SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boys & Girls Clubs in King County received 1,020 solar-eclipse glasses from UnitedHealthcare in time to view the eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. At one of several distribution events, company representatives distributed the glasses and provided materials with tips to safely view the eclipse to the members of the Burke 45th Street Club in Wallingford. The glasses have been certified for safe viewing during the eclipse.
The solar eclipse on Aug. 21 will be visible across North America, with anyone within a roughly 70-mile-wide path from Oregon to South Carolina experiencing a brief total eclipse. People will be able to witness a near total eclipse in the Seattle area, where eclipse coverage will be 91.84 percent. UnitedHealthcare is donating 10,000 eclipse glasses to elementary schools and Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide.
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