 Fy-Eye: November 2019 |
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Thank you to all the attendees, donors, and sponsors of the 39th Annual Celebrity Waiters Dinner in support of children’s healthy vision! The event welcomed 215 guests and featured a silent and live auction, wine pull, Chuck-A-Puck, paddle raise and the Milwaukee Admirals serving as our celebrity waiters. Prevent Blindness Wisconsin was honored to recognize Milwaukee Capital as our 2019 Community Partner Award recipient for their dedication to our mission for more than 25 years – thank you! View pictures of the night on Facebook. There is still time to contribute to the event in support our vision screening programs. Make your gift today!
Prevent Blindness Wisconsin is proud and honored to announce it has been awarded grants from the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Madison, the Frida and William Hunt Memorial Trust, the Ladish Company Foundation, and the Robert T. & Betty Rose-Meyer Foundation to support our sight-saving services.
Thank you Frida and William Hunt Memorial Trust for supporting the Children’s Vision Screening Program in the Greater Milwaukee Area, which makes healthy vision possible for more than 70,000 children each year. Thank you Ladish Company foundation for continued support of the Preschool Vision Screening Program in the Greater Milwaukee Area, which ensures more than 20,000 3 to 5-year-old children have healthy vision to build a strong educational foundation for lifelong success. Thank you Robert T. & Betty Rose-Meyer Foundation for supporting the Children’s Vision Screening Program in the Greater Green Bay Area, which ensures move than 20,000 children, receive certified vision screenings and have healthy vision to learn, play, and grow.
Thursday, October 17th was a day to remember. If you could hear the cheers from Milwaukee, you know it was our team celebrating our 2nd annual participation in Milwaukee Project Homeless Connect. 126 adults were vision screened and of those, 123 were referred on for further care. To bring the vision screening process full circle, we worked with adults and took them step-by-step thru how to make an eye doctor appointment with their vision coverage options. With the majority of adults having Medicaid coverage, a common phrase from participants was, “I didn’t know I had vision coverage with Medicaid.”
We would like to thank the District 27-A2 Lion’s Club for your time, effort and aid to help us make this outreach possible. Prevent Blindness Wisconsin provided a Certified Adult Vision Screener Training for 11 Lions Club members of the 27-A2 District to help assist with adult vision screenings at this event and future events. We would also like to thank all the guests that were vision screened and made an appearance, you made an incredible impact on our team that day!
Juanita was vision screened at Casa Guadalupe Education Center Inc. in West Bend, Wisconsin. Juanita, like many adults in Wisconsin, faced a vision care barrier of not being able to afford a much needed eye exam and pair of glasses. Juanita applied for the VSP Mobile Eyes Voucher Program and was finally able to receive the vision care she needs and deserves. Juanita has this to say about her eye exam and new glasses, “Thanks to Prevent Blindness Wisconsin and Casa Guadalupe I have my glasses. Now I feel more motivated since I got my sight back; I can read, look clearly around me, collaborate with some household chores. I am happy. Thank you for providing and having these programs. And more than anything, thank you for having the staff that has the vocation and the great motivation to give unconditional help. Thanks to Prevent Blindness Wisconsin, Laura Salcido and Casa Guadalupe I can see clearly now.” |
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Prevent Blindness Wisconsin is excited to welcome Timothy Somers to the Board of Directors! Tim Somers is a lifelong Milwaukee area resident, having grown up on Milwaukee’s north side and graduated from Shorewood High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree “With Distinction” in Journalism and Advertising from UW-Madison and an MBA from UW-Milwaukee. Tim’s most recent assignment was Marketing Director at Milwaukee County where he led redevelopment of the County’s website and established a cross-organizational alliance of marketers focused on branding and integrated communications. Tim has served in a variety of community leadership roles, including president of the Whitefish Bay School District board of directors. He also served as a director of SET Ministries, a social welfare organization focused on establishing safe and nurturing environments for at-risk children and their families in Milwaukee’s central city. Tim is excited to join Prevent Blindness Wisconsin and help promote its essential mission. He’s looking forward to working with the staff, Board of Directors, and the greater Milwaukee community to support the organization’s growth and vibrancy.
Eligibility criteria for Prevent Blindness Wisconsin vision care vouchers have been updated. Families must be at 200% of the federal poverty level and have no other access to vision care benefits. A social security number is no longer a requirement for this program. To see if your student it eligible, click here. To complete an application for a vision care voucher, please click here. For any questions on our voucher program, please contact Breanna at [email protected].
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Community Volunteers from Christ Child Society, Dane County, Lake Country, Ozaukee County and the Milwaukee Private Schools Group helped ensure students could see clearly during World Sight Week. With the help of these dedicated volunteers, over 300 children were vision screened during this sight-saving week. Thank you for making clear vision possible for children in Wisconsin! If you are interested in learning more about our Children’s Vision Screening Program or have an interest in joining a volunteer group in your community, please contact [email protected] for more information.
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Iver is an active four-year-old who loves playing outside. He received a vision screening from Prevent Blindness Wisconsin at his preschool in Madison for the past two years. Iver did not pass either screening, but was not prescribed glasses from the eye doctor until this fall. Iver’s mom said she, “was alarmed that he needed glasses at such a young age.” She is thankful for the screening and is grateful that with her son’s new glasses he can worry about being a kid and develop with the best vision he has ever had!
Even Iver’s teacher noticed he has been making comments about what he can see and follows along with reading better with his new glasses. Don’t you think his new glasses look nice? Iver, we know you have a bright future ahead!
Are you aware of how diabetes affects your eyes? Today, diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults. Approximately 75% of people with diabetes will have some type of retinopathy occurring in their eye. Retinopathy affects the health of our retina, the part of the eye responsible for sensing light and seeing images in front of us. Every person has a different story about living with diabetes, but there is one chapter many share; irreversible vision loss. Don’t wait to get your eye exam; your vision won’t wait.
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Prevent Blindness Wisconsin makes the world a brighter place for children and adults across Wisconsin through our sight-saving vision health services. You can give the gift of healthy vision by joining the 20/20 Monthly Giving Challenge. Celebrate the year 2020 – the year of healthy vision – by becoming a monthly donor to help Prevent Blindness Wisconsin achieve its vision for each Wisconsin resident to have healthy vision at every stage of life! An investment of $20 per month provides one Certified Vision Screening for a child or adult, helping them take the first step on the path to healthy vision for life. Will you accept our challenge to make a gift of $20 per month for 20 months and help 20 individuals improve their vision health? |
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