Charity eyes old glasses.STEVEN HILL (above left) and Henry Bass are urging people to donate unwanted spectacles to help improve the quality of life of people in developing countries. The teenagers belong to Rugby Interact - older students from Lawrence Sheriff School Lawrence Sheriff School is a selective boys' grammar school in Rugby in Warwickshire. The school is named after Lawrence Sheriff, the Elizabethan man who founded Rugby School. The school's name is often shortened to 'LSS'. and Rugby High School For the school in England, see . Rugby High School is an American high school located in Rugby, North Dakota. The athletic teams are known as the "The Panthers". Athletics Championships
The charity helps people in Africa, the Indian sub-continent and Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. whose lives are affected by poor eyesight. A charity spokesman said: "We would be grateful if people could help by donating any unneeded pairs of glasses. These are sorted and sent to Vision Aid teams in developing countries." The charity cannot accept varifocals, bifocals or separate lenses and frames. Glasses can be handed in at Lawrence Sheriff School, in Clifton Road, during school hours. Picture: LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed. CAREY |
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