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Vision To Learn

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

Mobile eye clinic brings the glasses to the kidsVision To Learn has provided
2,651,577 children with eye care
and 399,846 with glasses
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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. 

To learn more check our 2021-22 Connecticut Annual Report

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
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

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

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How Vision To Learn Works

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
Gilmartin Elementary School students receive new glasses in Waterbury, CT. Adults pictured: Licensed Optician Christie Agee (left), Program Manager Sabrina Davis  (2nd from right), and Principal Laura Curley-Colon (right).

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