Foundation Officers
PRESIDENT & FOUNDER: DR. JAMES H. WEYRICH
Graduated from Montesano High School in Washington State, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon with a BS in Psychology and Dr. of Optometry 4 years later. Elected as President of the Washington Optometric Association (W.O.A.) in 1975. Was presented with "Doctor of Year" by the W.O.A. in 1979. Has been a practicing Optometric Physician for many years. Two of those years in the U.S. Navy and the rest in private practice. He received the "Ambassador for Peace" Award in 2011 and the same year was honored by his Aberdeen Lions club to become a "Melvin Jones Fellow", also he received the second highest award in Lions Club International. He received , in 2016, the International Presidents Award.
He founded EyeCare WeCare Foundation, Inc. in 2001 and has watched it grow from a self funded foundation to what has become today---- a 100% Voluntary Foundation that delivers free vision care for the indigent population in the Philippines.
Graduated from Montesano High School in Washington State, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon with a BS in Psychology and Dr. of Optometry 4 years later. Elected as President of the Washington Optometric Association (W.O.A.) in 1975. Was presented with "Doctor of Year" by the W.O.A. in 1979. Has been a practicing Optometric Physician for many years. Two of those years in the U.S. Navy and the rest in private practice. He received the "Ambassador for Peace" Award in 2011 and the same year was honored by his Aberdeen Lions club to become a "Melvin Jones Fellow", also he received the second highest award in Lions Club International. He received , in 2016, the International Presidents Award.
He founded EyeCare WeCare Foundation, Inc. in 2001 and has watched it grow from a self funded foundation to what has become today---- a 100% Voluntary Foundation that delivers free vision care for the indigent population in the Philippines.
VICE PRESIDENT: NIGHTHAWK KNIGHT: LDO
Graduated from High School in South Carolina. He has been a Licensed Dispensing Optician for may years.in the State of Washington. He has been in private practice, he has been the manager over all the Group Health Labs for many years. He as worked as a Licensed Dispensing Optician at several Walmart Vision Center Locations as well as Manager of the Aberdeen Walmart Vision center. He is presently a LDO at Pear Vision in the Black Lake Mall in Olympia. He has been a strong supporter of the foundation for many years.
SECRETARY/TREASURE: JUDITH HIGGINS
Graduated from Coachella Valley Union High School in Thermal, California. Attended College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California. Worked as a Bookkeeper in a couple of the local Date companies, and General Manager of Shields Date Garden in Indio, California. Relocated to Aberdeen, Washington to aid her disabled sister. She was Honored with the "Rookie of the Year" her first year in the Aberdeen Lions Club, and was doubly honored in her second year by being named "Lion of the Year". She was elected as Treasure 2016 - 2017 for the Aberdeen Lions.
Graduated from Coachella Valley Union High School in Thermal, California. Attended College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California. Worked as a Bookkeeper in a couple of the local Date companies, and General Manager of Shields Date Garden in Indio, California. Relocated to Aberdeen, Washington to aid her disabled sister. She was Honored with the "Rookie of the Year" her first year in the Aberdeen Lions Club, and was doubly honored in her second year by being named "Lion of the Year". She was elected as Treasure 2016 - 2017 for the Aberdeen Lions.
BOARD MEMBERS:
DR. HAROLD BIRCUMSHAW
Graduated from John Rogers High School in Spokane, WA. Attended Clark Jr. College In Vancouver WA the entered the US Army and went through OCS and Ranger Training in Ft. Benning, GA. He spent a year in Vietnam with the 42nd Infantry Platoon, Scout Dogs, of the 101st air mobile division. He returned to the USA and received his BS at the University of Washington and received his Doctorate of Optometry at Southern California College of optometry. He then finished his military career serving in the US Navy. He has donated more optometry instruments to the the foundation than any other individual . He also has filled in for Dr. Weyrich for all of medical missions over the last 5 years. He and his wife have supported the foundation for many year.
DR. HAROLD BIRCUMSHAW
Graduated from John Rogers High School in Spokane, WA. Attended Clark Jr. College In Vancouver WA the entered the US Army and went through OCS and Ranger Training in Ft. Benning, GA. He spent a year in Vietnam with the 42nd Infantry Platoon, Scout Dogs, of the 101st air mobile division. He returned to the USA and received his BS at the University of Washington and received his Doctorate of Optometry at Southern California College of optometry. He then finished his military career serving in the US Navy. He has donated more optometry instruments to the the foundation than any other individual . He also has filled in for Dr. Weyrich for all of medical missions over the last 5 years. He and his wife have supported the foundation for many year.
STEPHEN ROSS
Born and raised in Southern California, Stephen earned a certificate in Accounting which funded his continued studies at several California colleges and studies in Cambridge, England. Although Geology was his main focus of interest, British Literature and History fueling an over whelming urge to travel the world. He has traveled all over Europe, the Mediterranean, the Ukraine, and spent time in Jamaica and the Philippines, which is where he met his wife, Sheryl.
Stephen has been self employed for over 20 years, has owned restaurants, sold Real Estate and currently owns a wholesale produce brokerage company and currently owns a home in Hoquiam, WA.
Born and raised in Southern California, Stephen earned a certificate in Accounting which funded his continued studies at several California colleges and studies in Cambridge, England. Although Geology was his main focus of interest, British Literature and History fueling an over whelming urge to travel the world. He has traveled all over Europe, the Mediterranean, the Ukraine, and spent time in Jamaica and the Philippines, which is where he met his wife, Sheryl.
Stephen has been self employed for over 20 years, has owned restaurants, sold Real Estate and currently owns a wholesale produce brokerage company and currently owns a home in Hoquiam, WA.