Former Prevent Blindness Board Member and co-founder of the Congressional Vision Caucus (CVC) Congressman Pat Tiberi announced on October 19, 2017 that he plans to depart Congress prior to January 31, 2018. Congressman Tiberi has tirelessly championed vision and eye health policies in his service on the CVC, a bi-partisan, bicameral coalition of members of
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Prevent Blindness: Whitney Anderson (800) 301-2020 ext.105 [email protected] Attorney General’s Office: Dan Tierney (614) 466-3840 [email protected] Ohio Optical Dispensers Board: Kathleen Eagan (614) 466-9707 [email protected] Attorney General DeWine Joins Prevent Blindness, Ohio Optical Dispensers Board to Warn Against Dangerous Cosmetic Contact
VSP Vision Care and Prevent Blindness Launch ‘Clicks for Kids’ to Enhance Access to Vision Screenings and Eye Exams for Head Start Children Healthy vision is essential to a child’s ability to learn, play sports or carry out daily tasks, and receiving eye care early on can help to detect problems that could impair eyesight
Early Vision Matters Our Northern California affiliate has just launched an awareness and fundraising campaign called Early Vision Matters to support their flagship program for low-income preschoolers, See Well to Learn. Started in 2012, the program brings high technology vision screenings into the Bay Area’s neediest low-income preschool classrooms, screening all children. For those that
Prevent Blindness Declares October as Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month to Provide Consumers Tips to Keep Eyes Healthy Contact lenses are a good option for many as an alternative to eyeglasses. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 46 million Americans wear contact lenses. However, the use of
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Prevent Blindness Whitney Anderson Phone: 800-301-2020 ext. 105 E-mail: [email protected] Prevent Blindness Applauds Ohio House of Representatives for Making Eyeglasses More Accessible Columbus, OH (Sept. 22, 2017) – The Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill 116 on a vote of 93-1 on Wednesday, September
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Prevent Blindness Whitney Anderson Phone: (800) 301-2020 ext. 105 E-mail address: [email protected] Prevent Blindness Data Shows Water and Pool Activities Remain the Cause of Most Sports-related Eye Injuries – September is Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month at Prevent Blindness, designed to Educate Public on Need for Proper
New bill undermines essential health benefits, weakens protections for patients with pre-existing conditions Prevent Blindness opposes any attempts to remove the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s essential health benefits protection, particularly children’s vision benefits. Additionally, we are deeply concerned that weakened protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions will force patients to forgo vision and eye health
Recipient to be Honored at 2018 Focus on Eye Health National Summit in Washington, DC Prevent Blindness is issuing a call for nominations for the 2018 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health. The Award recognizes an individual, team, or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to the field of public health,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Prevent Blindness Whitney Anderson Phone: 800-301-2020 ext. 105 E-mail: [email protected] North Coast Health recognizes Prevent Blindness at the Celebration of Caring Gala Cleveland, OH (Sept. 22, 2017) – North Coast Health recognized Prevent Blindness at the Celebration of Caring Gala on Sept. 14. The event recognizes civic
