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UM, SET ABOUT WITH PARTNERS, SET ABOUT WITH PARTNERS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.AND WE'VE SEEN OVER 94,000 CHILDREN AND I THINK THIS YEAR WE MAY HAVE SEEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND CHILDREN.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE C TO SUCCEED MANAGEMENT TEAM.
UM, JC KING IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER FOR C TO SUCCEED, AND DR.
VERONICA MENDEZ IS ASSISTANT CLINICAL DIRECTOR AND THE OPTOMETRIST, LEAD OPTOMETRIST HERE.
AND SO THEY WILL BE LEADING YOU ON A BRIEF TOUR AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND THE MAYOR WILL MAKE SOME REMARKS AND UH, WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE AND UM, THEN WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME REMARKS FROM MR.
AND, UM, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL START RIGHT OVER HERE AND GIVE YOU A TOUR OF OUR, OF OUR CLINIC.
WE CAN DO A QUICK TEST TO CHECK YOUR
ALRIGHT, GREAT PATIENT, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE DR DO A QUICK SCREENING ON YOU IF YOU'D LIKE.
THAT'S YEAH, RIGHT OVER THERE.
OVER TO THE SCREEN ON THIS SIDE.
ANY TEST THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO IN THIS ROOM, THE DOCTOR WILL DO THE EXAM ROOM.
SO WE HAVE SET UP DIFFERENT THAT HELP EXAM TO SCHOOL ON TIME.
UM, BUT ANY HUSBAND DOESN'T COME HERE, THE DOCTORS STILL DO IT.
THE CHILDREN WILL BE AT A HIGH QUALITY COMPREHENSIVE EYE EXAM.
TA UM, AND THEN THEY'LL BE SOMETHING SHOW YOU IN THAT SECTION.
BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL HAVE YOU RIGHT, RIGHT BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE.
NOW DO YOU WANNA WEAR YOUR GLASSES FOR THIS OR DO YOU WANNA LEAVE THEM OFF? DO YOU NORMALLY WEAR THEM TO SEE FAR AWAY? NO.
UM, WE WANNA FIRST SEE WHAT THE PATIENTS CAN SEE WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO US BEFORE WE INTERVENE WITH GLASSES.
SO WE'LL HAVE YOU HOLD THIS, WE'LL WAVE IT A LITTLE, GET THE ALCOHOL TO DRY OFF.
AND THEN, UM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND COVER YOUR RIGHT EYE FIRST.
SO MY RIGHT EYE AND I, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A TRICK QUESTION.
I'M GONNA HAVE YOU COVER YOUR LEFT EYE.
SO COULD YOU READ THOSE LETTERS FOR ME? KA PERFECT.
COULD YOU READ THOSE LETTERS FOR ME? UH, THAT'S AN LL THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU SEE THERE? OH, LGT.
WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE? UH, O-T-A-H-T.
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YOU'RE DOING SO GOOD.YOU'RE STILL PASSING, YOU'RE MISSING ONE OR TWO, BUT YOU'RE PASSING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK'S HAPPENING HERE FROM THESE LETTERS? NOW IT'S A LITTLE TOUGHER.
ANY THERE? GETTING A LITTLE HARDER.
IT'S GONNA KEEP GETTING TOUGHER.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU DID AMAZING.
UM, THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE AT BECAUSE THEN WE CAN SEND YOU OVER TO OUR, OUR EYE DOCTORS TO FINISH THE REST OF THE EXAM.
YOU GOT YOUR GOOD SHOES ON? OH YEAH.
UH OH, OKAY, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY.
OH, WELL I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO THE RIGHT.
IS IT GONNA WALK THROUGH OR COME RIGHT BACK OUT? SOME KIDS GET DILATED, GET EYE DROPS IN THEIR EYES AND THEY SIT AND WAIT ABOUT 20, 20 MINUTES DROP TO WORK.
THEN THEY SEE THE DOCTOR AGAIN.
WHERE THEY COMING? I'M GONNA WAIT OUT HERE.
THEY'RE COMING BACK OUT THIS WAY.
THERE'S NO SENSE PUSHING EVERYBODY.
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HERE YET, BUT THEY'LL COME IN.THEIR FACE SHAPE, THEIR ENGLISH, THEIR FAVORITE COLOR.
UM, SO WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY, NICE FRAME RUG.
UM, HAS TO BE THAT PART FOR THEM BECAUSE THE STUDENT IS ACTUALLY GETTING TO PICK OUT WHAT THEY LIKE INSTEAD OF MOM OR DAD.
THEY ARE GETTING TO PICK OUT WHAT THEY WANT, WHICH PROVES THAT THEY'LL HOPEFULLY WEAR THEM MORE OFTEN.
UM, SO YEAH, THIS IS THE LAST STOP OF THE PROCESS.
