Optometry Faculty Volunteer in Ukraine

J.P. Lowery and Hannu Laukkanen, Optometry, volunteered optometric services for a week in February at the Good Family Home Orphanage in Odessa, Ukraine, sponsored by the Federation Jewish Communities of Southern Ukraine and the KMR Foundation in Vancouver, Wash. Joining them in working with the orphans was Pacific alumnus Kevin Helmuth ’92, OD ‘94. They examined approximately 60 children, ranging in ages from 8 months to 17 years.