The 80SPF Initiative

A few weeks ago, one of my students offered me about 80 out-dated (in the fashion sense) spectacle frames to start a charity fund. The cache of eye ornaments came from her brother who used to own an optical shop. I am thankful for their gesture.

Having been inspired by Kyle Macdonald's one-year challenge/adventure of trading up a single, red paperclip into a whole house after 14 trades, I was keen to explore my creativity and active networking skills.

This blog, called 80SPF is a play on acronyms. SPF refers to Sun Protection Factor, and this number measures the relative exposure time to sunlight before your skin burns under ultraviolet radiation. It normally takes 20 minutes before your skin begins the BBQ process without protection. 2 SPF means you can last about 20X2, or 40 minutes before you burn. 80SPF also means '80 SPectacle Frames'.

To start the (eye)ball rolling, and stir initial interests here's my proposition: What can we do to raise funds to support a cause of our choice? It can be a national cause or charity, or even an international/global initiative. As long as we focus our vision of being charitable to a Cause, we can collaborate and cooperate our efforts into fruition. We will consolidate our efforts through this blog.

Pictures of the frames will follow soon.

What shall we do with a box of 80 spectacle frames?