ADDABBO / PEARLE VISION PROVIDE FREE EYE EXAMS TO  WOODHAVEN SENIORS 

Senator Addabbo with Woodhaven's older adults who turned out for free eye exams at their Forest Park Senior Center.    

On Thursday April 22, 2010 NYS Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., brought his once-a-month series of free eye exams by Pearle Vision's Ozone Park staff to the Forest Park Senior Center, 89-02  91st Street, Woodhaven, 718-849-2222. 

Thirty older adults took advantage of getting free vision screenings.  Pearle Vision's professional staff included optometrist Dr. Jeanette Cooper, optician Bill Roussis and Pearle Vision-Ozone Park general manager Joanna Tonchuck. An auto refractor was used to determine range of vision/prescription and a CT machine detected warning signs of glaucoma. 

Pearle Vision’s staff also cleaned and adjusted eyewear, gave out goody bags containing lens cleaners, cloths and cases for glasses and provided one pass with each screening result to have a free, comprehensive eye exam done at Pearle Vision's Ozone Park location, 102-22 Atlantic Avenue. Pearle's professionals also presented a 20-minute lecture and give out literature on the symptoms of chronic dry eyes, macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, and diabetic eye problems, followed by a Q&A with audience.

   For dates/locations of additional Pearle Vision free vision screenings coming to other senior centers around his district, call Addabbo's Howard Beach district office in May at 718-738-1111.

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