10/13/2026
Last week, a free eye exam event was held in Reading with POA Past-President Dr. Richard Christoph assisting the volunteer program. THIS WEEK, Harrisburg community members will have the chance to receive the same dedicated care at the Salvation Army on October 16th and 17th.
"The event is being held in connection with state House Bill 1077 that aims to create a commission on children's vision to ensure students have access to glasses and follow-up vision care.
"Finding a vision problem is only the beginning, but we must help families get the care their children need," says PA State Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz.
A number of doctors were on site seeing patients, including optometrist Dr. Richard Christoph.
"We need to do better, and this is part of our effort to do better to get out and get care to the people who need it and don't have the resources, and then obviously providing care to kids in our offices every day," says Christoph."
Those who came were able to receive eye exams, and depending on the prescription, they could even have the glasses made on site.
