Sunday is Kids Day at Santa Barbara Eyeglass Factory

Santa Barbara Eyeglass Factory — a locally owned and operated business — has been providing free prescription eyewear to needy children and other disadvantaged members of the community for nine years, and this year will have its annual Kids Day on Sunday.

Last year, more than 200 children were given free exams and glasses. Dr. Barry Mast, who practices next to the Eyeglass Factory, will provide the free eye exams. The children then will go next door, where volunteers from the Santa Barbara Eyeglass Factory will assist them in selecting their new frames, and oversee production of the glasses.

Santa also will be on hand and refreshments will be served.

“Kids Day” will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 21. The program is geared toward children aged 13 and younger. There are no forms to fill out; any child who needs glasses can get them. Children “don’t need to bring anything except their little eyes,” said Aja Herman of the Eyeglass Factory.

For information, contact Rick Feldman or Aja Herman at the Santa Barbara Eyeglass Factory,

1 S. Milpas St., Santa Barbara, 93103. Call 965.0098.