Timeline
Listen1986:
- OneSight Research programs begin (formerly through the Pearle Vision Foundation) in North America
1988:
- OneSight outreach programs begin (formerly through the Give the Gift of Sight) to collect used eyewear and provide vouchers for free new eyewear in North America
1991:
- First OneSight Global Clinic to Costa Rica: 8,600 people helped
1993:
- Hometown Day is established across all LensCrafters stores in North America, creating the single, largest day of OneSight giving
1994:
- OneSight is honored with the United States President’s Volunteer Action Award (honors volunteers that give hundreds of thousands of hours per year helping others) for its commitment to providing eye care to the underprivileged
1995:
- OneSight North America launches “Seemore,” OneSight’s first Vision Van to bring eye care to children in need; 1998, sister “Iris” joins the fleet.
1999:
- One millionth recipient, Jessica, a young school girl is helped in Washington, United States
- Computer Inventory Management System launched to help volunteers select teh best match of recycled eyewear during Global Clinics
2001:
- Two millionth recipient, Julia, a grandmother is helped in Bolivia
2003:
- OneSight programs begin in Asia Pacific (formerly Community I-Care) including a partnership with Croc Festival™ to provide free vision care & eyewear to children in remote parts of Australia and establish the first eye care Clinics in Fiji
- Three millionth recipient, Gabriel, a young boy, is helped in Ecuador
2004:
- Regional Clinics introduced in North America to help U.S. school children
2005:
- Agordo, Italy Recycling Center opens
- Four millionth recipient, Hannah, a teenage girl, ishelped during a North American Clinic
- OneSight Asia Pacific wins the prestigious Australia Business Arts Award for community services provided through the Croc Festival™ eye care Clinics
- Vision Van helps 6,155 people affected by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Texas, United States
2006:
- Five millionth recipient, Lavonte, a teenage boy, is helped during a North American Clinic
2007:
- Six millionth recipient, Victory, an adult monk, is helped in Thailand
2008:
- OneSight launches the Dr. Stanley Pearle Scholarship Fund to provide scholarships to student pursuing a degree in Optometry
- China Regional Eye Care Programs begin with local Clinic in Tianjin
- Recycling Centers open in Pederobba, Italy and North Ryde, Australia
- Oakley launches OneSight programs; first Oakley employee attends a Clinic in El Salvador
- OneSight Asia Pacific conducts first Clinic to Tuvalu, a small South Pacific island
2009:
- OneSight programs established across Europe including: Austria, England, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Nordic countries and Spain.
- Recycle Centers open in Eye Biz Australia, Milan, Italy and Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Last update: 29 SEPTEMBER 2011
