DIFF EYEWEAR x FORT WORTH GMT

By: Emma Anderson

Since March of 2018, GMT has had the incredible opportunity of partnering with DIFF eyewear, a charitable eyewear brand that prides itself on #MakingaDIFFerence and giving back to underprivileged communities. With DIFF's "Buy One, Give One" Program, they have been able to donate 1,000,000+ reading glasses to those in need. DIFF has even partnered with some of today's most iconic celebrities and influencers like Jessie James Decker, Demi Lovato, Becca Kufrin, Kylie Jenner, and Khloe Kardashian to name a few.

How does this work?

For every pair of DIFF sunglasses that are purchased, a pair of reading glasses is donated with the help of their many partners including Restoring Vision, Svosh, Eyes on Africa, and Global Medical Training (that's us!). What impressed us most with this initiative is how important it is for them to see these charitable donations through. Chad Dime, one of DIFF's co-founders, and Kelsey Sabo, DIFF's Charitable Operations Manager, have each come on one of our GMT trips to facilitate the distribution of their reading glasses and preform eye exams, and on top of that they got to get the amazing GMT experience that comes with every trip! We are so thankful for not only their donations of reading glasses, but also the fact that they give up their time become a part of the GMT family for the week and really make a difference on the trip as a whole.

Chad Dime, one of DIFF's co-founders, and a patient from the Dominican Republic. Photo by Jon Shoer.

Check out some more photos below from our March 2018 Dominican Republic trip. All photos by Jon Shoer. If you want to make a DIFFerence, check out https://www.diffeyewear.com/ and give the gift of sight.