Okotoks Eyecare supported World Sight Day on Monday.

The day works to raise awareness of preventable blindness and vision impairment in under-served communities around the world.

Jackie Stach, optometric assistant at Okotoks Eyecare, says the organization has been making a difference for a few years.

"Optometry Giving Sight has been helping to bring vision care to the developing world for 10 years and it's so simple and really doesn't take a lot to provide to people in need."

Stach says this wasn't the first year they've participated.

"We were happy to participate again this year as Dr. Mark Pitcher always does. It's in commemoration of October being Eye Health Awareness Month so Dr. Pitcher and the team participate and donate all exam fees for the World Sight Day Challenge."

On Monday the fees from 19 eye exams were donated to the organization.

Patients also made a donation in exchange for minor repairs, adjustments, or new nose pads and a drink from Starbucks.

Okotoks Eyecare is accepting donations for Optometry Giving Sight until the end of the month.

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