MULTIMEDIA: Just for Fun PhilanthrOptic: #WhatAreYouGiving This Holiday Season? By Staff Monday, December 15, 2014 12:00 AM PhilanthrOptic: #WhatAreYouGiving This Holiday Season? Is the hustle and bustle of this Holiday season getting you down? If you’re still bruised and battered from Black Friday and Cyber Monday we’ve got just the right antidote. A new tradition began on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 as charities, families, businesses, community centers and students worldwide united to celebrate generosity and to give. Known as #GivingTuesday, this global day was dedicated to giving back and several organizations in the optical community hopped on this charity bandwagon including Optometry Giving Sight, Prevent Blindness, ABB Optical Group and HelpMeSee. So if you’ve got the Holiday blues, take a look at the list below and make a donation—it will cheer you up to know you are giving back. The Alcon Foundation www.alcon.com/corporate-responsibility/alcon-foundation.aspx Center for Vision in the Developing World www.vdwoxford.org/home Essilor Vision Foundation www.essilorvisionfoundation.org EyeCare4Kids www.eyecare4kids.org Frames for the World www.framesfortheworld.com Helen Keller Foundation www.helenkellerfoundation.org InfantSEE www.infantsee.org Lighthouse Guild International www.lighthouseguild.org New Eyes for the Needy www.new-eyes.org Optometry Cares-The AOA Foundation www.aoafoundation.org Optometry Giving Sight www.givingsight.org OneSight Foundation www.onesight.org Opening Eyes www.lcif.org/EN/our-programs/humanitarian-efforts/opening-eyes.php ORBIS www.orbis.org Prevent Blindness www.preventblindness.org Restoring Vision.org www.restoringvision.org Special Olympics Lions Club International www.specialolympics.org/lions_clubs.aspx Think About Your Eyes www.thinkaboutyoureyes.com Unite for Sight www.uniteforsight.org Vision2020 www.iapb.org/vision-2020 Vision Impact Institute www.visionimpactinstitute.org VisionSpring www.visionspring.org VOSH www.vosh.org VSP Charities: The Eyes of Hope www.globaleyesofhope.com Eyes of Hope Global Charitable Fund Eye Make A Difference Eyewear Donation Program VSP Mobile Eyes Gift Certificate Program (Sight for Students, VSP Mobile Eyes, and American Red Cross) Advancement of Optometry Employee Giving