FLYING HIGH WITH VOSH-CALIFORNIA
JUNE VOSH CHAPTER OF THE MONTH
For its high and sustained level of activity as well as its leadership,
VOSH-California is selected as the June VOSH Chapter of the month.
VOSH-CA President Dr. Greg Pearl submitted this report:
VOSH/CA primarily organizes campaigns with SVOSH chapters at SCCO, Western Univ. and Xochicalco Univ in Mexicali. We try to offer enough opportunities so that every optometry student can have a VOSH experience.
We conduct a Saturday clinic once a month with the Flying Samaritans organization at their clinics in Tecate and Tijuana area of Baja, Mexico. Typically we have one supervising VOSH/CA optometrist and 5-6 SVOSH members.
John Larcabal, Corina Van de Pol and I also organize about five or six weeklong campaigns to Central and South America with SVOSH members during their school vacations (i.e. Thanksgiving, Spring Break and Summer).
VOSH/CA volunteers also provide eye care at about a dozen pop-up clinics throughout California organized by California CareForce, Healing California and Care Garbor. These clinics provide homeless and low income patients with free medical, dental and vision services.
WILL YOUR CHAPTER BE NEXT?
Nominate or self nominate at:
https://voshinternational.wufoo.com/forms/q1paqnag0vy6yad/
