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Welcome to our year! 2020 is the year of Optometry, so get ready for an exciting year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and spent some quality time with the special people in their lives. 

For my final President’s message, I’ll take a moment to reflect on the year. I’ve greatly enjoyed being your Society president and I’m pleased and proud of all we’ve accomplished together.

Are you interested in providing immunizations to your patients? With the passage of Assembly Bill 443 in 2017 and Senate Bill 762 in 2018, California law allows optometrists to become certified to perform three immunizations—influenza, herpes zoster virus, and pneumococcus—on adults eighteen years and older.

The San Diego County Optometric Society is one of the largest and most active optometric societies in the state. 

Did you know that August is National Eye Exam Month? It only makes sense that eye exams are spotlighted when students everywhere return to school at the end of summer—along with some new clothes, shoes, and school supplies, students can have their eyes examined to make ready for good vision during the academic year. 

une beckons in the beginning of summer, and for many people here in San Diego County, it brings the promise of long, beautiful days at the beach, warm evenings at outdoor concerts, barbeques with family and friends, and thrilling times at the County Fair.

As optometrists, we know better than anyone that quality of life is deeply connected to having normal, comfortable vision.

Imagine to yourself a real-life important person: a real VIP. It’s up to you who this person is. For the sake of imagination, make it big.

The 2019 COA House of Delegates met for its annual meeting on March 1st and 2nd in San Francisco. Our Society had a great delegation of 16 participants who traveled by plane to the Marriott Hotel on the wide, placid Bay Shore, located conveniently near the airport.

Some years ago, I was talking with another optometrist about the monetary value of COA membership when she made a poignant statement that’s stayed with me ever since.