Snobdds
Elite Member
Our oldest daughter teaches at a middle school in the next county. In one class she moved a student to the back of the room to move a 'talker' to the front. My granddaughter is in the class and afterward she told her mom that the kid could not see anything at the front of the room. So the next day my daughter questions the boy. He lives in a foster home and has never had his eyes checked. Tried daughter's glasses, she is nearsighted, and was amazed at how well he could see. She tells the story at Sunday lunch and I find a thirty year old pair of my glasses for him. The day after she gave the boy the glasses he came up to her and said she had changed his life. LOL. Those glasses had sat on my desk for months after I cleaned it out. Was going to throw them away but couldn't make myself do it. So now my daughter is working thru the school resource officer to find out if there are any groups that will pay for the boy to have his eyes checked and prescription glasses made for him. If not my wife and I are going to do it. The wheels of bureaucracy turn slowly but one way or another the boy will have new prescription glasses by the end of the year.
The wheel of poverty is generational for a lot of kids. Having access to a some basic medical care is a huge life improver for kids. The payoff is the confidence it brings and it's a stepping stone for future success. Good for you two. Some investment in kids has a huge payoff later on, even if we don't see it.
The old lady travels all over the world to some of the poorest places on earth to give free dental surgeries. The pain some of these kids have because of bad oral care is mind boggling. She is on a mission to help bring awareness and give some relief.