By StaffL
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 12:15 AM
ATLANTA—
OneSight, a leading global vision care nonprofit, and
North Fulton Community Charities, an organization that empowers North Atlanta residents through emergency assistance, partnered to offer free eye exams and glasses to more than 275 children and adults from Nov. 17 through Nov. 19.
By Staff
Monday, November 23, 2020 12:18 AM
RANDOLPH, Mass.—This holiday season,
Randolph, the U.S.-based manufacturer of sunglasses and eyewear based here, is proud to be supporting
Angel Flight NE, a non-profit organization providing free air transportation to patients in need of lifesaving medical care outside of their geographic area. For each sunglass purchase made via the Randolph USA site or from ECPs or optical retailers, from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020, Randolph is making a donation to Angel Flight NE to help support their life-saving missions.
By Staff
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 12:30 AM
SHORT HILLS, N.J.—The show will go on, virtually. That’s the message from the organizers of Rockin’ for New Eyes, who are morphing their popular rock ‘n’ roll fundraiser concert from a live show into an online New Year’s Eve party.
By Staff
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 12:24 AM
DALLAS—Teachers, nurses and school administrators are everyday heroes who deserve to be honored for helping to ensure their students can see clearly and continue to learn, whether it's online or in the classroom.
Essilor Vision Foundation and Kendra Scott are celebrating these heroes through the
Champions for Sight program.
By Staff
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 12:18 AM
PADUA, Italy—
Safilo Group has announced the first eyewear product made from recycled plastic especially made for
The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch nonprofit environmental organization that develops advanced technologies to extract plastic pollution from the oceans.
By Staff
Friday, October 23, 2020 12:24 AM
CHICAGO—In response to increased virtual activity during the coronavirus pandemic,
Prevent Blindness, launched
Screen Time-Out, an awareness campaign to encourage Americans, especially parents of young children, to introduce regular screen breaks into their daily routines.
By Staff
Monday, October 19, 2020 12:18 AM
DALLAS—This holiday season, eyecare professionals can help give kids the gift of clear vision by participating in
Essilor Vision Foundation’s (EVF) See Kids Soar program.
By Staff
Thursday, October 15, 2020 12:15 AM
DALLAS—To celebrate World Sight Day this month,
Essilor Vision Foundation (EVF) announced that
Walman, an EVF corporate partner, is sponsoring its
Kids With a Visionprogram. For every pair of digitally surfaced lenses treated with non-glare treatment produced by Walman Optical labs purchased by participating eyecare professionals through Dec. 31, 2020, Walman Optical will donate $5.00 to EVF. (Outsourced and previously discounted products are excluded.) “Corporate partners play an instrumental role in helping build awareness and educating consumers about the cause of vision,” explained Becky Palm, EVF president and executive director.
By Staff
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:30 AM
CHICAGO—
Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight, has chosen Marc Ferrara, CEO of Information Services, Jobson Medical Information, as the recipient of the
2021 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award. The award will be presented on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at the Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Dinner at 583 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., in conjunction with
Vision Expo East. All proceeds from the event will go to support the sight-saving programs from Prevent Blindness.
By Staff
Monday, October 12, 2020 12:21 AM
DRAPER, Utah—
1-800 Contacts, the largest retailer of contact lenses in the U.S., and nonprofit
EyeCare4Kids have launched
Sight the World, an initiative that will utilize innovative vision care technology from 1-800 Contacts to provide free glasses and contact lenses for underserved adults and children globally. The new partnership announcement came last week on World Sight Day, an international day of awareness for the 2.5 billion people across the world who have vision impairment that could be corrected or could have been prevented.
By Staff
Monday, October 12, 2020 12:15 AM
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—The 33rd Annual
Grand Rapids Ophthalmology Drive for Vision charity golf outing, held on Sept. 21, raised more than $25,000 this year despite the challenges of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak across the Midwest, according to a recent announcement. The event had been scheduled for June, but had to be postponed due to the restrictions in place for coronavirus control. Grand Rapids Ophthalmology, the largest fully integrated eyecare medical group in West Michigan, is a member of the
Blue Sky Vision management organization.
By Staff
Friday, October 9, 2020 12:30 AM
NEW YORK—Companies and organizations throughout the world that are dedicated to promoting vision and eye health showed their commitment to these causes with an outpouring of support on World Sight Day yesterday. World Sight Day served as a springboard for a wide range of initiatives, as
VMAIL reported on
Oct. 6 and
Oct. 8. To mark the 20th anniversary of World Sight Day,
EssilorLuxottica deployed numerous initiatives across the world, including awareness campaigns, art collaborations, vision screenings and donations of glasses, accelerating the company’s efforts to raise awareness around the importance of eyecare.
By Staff
Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:33 AM
NEW YORK—Today, organizations and companies across the world are coming together virtually for educational seminars, fundraisers and other advocacy in honor of World Sight Day. This year’s theme is Hope In Sight, and focuses on the recent World Health Assembly resolution for eye health. The IAPB said, “With political commitment to take action to make eyecare an integral part of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and to implement ‘integrated people-centred eyecare’ there is #HopeInSight.” Today,
Prevent Blindness is participating in
World Sight Day, an annual day of awareness designed to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment, by promoting advocacy efforts that seek to make vision and eye health a priority.