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Vision To Learn

Vision To Learn provides eye exams and eyeglasses at no cost to students in low-income communities.

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Connecticut

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Launching in the Fall of 2021, Vision To Learn is excited to help students in need in underserved communities throughout Connecticut. There are over 200,000 students enrolled in Connecticut’s Alliance Districts and it is estimated that about 40,000 children lack the glasses they need to succeed in school. 

Vision To Learn Connecticut partners with and provides services to students in the following school districts and organizations:

Schools
All Saints Catholic Academy
Ansonia Public Schools
East Hartford Public Schools
East Haven Public Schools
Hartford Public Schools
Manchester Public Schools
Thompson Public Schools
Vernon Public Schools
Waterbury Public Schools
Winchester Public Schools

Organizations
Boys & Girls Club of Hartford
Boys & Girls Club of Meriden
Boys & Girls Club of New Britain
Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Haven
Hartford Public Library
New Haven Reads
Waterbury Bridge to Success

Press

Vision To Learn awarded $50,000 grant from Connecticut Community Foundation
Vision To Learn Launches in East Hartford
East Haven Elementary Students Get New Glasses 
Connecticut Sun Announces Community Partnership with Vision To Learn
UCONN Partners with Vision To Learn to Give Local Schoolchildren Glasses
Silver Lane Elementary Students Get New Glasses
Free Eye Exams and Glasses Provided to Silver Lane Elementary Students

Contact

Marley Bennett
Connecticut Program Manager
+1 (959) 221-2393
connecticut@visiontolearn.org

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How Vision To Learn Works

An optician uses a Welch Allyn spot screener to perform vision screenings on elementary school students.
Licensed Optician Ralph Barbagallo conducting vision screenings at Dr. Franklin H. Mayberry School in East Hartford, CT.
Licensed Optometrist Dr. Beth McMunn providing eye exam on mobile clinic to student at Mayberry Elementary in East Hartford
Licensed Optometrist Dr. Beth McMunn providing eye exam on mobile clinic to student at Mayberry Elementary in East Hartford
Four young women wearing glasses pose for a picture. The woman on the far left is holding three balloons and the woman to her right is holding a sign with Vision To Learn's logo on it.
Four patrons of Hartford Public Library’s Dwight Branch receive glasses as part of Vision To Learn Connecticut’s summer program.
A 5th grade student from Maple Street School in Connecticut shows off his new pair of glasses.
A 5th grade student from Maple Street School in Vernon holds up the case for his new glasses.
A group of 5th students from Maple Street School in Connecticut pose for a picture.
A group of 5th grade students from Maple Street School show off their new glasses.