By Staff
Friday, May 3, 2024 12:15 AM
BOSTON—
20/20 Onsite, a mobile eyecare company, is partnering with Southbridge Public Schools (SPS) and the
Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts to provide comprehensive eye exams and glasses to SPS students at no cost to their families through the “Vision for Southbridge” program.
By Staff
Monday, April 29, 2024 12:24 AM
NEW YORK—This April, in honor of Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month, the
OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation is highlighting innovative programs that are globally expanding vision care access to women and empowering them to provide care in their communities.
By Staff
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 12:24 AM
CHICAGO—
Prevent Blindness, a nonprofit eye health and safety organization,
Vision Ireland, a nonprofit national sight loss agency, and the
TAD Foundation, dedicated to increasing employment for the blind and low vision community, have announced that the 2nd Annual New York Golf Classic will be held at the
Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, N.Y., on Monday, May 20, 2024. Wykagyl is challenging for the expert golfer yet playable and enjoyable for the novice, and it is ranked one of the top 100 golf courses in the U.S., according to the announcement.
By Mary Kane
Friday, April 19, 2024 8:30 AM
Just how valuable are a pair of reading glasses? According to a recent study, having access to a pair of readers can make all the difference, especially if you are presbyopic and live in a part of the world with limited access to eyecare and eyewear products. This past week,
VisionSpring, a nonprofit provider of affordable eyeglasses to people in need,
BRAC, an international development organization that works with marginalized communities, and
Queen’s University Belfast released the findings of their collaborative THRIVE study, which found that a pair of reading glasses increases the earnings of people in low-income communities by 33 percent. Ella Gudwin, CEO of VisionSpring, summed it up best when she said, “THRIVE strengthens the case that it’s not about the eyeglasses—it’s about everything that comes after.”
By Staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 12:24 AM
NEW YORK—Ahead of Pride Month in June, seven
CFDA eyewear designers are uniting to launch the third annual edCFDA Pride Eyewear Initiative. The designers will each offer a limited edition sunglass design, with a portion of the proceeds collectively benefiting Bring Change to Mind.
By Staff
Friday, March 8, 2024 12:15 AM
NEW YORK—The
Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award gala, to be held on March 14, 2024, will honor a variety of leading professionals in the optical industry. The event will once again be held at 583 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.
By Staff
Thursday, March 7, 2024 12:24 AM
NEW YORK—Organizers of next Friday’s Rock4Sight fundraiser are making final preparations for their last show in New York, which they said is shaping up to be the best in their long-running series of annual fundraisers at the
Hard Rock Café. The event will relocate to Orlando, Fla., in 2025, along with Vision Expo East. As with previous Rock4Sight shows, this one will benefit
ECN Purpose, a 501c3 charity dedicated to providing eye health education and connection to vision care to the underserved. Proceeds from the prior shows have been used to finance a
mobile eye health program and vision van that serves schools in Orange County, Calif.
By Staff
Friday, March 1, 2024 12:18 AM
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.—
ClearVision Optical, in collaboration with the
Optical Women’s Association (OWA), is announcing the launch of the ClearVision-Adira Grants program to facilitate personal and professional development for women in the optical industry.
By Staff
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 12:21 AM
LONDON—The
International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness is still accepting nominations for the IAPB Young Systems Leader Awards, a new initiative designed to empower and amplify the voices of early-career professionals driving transformative change in eye health.
By Staff
Friday, February 9, 2024 12:21 AM
CHICAGO—
Prevent Blindness, the nation’s leading nonprofit eye health and safety organization, is preparing the public to safely experience the total solar eclipse that will take place on April 8, 2024 with the
Prevent Blindness Eclipse + Your Eyes program.
By Staff
Monday, January 29, 2024 12:27 AM
CHICAGO—
Prevent Blindness, the nation’s leading eye health and safety nonprofit organization, has declared February as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month. The group is offering a variety of free educational resources to the public and professionals, including
fact sheets and social media
graphics in English and Spanish, dedicated online resources and informative videos. AMD is a retinal disease that affects part of the back of the eye called the macula.
By Staff
Friday, January 26, 2024 12:18 AM
NORWALK, Conn.—
L’Amy America is announcing a partnership with
Bosma Enterprises, an Indianapolis-based nonprofit organization that provides employment and training for people who are blind and visually impaired.
By Staff
Thursday, January 25, 2024 12:15 AM
CHICAGO—The
National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) is celebrating its 15th Anniversary in 2024. Throughout the year, the NCCVEH will be providing a variety of free resources to parents, partner organizations, and health care professionals, in a celebration of its 15 year anniversary.
By Staff
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:24 AM
CHICAGO—Tickets and sponsorships are still available for the
2024 Person of Vision Award, honoring Ed Buffington, president and CEO of
GPN Technologies. Prevent Blindness will also be giving special recognition to
20/20 Magazine in celebration of its 50th Anniversary of publication during the event. The Person of Vision Award gala will be held on March 14, 2024, at
583 Park Avenue, New York City, in conjunction with
Vision Expo East. The Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award recognizes an individual, corporation and/or organization whose inspired outlook champions healthy vision and its importance for a healthy life.
By Staff
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:18 AM
MAUI—
Maui Jim has announced its support of
VOSH/International (Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity) and its US VOSH and SVOSH (Student VOSH) chapters across 28 countries with a donation of 200,000 eyewear frames intended to restore sight to impacted individuals in need of prescription glasses.