GREEN BAY, Wis.--ShopKo Stores' ShopKo Optical locations are offering free eye exams and eyeglasses to needy families again this year through the company's sixth-annual Project Eyecare program.

Thomas Bobka, OD, director of optometric services for ShopKo Optical, said 135 ShopKo Eye Care Centers are participating in this year's Project Eyecare, providing eye exams and glasses at each location.

Initially geared toward needy children, the program expanded to include adults last year. ShopKo's Project Eyecare is administered by the Salvation Army.