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They took their plea to members of the local media, some of whom ran the news. <\/p>\n<p>Within a week the Optical Center had received almost 300 pairs of eyeglasses and they expect more will come. One woman from California saw the announcement in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil newspaper and called the Optical Center saying she worked at the Weil Medical Center in San Carlo and that she will be sending two years worth of saved old eyeglasses. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really amazing how many glasses we get every day, from people on campus through distribution, in the mail, and from UPS,&#8221; Cervantes said. &#8220;We came to work the other day and there was a bag hanging on the door with eyeglasses in it. It&#8217;s wonderful. 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