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Who is up for a challenge??? Show your Verve Spirit. We have the Verve to Serve!<\/p>\n
During a recent visit to The Lodge at Valley Ridge Retirement Residence, Denise Kato came across a resident carrying a box of glasses. As it turns out, the gentleman, Richard Wilcox, a resident of The Lodge at Valley Ridge, was collecting them for his granddaughter who is currently attending the University of Waterloo for optometry. Each year she takes these glasses around the world (Peru, Haiti, Nicaragua, etc.) to provide free eye examinations and provides the donated glasses to those in need. Denise was inspired by this project and spoke to Richard about how Verve could assist. Richard set a goal of 300 pairs of glasses but we know we can do better based on our track history of challenges. Therefore, the goal has been moved to 600! Please join in on the \u201cVerve\u201d Spirit and collect as many pairs of gently used glasses as possible for a very worthy cause. Think of the story the granddaughter can tell when she tells everyone her 87 year old grandfather piloted the project for her and collected over 600 pairs of glasses!<\/p>\n
Pease forward your collection to the representatives below listed by province before Friday, August 24, 2018<\/strong>.<\/p>\n