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UNIVERSITY NEWS - MARCH 2004
MEDIA CONTACT: Andrew LaPlant
FAU Community and Lions Club to Collect Eyeglasses BOCA RATON, FL (March 26, 2004) – Florida Atlantic University’s American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA), the Health Administration Alumni and the Bahamian Student Association, in partnership with the Lions Club of Boca Raton, will collect new, used and broken eyeglasses as part of the 11th Annual Eyeglass Drive. The eyeglasses will be repaired and distributed by the Lions Club to underprivileged individuals who cannot afford eyeglasses. Eyeglasses can be dropped off at FAU’s College of Business, Dean’s Office, Business East, room 129, the Student Services Support Building and the S.E. Wimberley Library on the Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. The FAU Eyeglass Drive, which will continue through Friday, April 16, is organized by Dennis Palkon, professor of health administration in FAU’s College of Business; and business students and officers in the ACHCA, Rachael Lightbourne, president; Rosa Fuste, vice president of marketing and advertising; Janice Medina, secretary and Ron Barak, treasurer.
To date, FAU students and alumni
have collected more than 10,000 eyeglasses. Lions Clubs
throughout the U.S. participate in the drive as well. For
more information on the drive, call 561-297-3208.
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