Where to get free glasses for your kids in Canada
When Today’s Parent editor Kim Shiffman’s son was three years old, he was prescribed glasses for near-sightedness. This unleashed a cycle of dishing out about $100 for a pair of kids? frames and lenses each time her son?s prescription changed, his head grew or his frames broke. It wasn?t until he was nine years old that Shiffman, who is based in Toronto, discovered that her local Loblaws grocery store offered free glasses for kids 10 and under.
?I figured there must be a catch,” she says. “I was definitely skeptical when we walked in.” But she reports that there was no catch at all. “For two blissful years, we got my son?s glasses completely free.?
Unfortunately, the optical departments at Loblaws and Real Canadian Superstore no longer have the Kids See Free program. But good news: there are other programs in Canada that offer free glasses to children. And indeed, there are no strings attached. Here are the options available to Canadian families.
1. Clearly
The contacts, eyeglasses and sunglasses retailer Clearly offers free glasses to children ages 10 and under if they visit a Clearly retail store location. To claim the offer, bring your kid into your local Clearly store (there are locations in Ontario, Alberta and BC), along with their eye prescription and their health card. The prescription must be no more than a year old.
2. Eye See… Eye Learn
If your kindergartener is in need of a pair of funky frames, the Eye See…...
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