Cambridge Eye Doctors Continues 'Holiday Vision' Program for Boston's Homeless; Company's 'Holiday Vision' Program Delivers the Gift of Vision.Health/Medical Writers HOLLISTON, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--Dec. 20, 1999 Sight Resource Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :VISN VISN Veterans Integrated Service Network VISN Virtual Integrated Sky Network (Loral Orion) VISN Visual Interactive Support Network ), a leading provider of primary eye care services and managed vision care programs, is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cambridge Eye Doctors, has once again offered its "Holiday Vision" program to benefit members of Boston's homeless community. Fifty homeless individuals from the Friends of Boston Homeless Shelter recently received gift certificates which entitle them to an eye examination and a pair of eyeglasses eyeglasses or spectacles, instrument or device for aiding and correcting defective sight. Eyeglasses usually consist of a pair of lenses mounted in a frame to hold them in position before the eyes. at any Cambridge Eye Doctors location. Daron Kahn, vice president and general manager of Cambridge Eye Doctors, stated, "We are pleased to once again have the opportunity to offer this program. The employees and doctors affiliated with Cambridge Eye Doctors are thrilled to have the chance to make a difference in the life of a needy person. As a Massachusetts-based company, we are proud to support the efforts of the Friends of Boston's Homeless. We hope that our program will encourage others to join in the effort to improve the lives of the homeless in Boston and elsewhere." Friends of Boston's Homeless serves about 800 people a day from the Long Island Shelter, the Woods Mullen Shelter and the Long Island Annex Shelter. Every year, the organization is responsible for moving more than 100 homeless people into permanent housing and helping them secure employment. Sight Resource, the parent company of Cambridge Eye Doctors in Massachusetts and New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , is one of the leading providers of primary eye care products and services in the U.S. The Company's other wholly-owned subsidiaries include E.B. Brown Opticians in Ohio and Pennsylvania, Eyeglass eye·glass n. 1. eyeglasses Glasses for the eyes. 2. A single lens in a pair of glasses; a monocle. 3. See eyepiece. 4. See eyecup. Emporium in Indiana, Kent Optical in Michigan, Shawnee Optical in Pennsylvania and Ohio, Vision Plaza in Louisiana and Mississippi, and Vision World in Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. . "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Statements contained in this news release which are not historical fact are forward-looking statements based upon management's current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by forward-looking statements. These risks and additional factors affecting the Company's business are described in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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