Philanthropy, for members of the Jenkyns family, is something they learned at a very early age from someone who cared deeply about humanity and who passed his values on to his children and grandchildren. Art Jenkyns, who founded Operation Eyesight in Calgary in 1963, instilled a genuine caring for others in his five children and… Continue reading Founding family acknowledged with philanthropic award
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Not just an AGM: Wasn’t that a party?!
Close to 100 donors, supporters, board members, staff and longtime friends of Operation Eyesight gathered in Calgary on June 12 – not only for the business of our annual general meeting, but also to celebrate our 50th anniversary of providing sight restoration and blindness prevention in the developing world. We were especially pleased to have… Continue reading Not just an AGM: Wasn’t that a party?!
Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day!
Canada, the United States, Australia and many other countries celebrate the special mothers in their lives on May 12. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all moms a very happy Mother’s Day! This photo shows a heartwarming maternal moment, when one of our favourite mothers and grandmothers, Jerita, saw her baby granddaughter for… Continue reading Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day!
It’s a wonderful world… for a baby who can see
With Mother’s Day on the horizon for Canadians, Americans, and others, it’s a natural association to think of babies. Their wide-eyed wonder at the world around them makes all but the crankiest person smile. Yet it may be shocking to realize that in the time it took you to read this paragraph, a child somewhere… Continue reading It’s a wonderful world… for a baby who can see
