Volunteers needed to run eye screening machines

Graham Lions Club members are looking to partner with Jacksboro Lions to get eye screenings done in Jack County.

Retired optometrist Dr. Tom Labbe spoke to Jacksboro Lions last week about a program he started back in April called Sight 4 All. He and “some of his friends” put together a seminar where the public is tested free of charge for such tings such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, lazy eye, cataracts and others. He wants to teach volunteers from the Jacksboro Lions how to run his machines.

He told members he can teach someone to run his screening machines in five minutes. He says many people are foregoing eye exams because of finances or they just overlook potential problems.

“This is open to all ages one and up,” Labbe said. “Lions Club has vision as its key goal and is working toward it.”

Labbe is having a vision and eye screening clinic 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 at First United Methodist Church, 700 S. 3rd St. in Graham. The program is open to the public and is free of charge.

For the full story, see the Wednesday, Sept. 9, edition of the Jacksboro Herald-Gazette.