for glasses is still needed there, and visual problems are only rising. This is the reason the VTSEVA Detroit 2024 Eyeglasses Drive was started. By donating old, used glasses in good shape, participants of this drive allowed for the people of Omanthai, Sri Lanka to be prescribed and sent glasses by a local doctor free of charge. Thanks to all the participants for giving a second chance to your glasses and a better vision to those in need.
YOUTH LEAD: Varshan Muhinthan
YOUTH VOLUNTEERS: Aanya Das, Oviya Jaisankar, Jishnu Kandalam, Sai Karnati, Hajanathan Muhinthan, Varshan Muhinthan, Rachana Raghunathan, Swara Rege, Shreya Shetty, Shalini Srinivas, Shraya Ved, Varshini Barla, youth from Atomic Toads Robotics team and youth from Cosmic Toads Robotics team.
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