Silent Auction to Raise Money for OneSight!

Our team raised almost $7500 for OneSight with about $1000 raised from our Silent Auction. YAY, Team Thailand! Thanks to our many supporters who donated to our OneSight Donor Drive.










Great items up for bid!





























Polapee can't decide on what else to bid on...













Placing those bids at the last second!












A hoodie submitted by Sonya.




















Sylvia, the big winner of multiple items! Thanks for your donation!








Thanks to Jeanne, our Fundraising Captain, for a successful Silent Auction and Donor Drive!

Shaun and Chris did an excellent job as our auctioneers.

A big thanks to our hosts, OneSight and team members for the great "Big Ticket" items up for bid during our live auction. Joanne did a fabulous job showcasing these items.

It's Band Day in Clinic!

We had one themed day in clinic...Band Day! We all wore our favorite band or artist t-shirts to clnic.


Marcee creates a band shirt for Davide...The Bee Gees!















Marcee sportin' her Pink Floyd shirt and Davide is happy with his new Bee Gees shirt.












Check out the Beatles Groupies: Joann, Joyce and Tracy.











The team shows their music spirit from Bob Marley to Grateful Dead and AC DC!













Ready to Rock 'N Roll: Cathy, Lee, Victor and Dave.













Rockin' it out: Thomas, Shaun & Chris.















Andrea and Melissa:
Yes...In Rock We Trust!

The Thai Massage

After a long and hard day at clinic, most of us treated ourselves to a 1- or 2-hour full body Thai Massage.

Our first Thai Massage of the trip was at Polapee's Vienna Resort.

Sonya's massage starts at the feet.












Lisa gets special attention to her neck and shoulders.

Jeanne, Marcee and Tracy deserved a day of pampering!













Davide, Francesco, Sylvia and Crystal are ready for their full body treatment!






















Paul is actually enjoying getting stepped on and pulled on...all part of his Thai Massage.

The Clinic Flow

Our Clinic Site: Chakkatatwittaya School.
We arrive at clinic every morning at 8am ready to give the gift of sight!

The first building of our clinic that has Registration, Visual Acuity, Dilation and Auto-Refractor Stations.

Recipients keep cool under these tents while they wait to enter the clinic.
Entertainment is usually provided by the local hosts.

Recipients waiting outside the building to enter the clinic.

Volunteers register our recipients into the clinic at the Registration Station.

The Visual Acuity Station: Volunteers measure visual acuities (how well a person sees).

A volunteer nurse instills drops in a recipient's eyes to dilate (open) the pupils in order for the doctor to examine the back of the eyes.


Recipients waiting for their pupils to dilate.

The Auto-Refractor Station.

Davide Airey determines an estimate of a recipient's
refractive error (prescription) with the Auto-Refractor.

Drs. John Broaddus, Paul Michelson and Lee Nelson
at the Health Check Station.

Dr. Joyce Medina examines the back of the eyes with
a Direct Ophthalmoscope...and a little help with a soda crate!

Our Lead Doctor, Dr. Lee examines the eyes for cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration and other eye conditions with a Slit-Lamp Biomicroscope. Nice bar stool!

Dr. Cindy Cieszko examines the back of the eyes thoroughly
with Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopy.


Volunteers help Dr. Cindy screen for glaucoma with a Non-Contact Tonometer.


The Doctor Referral Station: Patients are referred for treatment
of cataracts, glaucoma, pterygium and other eye conditions.

Recipients waiting in the doctor's area for their eyeglass prescription.

In this special case, Dr. Dave Gill uses the phoropter to determine
an accurate eyeglass prescription.

Cathy Hart uses a hand-held Auto-Refractor to determine an eyeglass prescription for the doctor if we are unable to get an initial reading at the Auto-Refractor Station.

Dr. Dave tests an eyeglass prescription in a trial frame.

Dr. Cindy and Thomas Precht assess a recipient's vision with the PediaVision.


Dr. Sonya Patel performs retinoscopy to determine a recipient's eyeglass prescription.

Dr. Lisa Greene determines an eyeglass prescription
using Skioscopy Bars (mini lens powers on a bar).

Dr. Sonya and Dr. Joyce write the best possible eyeglass prescription
at the Rx Writing Station.

Chris, Tamara, Marcee and Davide cranking out those Chabella eyeglasses!

Davide A., Davide M., Dr. Joyce and Chris at
the Inventory Management System (IMS) Station.

Checking our inventory for the best eyeglass prescription that
closely matches what the doctor prescribed.

Volunteers help pick the glasses from inventory.

Heather & Thuen helped keep the inventory organized!

Recipients wait patiently for their number to be called to receive their glasses.

Victor Villarreal, Claudio Vittoriani, Thomas Precht and Francesco D'Isep
working hard at the Dispensing Station.


Sylvia Dengo makes sure the eyeglasses are adjusted and cleaned
before dispensing them to a recipient.

Victor dispenses Ready Made Eyewear.

A recipient is so happy she can see with the glasses
dispensed by Davide Minuzzo.

Chris Salazar dispensed glasses to a monk.

Dr. Joyce and a thankful recipient.
"Kob Khun Ka" = Thank You!