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Essilor Vision Foundation Mission |
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To achieve better lives through better sight by creating and supporting activities that advance good vision and its benefits and offering special help to those who need it most. |
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Sept. 25, 2008: Essilor Vision Foundation launched a major initiative to help Dallas public school children get the vision care they so desperately need to succeed in school and life. Jacques Stoerr, chairman of Essilor Vision Foundation, joined Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa and Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert to launch Kids Vision For Life. The innovative vision care program will be piloted at 20 Dallas public schools during the 2008-2009 school year. In partnership with the Lions Sight and Tissue Foundation, Essilor Vision Foundation will provide free eye exams and glasses to children in grades one through six, who currently cannot afford vision care and do not qualify for other programs such as Medicaid. Essilor Vision Foundation and the Lions organization will work directly with Dallas public schools to bring the mobile Vision Coach onsite to schools where optometrists will conduct the exams and eyeglass fittings. Students will choose from popular frames equipped with polycarbonate lenses. Click here for more information
FREE WHITE PAPER: Get a copy of our latest white paper by vision expert and author, Joel Zaba, M.A., O.D.: Children’s Vision Care in the 21st Century and its Impact on Education, Literacy, Social Issues, and the Workplace: A Call to Action. For a copy of the white paper, please contact Marina Patino at 214-496-4217 or via email at marina.patino@essilorvisionfoundation.org.
Essilor Vision Foundation Forms Coalition to Address Children's Vision in Dallas Essilor Vision Foundation has formed Kids Vision for Life – Dallas Coalition to draw upon the strength and energy of leaders, companies, and organizations in the Dallas community so Dallas children receive proper vision care and glasses when they need them. By doing so, students will be better equipped to learn and graduate with the knowledge and skills they need to become productive, responsible citizens. Last year alone, 8,400 elementary schoolchildren in Dallas schools were referred to an eye doctor but 4,000 never received it. These statistics mirror those in cities across America. How can we expect children to succeed academically when they can’t see well? Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert will head up the advisory board. Each coalition member organization will bring its unique strengths and creativity to the initiative. Here are a few ways Dallas Coalition member organizations may add to the initiative:
The first Dallas Coalition program – mobile eye clinics onsite at Dallas schools – is the result of a partnership between Essilor Vision Foundation, Dallas Independent School District and Lions Sight and Tissue Foundation. An estimated 1,200 to 1,500 children will be helped during the current school year. Essilor Vision Foundation is looking to build similar partnerships with other Dallas Coalition members. Adopt-A-School Program
The Essilor Vision Foundation, based in Dallas, TX, will concentrate its initial efforts on U.S. school children through its Adopt-A-School program. The program focuses on educating parents about the importance of children's eye health and the need for annual eye exams through a DVD entiled, the "Eyes of a Child". Teams of volunteers will be formed to work closely with school nurses and other non-profit organizations such as the local Lions Clubs, VSP, and Prevent Blindness just to name a few to help provide eye glasses to those kids who need them the most. Please take a few minutes to watch the video being shown below. The Adopt-A-School program will launch this fall for the 2008-2009 school year with pilot teams and then will be expanded as resources allow thoughout the U.S. |
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