Gilbert Gress fights against poverty blindness
One of Switzerland's best-known spectacle wearers is supporting the Swiss optical chain Mc Optik and the Swiss Red Cross in their fight against poverty-related blindness.
As a Mc Optik ambassador, Gilbert Gress donates CHF 10,000 and 1,000 new spectacle frames to the Swiss Red Cross (SRC). These will be used to provide people in the developing world with individual and newly manufactured spectacles.
The donation will be handed over on March 31 at the Mc Optik store in Belp. In addition to the official handover of the cheque, Gilbert Gress will pack a representative number of the 1,000 spectacle frames for the SRC and present the charity with two soccer balls and books signed by him, which the SRC will auction off from 2 April to benefit its aid campaigns.
