The American Legion in Sheridan, Illinois opened their doors in July for our annual eyeglass sorting. We had 16 people attend and they all came ready to work. They all did a fabulous job! Thank you! Jesse Gutierrez brought along four or five boxes of glasses that he...
The I Care Board of Directors met at the Annual Meeting on May 7 and again on June 13 for the annual discussion on board nominations and the election of officers. Here are the highlights of changes that were made: Please welcome three new additions to the I Care Board...
The American Legion in Sheridan, Illinois will be opening their doors on Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. for our eye-glass sorting. Volunteers take the freshly cleaned and neutralized eyeglasses and file them chronologically by power and type (i.e., single...
Pictured above are the recipients of custom lenses from our recent trip to Guatemala that were made here in the U.S. and have been delivered to our patients in Guatemala. While in Guatemala, we fit these patients with suitable frames from our stock of used glasses and...
I am happy to announce that the icareinternational.org website has been updated to include a Store page that offers the 2023 T-Shirt in all sizes in the color shown below from the recent clinic to Guatemala! For those of you interested, if you live local you can...
I Care International 34th Annual Meeting Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Central Time Morris Country Club - Champions Room, 2615 West Route 6, Morris IL The Annual Meeting will take place on May 7th as follows: 11:00 a.m. - Social Hour 11:45 a.m. - Luncheon ($25 Per...
I Care International volunteers served 1550 patients with four doctors and two 4th year optometry students from the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Our clinic facility was excellent with separate rooms for different parts of our process in the...
From Dave McClure, Director, I Care International Inc. I have a lot to write about, starting with something I used to feel every day. Being part of a larger whole, doing more with many than you can as one. I retired ten years ago after thirty...
I am happy to announce that the icareinternational.org website has been updated! The I Care website was in need of a more modern look and some of the forms and functions were no longer working properly. It took several months to complete but it turned out great. We...
Today we remember an incredible human being, our leader, Dr. Phil Ortiz. Phil became interested in I Care after going on VOSH missions to Latin America. He became frustrated with the larger national organization and thought streamlining clinic operations would serve...