Vision To Learn | Providing Free Eye Exams & Free Glasses to Children in Low Income Communities

March 27, 2012

First child helped in Los Angeles, CA at Napa Elementary

Los Angles Dodgers partner with Vision To Learn

April 24, 2012

Student receive their glasses at the Vision To Learn kickoff event at Castelar Elementary, Los Angeles

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 in Los Angeles

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 in Sacramento CA

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

Kamala Harris at Franklin Elementary, Oakland CA

Vision To Learns Partners with Oakland A's Community Fund to expand services in Northern California Bay Area

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 Elenda Delle Donne visit Wilmington, DE students in support of Vision To Learn

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 childen helped by Vision To Learn in honor of Healthy Vision Month

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

Partnership with San Jose Sharks launched

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

April 25, 2018

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

October 16, 2018

San Jose Sharks and team mascot SJ Sharkie join event at Columbia Middle School in Sunnyvale to celebrate five years of helping kids in Santa Clara County.

December 11, 2018

December 12, 2018

First child helped in one of 10 Maui schools as Vision To Learn expands in Hawai'i.

January 24, 2019

February 19, 2019

March 29, 2019

200,000 Kids Helped

January 24, 2019

Former House Democratic Leader and Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams helped elementary students receive their glasses in Atlanta.

May 16, 2019

Senator Chris Coons and Senator Joni Ernst led the passage of a U.S. Senate Resolution recognizing Vision To Learn on its leadership of improving access to glasses for students and for its work nationwide helping more than 200,000 kids across the country.