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Bright Eyes

KLSA’s Bright Eyes program allows qualifying families in the KMC, excluding Baumholder, to receive a credit of $89.95 towards the purchase of eyeglasses.

For more detailed information, including the process to apply for the Bright Eyes Program, please read below.

Does your child need eyeglasses? KLSA can help!

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You can get them from the KMCC Optical shop if you are the following:

  • A dependent of an active duty service person stationed and living in the KMC area (infant through 12th grade).

  • You qualify for the Free Lunch Program. 

For the Bright Eyes Program, the Bright Eyes POC for KLSA will use the AAFES Free Lunch program qualification guidelines to determine eligibility. 

If your child is eligible and you would like to apply for the program, please follow the steps below. Click here for a printable copy of the instructions.

Process to Apply for Bright Eyes

 Process for students who are in a DoDEA school:

  1. Sponsor emails brighteyes@klsa.org:

    - Sponsor name
    - Sponsor’s unit
    - Names of the household members
    - Name of child(ren) needing glasses

  2. Bright Eyes POC will verify the information with AAFES.

  3. Upon receipt of positive verification, the Bright Eyes POC will issue a qualification memo via email to the servicemember. 

  4. Servicemember or spouse must bring the memo to the KMCC Optical Shop to receive a credit of $89.95 toward a pair of glasses.  This is good
    for one pair, per child, per school year.*

Process for students who are in a Non-DoDEA school (examples: home schooled or attending a German school):

  1. The sponsor will email Parent Central Services usarmy.rheinland-pfalz.imcom-europe.mbx.dfmwr-cyss-mailbox@mail.mil

    with:

    • The following info:  Sponsor name, the Sponsor’s unit, names of the household members, and name of child(ren) needing glasses and

    • a request for a time to present their LES to Parent Central Services to verify their information.**

  2. After Parent Central Services meets with the servicemember, they will send an email to the Bright Eyes POC which states the name of the servicemember and verifies the income amount and the number of dependents only.

  3. Upon receipt of verification, the Bright Eyes POC will determine qualification against the AAFES Free Lunch guidelines.  If the servicemember qualifies, the Bright Eyes POC will issue a qualification memo via email to the servicemember. 

  4. Servicemember or spouse must bring the memo to the KMCC Optical Shop to receive a credit of $89.95 toward a pair of glasses.  This is good for one pair, per child, per school year.*

*A school year is defined as the first day of the fall semester through the last day before the start of the following fall semester.

**Parent Central Services will only process information for sponsors whose dependents attend a non-DoDEA school.

 

Questions? Please email brighteyes@klsa.org.