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Metro Atlanta Teen Starts Charity to Provide Glasses to Homeless People – WSB-TV Channel 2

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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A metro Atlanta teenager who struggled with vision in elementary school has started a charity to provide glasses to children with nowhere to live.

Parkes Long, 16, says she never forgot what it was like to need glasses.

“I was about 7 years old. I remember not being able to see the whiteboard or the white board at school,” Parkes said. Berndt Petersen from Channel 2.

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She needed glasses, and now she’s focusing on other kids who might need them but can’t get them.

“It was special to hear her talk about an experience she had and think about how it might impact someone else,” said her mother, Jennifer.

Parkes has started a charity called I Wanna See.

Their vision is to provide eye care and prescription glasses to homeless people.

She collects dozens of pairs of second-hand glasses in good condition and has hired an ophthalmologist to take care of the examinations.

Once she has an inventory of a few hundred pairs, she will hold an eye care event in East Point.

She says an eye exam changed her life and she hopes I Wanna See will change the lives of many others.

“I hope it brings them some joy. Being able to see clearly is very important,” Parkes said.

To donate used glasses to I Wanna See, visit: http://spot.fund/IWannaSeeProject

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