Senator Vogel's 2015 Kids Extravaganza

Senator Vogel's 2015 Kids Extravaganza was held at Community College of Beaver County in Monaca on Saturday, June 27 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Local POA member optometrists supported the event with tables including two very busy face painters that were a huge hit at the event.

Kids Welcome Here®, InfantSEE® and There is More to 3D were the table themes.

The POA members' mission was to explain with demonstration the need to have children's eyes examined at a very young age.

This was the sixth consecutive year for the event and the sixth consecutive year for local POA member optometrists to take part in it. An estimated 1500+ were in attendance.

Information and photos provided by Dr. Bud Lilly.

Summer 2015

Strong ties: Senator Eichelberger (middle) visited his keyperson, Dr. Michelle Barnes (second from the left), and her children (from left to right: Shane, Shannon and David), at the June 19, 2015 grand opening of Dr. Barnes’s new location.

Helping out: POA members volunteered to give veterans free eye examinations for the AOA’s VFW National Convention in Pittsburgh.

Seeing double: While in Seattle for Optometry’s Meeting, Dr. Charles Stuckey (POA executive director) enjoyed time with Dr. Lori Gray’s (POA Secretary/Treasurer) and Dr. Steve Eiss’ (POA Trustee) twin children! The leftmost and rightmost are Dr. Eiss’ and the middle two are Dr. Gray’s.

Let's go, PCO: During Optometry's Meeting, Nicole Rist won the annual Studentbowl, effectively defeating the other competitors on behalf of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry.