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2017 Miami Valley of Ohio People of Vision Award Dinner

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Prevent Blindness Whitney Anderson Phone: (800) 301-2020 ext. 105 E-mail: [email protected]                                  Prevent Blindness, Fifth Third Bank and Doug Compton Name Allyn Conway Group, ACG Inc. & Allyn Conway                                                       and Discover Classical WDPR & Shaun Yu as 2017 People of Vision Recipients Dayton, OH (Jan. 26, 2017) –

Help Improve Vision for Millions of Americans

Prevent Blindness and See Now Partner to Ask Our Nation’s Leaders to Improve Vision for Millions of Americans Prevent Blindness, in partnership with See Now, is taking the campaign to end avoidable blindness in the United States to congressional leaders in an effort to stop the growing number of people living with preventable vision loss.  

Help Improve Vision for Millions of Americans

Prevent Blindness and See Now Partner to Ask Our Nation’s Leaders to Improve Vision for Millions of Americans Prevent Blindness, in partnership with See Now, is taking the campaign to end avoidable blindness in the United States to congressional leaders in an effort to stop the growing number of people living with preventable vision loss.

Investigator Award Call for Applications

Prevent Blindness Announces Call for Applications for the 2017 Joanne Angle Investigator Award 14th Annual Grant Provides Funding for Sight-Saving Research CHICAGO (Jan. 4, 2017) – Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization, is announcing the call for applications for its 2017 Joanne Angle Investigator Award.  The Award is a grant

Glaucoma Projected to Increase Significantly Due To Aging U.S. Population

Glaucoma, commonly referred to as the “sneak thief of sight,” currently affects nearly 3 million people ages 40 and older. According to the Prevent Blindness report, “Future of Vision: Forecasting the Prevalence and Costs of Vision Problems.”  By the year 2032, the number is projected to increase nearly 50 percent to 4.3 million and by

Glaucoma Projected to Increase Significantly Due To Aging U.S. Population

Glaucoma, commonly referred to as the “sneak thief of sight,” currently affects nearly 3 million people ages 40 and older. According to the Prevent Blindness report, “Future of Vision: Forecasting the Prevalence and Costs of Vision Problems,”  by the year 2032, the number is projected to increase nearly 50 percent to 4.3 million and by

NEOH People of Vision Award Dinner

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Prevent Blindness, Ohio Affiliate Whitney Anderson Phone: 800-301-2020 ext. 105 E-mail: [email protected]                    The Illuminating Company and John Skory honored at the 2016 People of Vision Award Dinner Program CLEVELAND, OH (Dec. 8, 2016) – The Illuminating Company and John Skory, President, were recognized by the Ohio Affiliate

Call for Nominations for Fourth Annual Jenny Pomeroy Award

Prevent Blindness Announces Call for Nominations for Fourth Annual Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization, is issuing a call for nominations for the 2017 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health. The Award recognizes an individual, team,

PBO is Accepting Female Fellowship Applications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more Information: Prevent Blindness, Ohio Affiliate Laura Schwartz Phone: 800-301-2020 ext. 112 E-mail: [email protected]                            Prevent Blindness Accepting Applications for Fellowship Awards for Females in Vision Research COLUMBUS, OH (Nov. 30, 2016) –The Ohio Affiliate of  Prevent Blindness is accepting applications for its 2017 Young Investigator Student Fellowship Awards for

Safe Toys and Gift Month

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Prevent Blindness Whitney Anderson Phone: (800) 301-2020 ext. 105 Email address: [email protected]            Report Data Shows More than 251,000 Toy-related Injuries Treated in U.S. Emergency Departments in One Year Alone                                – Prevent Blindness Offers Tips on How to Purchase Safe Toys and Gifts for