A SUBURBAN EYEGLASS SHOP IS
SEEING A CLEAR WAY TO HELP
HEALTHCARE WORKERS ON THE FRONT
LINES OF THE FIGHT AGAINST
COVID-19 WGN TONYA FRANCISCO
JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THAT
STORY TIME.
JOHN MICHAEL YOU KNOW PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO ANYTHING
AND EVERYTHING THEY CAN FOR
HEALTH CARE WORKERS THEY'VE
BEEN FEEDING THEM THEY'VE BEEN
MAKING THE MASKS EVEN HOLDING
FOR RATE FOR THEM. WELL, A
SPECIALIZED CRITICAL EQUIPMENT
FOR FREE. BUSINESS IS COMING
INTO FOCUS ONCE AGAIN FOR KATIE
SYLVESTER AND HER HUSBAND,
LOUIS AT MAIN STREET OPTICAL IN
CRETE BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE
DOING IS PRESCRIPTION SAFETY I
WHERE COVID-19 HAD SHUT THEM
DOWN UNTIL THE FRIEND WHO IS A
NURSE AND I SEE YOU ASKED THEM
IF THEY CAN MAKE SOMETHING.
NEEDS THEM. SO THE GLASSES THAT
NORMALLY COST BETWEEN $16280
ARE NOW FREE OF CHARGE FOR
FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS
WE'VE SHIPPED TO NEW YORK
CALIFORNIA, CANADA. ALL OVER I
CAN SEE WITHOUT MY GLASSES I
MUST HAVE THEM ON AMANDA HARRIS
IS A REGISTERED NURSE FROM THE
SOUTH SUBURBS WHO WAS
STRUGGLING WITH HER GLASSES AND
THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT. SHE HAS TO WEAR THAT
DAY CAN SEE 8 YEARS THAT MASS
BIG IT WAS AND SORT OF IN MY
EARS AND THEN THE.
THE GOGGLES ON TOP OF MY
GLASSES WAS DEFINITELY AT THE
END OF THE SHIFT THIS PART OF
MY YEAR.
HURTS SO BAD A FRIEND TOLD
HER ABOUT THE FREE PRESCRIPTION
GOGGLES.
I TRY CAN SEE I WAS LIKE ALL
WHAT IT IS.
AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT
WAS SO MUCH EASIER TO MANAGE
JUST THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT
GOGGLES OVER MY GLASSES, I JUST
POP THEM ALL AND PUT MY SHIELD
ON AND THAT'S A WORK. SO A NICE
SINCE WORD GOT OUT ORDERS ARE
PILING UP AND HER HUSBAND LOUIS
WHO MAKES THE GLASSES BY HAND.
IS GRINDING AWAY AND HEALTH
CARE WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO GO
TO WORK AND FEEL CONFIDENT IN
THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING SO
THAT WE CAN GET THIS OVER WITH
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT
GESTURE WAS JUST IT WAS
EVERYTHING TO ME I WAS LIKE WOW
WHY PEOPLE K. YES PEOPLE DO
CARE KATIE SYLVESTER AND HER
HUSBAND.
HAVE GIVEN OUT CLOSE TO A
100 GLASSES ALREADY AND
HUNDREDS MORE ARE BEING
REQUESTED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
GET ONE OF THOSE FREE PAIR OF
PRESCRIPTION GOGGLES AND YOU
ARE A FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE
WORKER WILL POST THAT
