Moe Joe's gave away IrisVision glasses to three visually impaired teens after raising money to replace their own chef's stolen glasses.
Moe Joe's raised thousands for their chef's stolen electronic glasses. With the money left over, they were able to give three additional pairs to local, legally blind teens.Chef Charlie Doman said he got choked up watching visually impaired teens try out their new electronic glasses for the first time. The giveaway and device training event took place in the dining room of the restaurant where he works, Moe Joe's Cajun Restaurant in Plainfield, Illinois.
"When I tried them on I did see a difference in details," said 19-year-old Juan Caballero of Aurora, Illinois. Caballero said his vision impairment came on gradually over the last four years but has stabilized into blurred vision.After the Pies For Eyes fundraiser was over, Doman contacted The Chicago Lighthouse to help identify visually impaired teens like Caballero who would benefit from the electronic glasses.
Staff at the Chicago Lighthouse spent weeks volunteering their time to help find eligible students, including Alana Hampton, 19, of Bolingbrook. Her father Alan Hampton said she has partial vision loss that is mild in one eye and severe in the other.
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