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Volume 11, Issue 27, Week of July 14, 2014
Saskatoonʼs REAL Community Newspaper
TinyEYE
An international success story
Greg Sutton, above, pictured with some of the many awards on display in his office, and his sister, Marnee Brick, started TinyEYE in 2005. (Photo by Joanne Paulson) Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express
One of those dreams was to assist a Cambodian school, which Sutton had he name of the company is Tinyencountered years ago while working as a EYE, yet its vision is global. travel writer. Greg Sutton and Marnee Brick, the “We helped financially and with marketbrother and sister team that started Tinying to raise money, and they were able to EYE Therapy Services in 2005, have grown raise enough to start an SLP school,” said the online speech language pathology (SLP) Sutton in a recent interview. “It was always company to the point where long-held, a dream of mine to help them out. That felt world-wide dreams can come true. nice.”
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It’s not the only philanthropic project underway at TinyEYE. Every month the company provides free speech language pathology to a child whose parents or school cannot afford it, through its Shining Star program. In addition, TinyEYE supports a water campaign in Africa. So many children, particularly girls, spend so much time carrying water, it reduces time for education.
TinyEYE has therefore contributed to a water trucking program. “If the business went away, and the whole world crumbled, I (would) feel we’ve made a contribution,” said Sutton. The TinyEYE vision did not come with a huge bankroll. Sutton and Brick themselves know what it’s like to come to the financial brink. (Continued on page 10)