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Vision To Learn

Vision To Learn provides free eye exams and free eyeglasses to students in low-income communities.

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Connecticut

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
East Hartford Public Schools
East Haven Public Schools
Winchester Public Schools
Vernon Public Schools
Manchester Public Schools
Thompson Public Schools
Ansonia Public Schools

Organizations
Hartford Public Library
Boys & Girls Club of Hartford
Boys & Girls Club of New Britain
Boys & Girls Club of Meriden
New Haven Reads

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

Vision To Learn, Connecticut 
Sabrina A. Davis, Program Manager
+1 (959) 221-2393
Questions or concerns: connecticut@visiontolearn.org

Licensed Optician Ralph Barbagallo conducting vision screenings at Dr. Franklin H. Mayberry School in East Hartford, CT.
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
Licensed Optician Ralph Barbagallo fitting student’s glasses at Momauguin Elementary in East Haven
Licensed Optician Ralph Barbagallo fitting student’s glasses at Momauguin Elementary in East Haven

Vision To Learn
12100 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 1275
Los Angeles, CA 90025

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