Lions Help Fund a Cutting Edge Technology

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Lion President Peggy Feltmate poses with Phillip Godfrey,recipient of an e-Sight apparatus that has taken him from severe disability to virtually perfect vision. They are joined by Phil’s wife Colleen, Carolyn Bradley and Bill McPhee.

May was certainly “vision month” for the Kanata-Hazeldean Lions. On May 28,  Phillip Godfrey and his wife, Colleen, along with Bill McPhee, CEO and Carolyn Bradley, Client Relations Specialist of e- Sight Eyewear visited us . As a result of a $500 donation from our Club along with another $1400 donated by Clubs in our District and a $5,000 donation from a Toronto based charitable organization, Phillip was able to afford to purchase one of the vision enhancing systems produced by e-Sight eyewear here in Ottawa.

Bill McPhee described the system and its development, Carolyn described some of the support services provided by the company to more than 100 recipients to date, and Phillip described the life changing impact of this device on him. Phillip recently immigrated from the UK when he was struck with Lebers’ disease which reduced his vision from 20/20 to 20/400. With the e-Sight system in place, he is now able to enjoy 20/20 vision once more.