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Roosevelt Vision Updates
Come and see our new look!
Roosevelt Vision has been painted a beautiful merlot color with dark brown trim. Our entryways are a beautiful peacock blue. You might be surprised when you see the building-especially if you are expecting the beige color that is depicted in GoogleMaps street view.
Dr. Kathy Yang-Williams, Named One of
Seattle Metropolitan Magazine’s 2011 Top Doctors
Our very own Dr. Kathy Yang-Williams was recently named one of Seattle Metropolitan magazine’s Top Doctors in the August 2011 edition. Nearly 1,200 physicians, nurses, and physician’s assistants in King, Kitsap, and Snohomish counties nominated colleagues they would choose to treat themselves and their loved ones. Dr. Yang-Wililams was one of a selected group of doctors listed in the optometry category.
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American Diabetes Month
 November is American Diabetes Month. Currently 24 million Americans are living with diabetes and an additional 57 million Americans are at significant risk for developing diabetes.
Diabetic eye disease is the leading cause of new blindness in adults. Did you know that early diabetic changes in the eye can occur without symptoms? Early diagnosis and treatment can greatly reduce the risk of vision loss. A comprehensive eye examination can not only detect diabetes in a patient who is unaware of their disease but monitor the eye health of those already diagnosed. Yearly eye examinations are important for all adults but are crucial for patients with diabetes and those at risk for diabetes.
Roosevelt Vision Diabetes Information
American Diabetes Association
Ginny Mercer, LDO
 Ginny Mercer was raised in Spokane, Washington. She attained her Washington State Dispensing Optician License in 1985 before relocating to the Puget Sound area in 1987. Ginny is a contact lens specialist who enjoys advanced contact lens fitting including multifocal, bifocal, astigmatic, keratoconic , aphakic, prosthetic, monovision and cosmetic contact lens fitting. She especially enjoys pediatric contact lens fittings.
Ginny is currently a member of the Opticians Association of Washington, The Contact Lens Society of America, The Opticians Association of America, and VOSH Northwest (Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity). She has been a State Examiner for the Opticians Association of Washington for 7 years. Ginny enjoys volunteering, especially at Christmas time. In 2009, she volunteered for a VOSH Medical Mission to Whitehouse, Jamaica where the medical team saw over 1400 people within 4 clinic days! Ginny describes the experience as being “one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.”
Ginny reports that “Being a new staff member at Roosevelt Vision has been a wonderful experience. Helping patients enjoy good comfort and vision with their contact lenses is the best part of my day! It is a great opportunity to teach patients about the contact lens options available with all of our new technology.” She looks forward to meeting existing patients and welcoming new patients.
Out of the office, Ginny enjoys attending her daughters’ basketball games, and cheering on her nieces and nephews at various sporting events ranging from basketball, karate, volleyball and soccer.’”
Optometry Giving Sight
 Roosevelt Vision is committed to enhancing vision locally as well as in our global community. We have chosen Optometry Giving Sight as our charitable focus.
Optometry Giving Sight is the only global fundraising initiative that specifically targets the prevention of blindness and impaired vision due to uncorrected refractive error (URE).
At least 670 million people around the world are blind or vision impaired simply because they do not have access to an eye examination and a pair of glasses. Sight can make the difference between a life of poverty and a life of opportunity. The solution to blindness and impaired vision due to refractive error is simple – provide quality primary eye care. There is no one better prepared to take on this challenge than the global Optometric community.
Optometry Giving Sight projects seek to ensure sustainable, lasting results in three ways:
- Eye care service delivery - exams, low-cost eye glasses and low-vision devices
- Human Resources - training of optometrists, eye care personnel and their teachers
- Infrastructure development – establishment and support of vision centers, eye clinics and schools of optometry.
By the end of 2009, Optometry Giving Sight distributed US$2.9 million through its partners to help screen and provide basic eye care services to more than 3.5 million people, train 1550 mid-level eye care personnel and create 101 vision centers / optical labs.
85% of every donation from eye care professionals, optical staff and employees, clients and patients goes directly to support programs that help give sight to those most in need. According to Dr. Victor J. Connors, Chairman and CEO of Optometry Giving Sight USA, a donation of as little as five dollars can provide an eye exam and glasses in a developing country. For more information on Optometry Giving Sight, visit www.givingsight.org.
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