THEY WILL PLACE THE ORDER FOR THE GLASSES.
WE SHIP OFF THE FRAME THAT THEY CHOOSE TO THE LAB.
WE GET A PRESCRIPTION PUT AND THEN WE GET 'EM BACK IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS OR SO THAT OUR TABLE ACTUALLY GO OUT IN TWO SCHOOLS AND DISCUSS THE GLASSES TO THE STUDENTS.
WHERE THEY, SOMETHING WE, HOW MANY DO WE PROCESS? UH, A DAY, ABOUT 120 AT THIS LOCATION.
UM, SOMETHING WE PRIDE OURSELVES A LOT IN THE PROGRAM IS HAVING HIGH QUALITY, BEAUTIFUL FRAMES FOR THE CHILDREN.
WE DON'T WANT ANY CHILD COMING THROUGH OUR PROGRAM TO BE STIGMATIZED FOR OR BE IDENTIFIED SAYING, OH, THOSE ARE THE SAFETY NET PROGRAM GLASSES.
RIGHT? WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE PROUD AND HAPPY TO WEAR THEIR GLASSES EVERY DAY BECAUSE THAT'S ONLY GONNA HELP THEM DO BETTER IN LIFE.
SO, UM, AS YOU SEE THE SELECTION OF GLASSES, AGAIN, THANKS TO OUR DONORS AND OUR PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY, UM, I WEAR FOR THE CHILDREN AND SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO CROSS.
SO THOUSAND THIS YEAR THAT WE HOPE TO GET OUR THOUSAND STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
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UH, IT'S ONLY FITTING FOR ME.I'M GONNA HAVE TO PUT THESE ON.
AND BILLY IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
I MEAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE C OF THE HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION AND THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM DOES.
UH, JUDY'S HERE WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND IS NOT HERE, BUT I KNOW, UH, THIS PROGRAM IS VERY, VERY DEAR, UH, TO DIRECTOR STEVEN WILLIAMS TO ARAMCO REPRESENTATIVES.
LET ME, LEMME THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR GENEROUS, GENEROUS SUPPORT, UH, OF THIS, OF THIS INITIATIVE.
LOOK FOR KIDS WHO, UH, GREW UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE ONE I GREW UP IN AND STILL LIVE IN.
UH, THIS IS A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT, UH, THE C TO C TO SEED PROGRAM BECAUSE A LOT OF KIDS COME FROM FAMILIES THAT THE FAMILIES DON'T HAVE THE MEANS.
THEY KNOW SOMETHING IS NOT QUITE RIGHT.
UH, THEY WHAT? IT'S, AND KIDS CANNOT SEC IF THEY CANNOT, THEY CAN'T READ IF THEY CAN'T SEE.
AND IF THEY CAN'T SEE, UH, THEN IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO NAVIGATE THROUGH LIFE AND TO ACHIEVE AND REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
WITHOUT THESE GLASSES, I JUST, I COULDN'T, OKAY, I CAN SEE AT A DISTANCE, BUT I CAN'T SEE BOTH SIDES.
AND SO WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO READING, UH, THESE GLASSES ARE VITAL TO ME.
IF THEY'RE VITAL TO ME, THEY'RE EVEN MORE VITAL TO OUR KIDS WHO ARE STARTING OFF IN LIFE.
SO I WANT, I WANT TO THANK CERTAIN ONE VALENTI.
HERE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON EDUCATION AND, UH, WHO'S VERY LASER FOCUSED ON MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS.
AND THAT'S WHY UNICEF HAS DESIGNATED THE CITIES A CHILD FRIENDLY CITY.
UM, AND TO BE FRIENDLY TO OUR KIDS, WE GOTTA GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YEAR.
BUT PROGRAMS LIKE SEED TO SECEDE WILL GO A LONG, LONG WAY.
20,000 KIDS ON ANNUAL BASIS ARE DETECTED.
UH, THERE'S A, A DEFICIENCY THERE, BUT WE CAN'T REACH EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM, 20,000.
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THE OTHERS OF THIS PROGRAM ON A ANNUAL BASIS, WE'RE ABLE TO REACH ABOUT 10,000.OF COURSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, THOSE NUMBERS FELL SHORT.
UH, BUT NOW, UH, THEY'RE ON THE ROAD AGAIN TO REACHING 10 TO 12,000.
AND THIS IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT CAN ATTEND TO THOSE, TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE KIDS ON THAT SCALE.
WHAT I WOULD SAY, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I PERSONALLY WANTED TO BE HERE IS THAT IT DOES, IT CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS.
AND SO, UH, I WANTED TO PERSONALLY HERE, DON'T WANNA THANK ARAMCO AND ALL OF THE OTHERS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROGRAM, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT CONTRIBUTION GOES DIRECTLY TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE.
AND IT, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT, THAT MEANS.
