Vision To Learn

March 27, 2012
First child helped in Los Angeles, CA at Napa Elementary
April 24, 2012
Students receive their glasses at the Vision To Learn kickoff event at Castelar Elementary, Los Angeles CA
“I see kids every day at school who are falling behind because they can't see. Vision To Learn gets these kids back on track.”
— Genessee Quizon, Intervention Teacher,
Betty Plasencia Elementary
“Since 2012, over 40 Rotary Clubs in District 5280 have partnered with Vision To Learn to help kids in their communities. By volunteering to serve as vision screeners, and contributing funds to support Vision To Learn, our members help ensure students in their neighborhoods go to school prepared to learn.”
— Greg O'Brien,
District Governor, Rotary District 5280
Vision To Learn received “State Gold Award” from the California Teachers Association
“California’s teachers know the high number of students whose school performance suffers due to a lack of glasses... This is unacceptable... Vision To Learn solves this problem”
— Eric Heins
President California Teachers Association
September 17, 2013
NFL great Dwight Freeney helps give glasses to kids at Baldwin Hills Elementary School in Los Angeles, CA
October 3, 2013
First child helped in Sacramento, CA at David Reese Academy
November 19, 2013
CA Governor Jerry Brown visits a Vision To Learn mobile clinic at Jefferson Elementary in Sacramento, CA
10,000 Kids Helped
April 28, 2014
First child helped in Oakland, CA at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
June 6, 2014
Vision To Learn named a “Pacesetter Program” by The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
September 16, 2014
First child helped in Long Beach, CA at Edison Elementary
October 14, 2014
First child helped in Wilmington, DE at Shortlidge Academy
WNBA Player Elena Delle Donne and U.S. Senator Chris Coons visit Shortlidge Academy in support of Vision To Learn
November, 2014
UCLA research presented to the American Public Health Association, verifying their findings of positive impact and strengh of the VTL model of visiting children in schools
“Community Leaders from government, business and philanthropy all stepped up to bring Vision To Learn to kids in Delaware.”
— Sally Gore, Chair,
Vision To Learn Delaware Advisory Board
20,000 Kids Helped
February, 2015
Partnership with the Warriors Community Foundation allows further expansion of services in Northern California, including Alameda and San Francisco Counties
Student at McKinley Elementary,
San Leandro, CA
May 26, 2015
Dodgers host children helped by Vision To Learn in honor of Healthy Vision Month
August 3, 2015
First child helped in Honolulu, HI at Royal School
September 15, 2015
40,000 Kids Helped
January 7, 2016
January 19, 2016
Partnership launched with the Los Angeles Clippers Foundation to help every child pre-K thru 12th grade in Inglewood Unified School District, a district of 12,000 students
April 19, 2016
First child helped in Baltimore, MD at Hampstead Hill Elementary
Congressman John Delaney and Former Baltimore Raven Ray Lewis at Hamstead Hill Academy, Baltimore, MD
September 20, 2016
Vision To Learn examines children at Kapaa and Kekaha Elementary Schools in Kauai, expanding reach in the Hawaiian Islands
September 28, 2016
September 29, 2016
60,000 Kids Helped
February 24, 2017
1,000th child provided with glasses in Detroit
March 8, 2017
1,000th child provided with glasses in Baltimore
March 14, 2017
April 10, 2017
First child helped in Des Moines, IA at Lovejoy Elementary
May 8, 2017
May 23, 2017
First child helped in Newark, NJ at Speedway Academy
June 8, 2017
80,000 Kids Helped
August 30, 2017
October 10, 2017
First child helped in Richmond, VA at Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary School
December 15, 2017
Services expanded in Hawaii throughout Windward Oahu
December 15, 2017
December 19, 2017
December 20, 2017
January 16, 2018
100,000 Kids Helped
February 23, 2018
Two events in Northern California celebrate VTL’s helping more than 100,000 students to date
March 8, 2018
1000th child provided with glasses in Atlanta
April 25, 2018
April 26, 2018
Pilot program launched in New Orleans, LA at Foundation Preparatory Charter School
April 26, 2018
May 25, 2018
LA Dodgers Foundation partnered with VTL to provide free eye exams and glasses to every student who needs them in Compton Unified School District
May 31, 2018
VTL expands into Flint Community Schools with the help of the Detroit Pistons and FlintNOW
June 1, 2018
150,000 Kids Helped

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More than 2 million children in the U.S. do not have the glasses they need to see the board, read a book, or participate in class

We provide free eye exams and glasses to kids in low-income communities

The Story of Vision To Learn

Population-Level Change

Meet Noah

Our Mobile Clinics

We Bring the Glasses to the Kids

Building on Success

Recent News

Bipartisan Allies Join Forces to Meet Kids’ Vision Needs

Project Vision Hawai`i and Vision To Learn Will Provide Free Vision Screenings, Eye Exams and Glasses to Thousands of Hawai`i Keiki

Stacey Abrams Visits Vision To Learn’s Free Glasses Program in Atlanta Public Schools

Early Spring 2019 Newsletter

Annual Report

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