WILLIAMSPORT - North Western Pennsylvania Optical Clinic, a privately funded low-cost eyeglass program, has announced plans for two satellite clinics in the area:
- Central Susquehanna Opportunities, 2 E. Arch St., Shamokin, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 1.
- CareerLink, 225 Market St., Sunbury, 9:30 a.m. to noon, June 16.
Participants will need to have prescriptions and make appointments. Call 1-800-1912 for full information and to schedule appointments. Walk-ins are welcome until 11:30 a.m.
North Western provides income-eligible persons with eyeglasses at a low cost of $40. This includes lined bifocals. No-lines are available at an additional cost. A solid tint is also offered.
Income guidelines are: One person, $21,660; two people, $29,140, and increases by $6,960 for each additional person in the household.
Participants will select frames from many that are in stock and have them measured for lenses. Participants pay for glasses at the clinic in cash or money order; frames are shipped to the clinic's lab for assembly and mailed directly to the customer's home.
North Western's base clinic site is at 903 Diamond St., Williamsport. Ten satellite locations are operated in Renovo, Lock Haven, Dushore, Selinsgrove, Bellefonte, Bloomsburg, Towanda, Scranton, Tannersville, Wellsboro, Shamokin, Sunbury, Blooming Grove and Bradford. The clinic tries to set up visits every six to eight weeks.