YOU CANNOT HAVE A SUCCESSFUL, UM, CITY IF YOUR KIDS ARE HELD BACK AND THEY'RE NOT GIVEN THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE LIFE.
AND LEMME TELL YOU, NOT ONLY WOULD IT HELPED THEM TO LEAD AND TO LEARN, THEY WILL ENJOY LIFE EVEN BETTER.
BECAUSE CAN YOU IMAGINE JUST BY PUTTING ON A PAIR OF GLASSES AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE MUCH CAREER THAN YOU DID BEFORE, YOU KNOW THAT JUST, THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY.
SO I, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE ASSOCIATED AFFILIATED WITH THE PROGRAM.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN SAY THAT CHILDREN ARE MESSAGES TO A WORLD THAT WE MAY NEVER SEE AND WHAT SORT OF MESSAGE THAT WE SEND THEM.
BUT WHEN WE EQUIP THEM WITH THESE EYEWEAR DEVICES, UH, THEN THE WORLD BECOMES MUCH CLEARER, MUCH BRIGHTER, AND MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE.
AND IF THEY ARE FEELING BETTER, LET ME TELL YOU, THEY WILL DO BETTER.
AND IF THEY DO BETTER, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US WINS IS A WIN-WIN.
UH, I'M JUST SO EXCITED BY YOU SEEING THESE KIDS YESTERDAY, UH, WITH THE ASTROS AND MILLION PLUS PEOPLE THAT WERE OUT THERE, THAT WAS HUGE.
BUT LEMME TELL YOU TODAY, SEEING THESE KIDS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THESE KIDS FOR ME IS EVEN BETTER.
SO MR. WOULD TO COME UP LIKE PRESENT SOMETHING TO OUR FRIENDS AT ACO? MR. YOU'D JUST LIKE TO PRESENT SOMETHING IN APPRECIATION.
OKAY, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN MIND? IT'S A PARTNERSHIP CITY DEPART MAYOR, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.
WE HAD THE SAME DEDICATION TO CITY HERE STANDING NEXT TO ME, CEO.
AND REALLY ARAMCO HAS BEEN LONG BEFORE THIS PROGRAM ALWAYS REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE REACH AFTER THE FACT, THEY REACH BEFORE.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AND SUCCEED.
AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WORK WITH THE HEALTH EARLY INTERVENTION, ALL ABOUT GETTING THERE EARLY AND HAVING THESE KIDS OF CONFIDENCE, UH, THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT THEY WOULDN'T HEAR.
NOT OUT HERE, BUT ARAMCO HAS BEEN THIS PROGRAM, BUT MANY OTHERS AND THIS LEADERSHIP HAS NEVER CHANGED.
AND I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE OUR CEC.
YOU WE'RE ACTUALLY NEED THE MOVIE OVER
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THE WHOLE PROGRAM HERE.IT'S REALLY, UH, GAVE US OPPORTUNITY.
THE IMPACT HAVE ON THE CITIZENS OF THIS RACE.
UH, MAYOR TURNER, UH, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
THIS IS, THIS RECOGNITION IS REALLY AN HONOR FOR ME PERSONALLY AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES GAVE AND ACTUALLY ALL ALWAYS EDUCATION.
UH, WE ALL PROUD OF THIS RECOGNI.
AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS, MR. MAYOR, WE NEW BELIEF THAT BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY BEING, UH, RITUAL BEING AND ITS SUCCESS IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT AND ESPECIALLY PEOPLE NEED BRING.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE HOUSTON FOUNDATION AND THE GREAT CITY OF HOUSTON AND ITS LEADERSHIP AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY REALLY, UH, FOR OPPORTUNITY.
I REMEMBER WHEN I CAME IN LATE 2020, YOU CANNOT GAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN CERTAIN, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY HERE IN HOUSTON TO BE PART.
AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE PURSUE ALL WE LEADERSHIP THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THANK YOU ALSO I YOUNG PEOPLE ON BOARD.
SO FOR YOU THERE, I GOT A LOT OF FUTURE ASTRO.
ENJOY PLAYING WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE CITY MORE THAN JUST BASEBALL.
MONEY, MONEY WORKS LIKE MORE THAN MONEY.
YOU CAN TELL THEY CARE WHEN THEY CALL YOU.
THIS IS THIS, UM, MOMENT TIME FOR US.
ESPECIALLY THIS IS, I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALSO DANIELLE, THE FOUNDATION, UM, DOES SO MUCH, UM, THAT I NEVER EVEN KNOW.
BUT, UM, IT'S REALLY SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF ALL THIS.
WE'D LOVE TO INVITE YOU FOR REFRESHMENTS IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT.
WE HAVE LITTLE, LITTLE REFRESH SET
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UP HERE.SO PLEASE US AND WE, AND UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH OUR FRIENDS, AND THANK YOU.