Luxottica pledge starts Cummings fund
February 18, 2010The AOA Foundation recently received a five-year, $25,000 pledge to the Dr. Pat and Patrick Cummings Memorial Fund from Luxottica. This pledge kickstarts the Foundation’s concerted push to help raise the level of endowed funds in the Dr. Pat and Patrick Cummings Memorial Fund. The goal is to raise $250,000 in advance of the anniversary of Dr. Cummings’s death in July.
“Anyone who had the opportunity to work with Dr. Pat Cummings knows what an incredible contribution he made to the optometric profession and the eye care industry,” says Wallace Lovejoy, senior vice president, Eyecare Development, Luxottica Retail. “I had the pleasure of being one of these people and am very happy that we can be part of honoring his memory. He is missed.”
“Luxottica is pleased to support this foundation that will help to carry on Dr Cummings legacy”, says Pierre Fay, executive vice president of Luxottica Wholesale, NA. “Optometry’s Charity™ has given us the opportunity to pay homage to a pillar of the eye industry; through this opportunity we can work together to advance eye health and vision care.”
To make a contribution to the Cummings Memorial Fund, send a check to: Cummings Fund, c/o Optometry’s Charity™ – The AOA Foundation, 243 N. Lindbergh Blvd., First Floor, St. Louis, MO 63141.
