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

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    • Where We Work
    • For Families
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    • Johns Hopkins Study
    • UCLA Study
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    • Awards & Recognition
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Iowa

Read the Iowa Annual Report

Vision To Learn launched in Dubuque, Iowa in January 2016, in partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque in an effort to increase access to vision care for students attending school in Dubuque and Jackson County.  The pilot project was part of an area Campaign for Grade-Level Reading strategy that focuses on reducing barriers impacting academic success.

Supporters

Allamakee Community Foundation
Black Hawk County Gaming Association
Cedar Valley Medical Specialists
Cedar Valley Readers
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
Community Foundation of Jackson County
Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine
Cushing Family Charitable Fund
Delta Dental Iowa Foundation
Dubuque Morning Optimists
Dubuque Noon Optimists
Dubuque Racing Association
Jackson County Community Foundation
Jones County Community Foundation
Steve and Elaine Kahler
Klauer Optical Co.
Max & Helen Guernsey Foundation
McDonough Charitable Foundation
McElroy Trust
Merchants Bonding Company
Midwest One Bank
Operation Threshold
Prevent Blindness Iowa
Trey Sucher Law
Theisen’s Home Farm Auto
United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge
United Way of Central Iowa
United Way of the Quad Cities
Unity Point Health – Waterloo
Variety – the Children’s Charity
Wolfe Foundation
100 Women Who Care

Contact

Jennifer Schmit
Program Manager
+1 (402) 517-5828
iowa@visiontolearn.org

Video provided by Merchants Bonding Company.
Vision To Learn Iowa was the 2021 recipient of the Bill Warner Sr. Memorial Charity Golf Classic as a partner with United Way of Central Iowa and Variety – the Children’s Charity.
Greenwood Elementary Student celebrating their new glasses.
Community partners from the United Way of Central Iowa and the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local #33 attend a glasses celebration at Greenwood Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. Photo credit: Des Moines Public Schools
Two elementary school students pose together in front of a book shelf.
Greenwood Elementary students receiving their glasses and are excited that they have matching frames! Photo credit: Des Moines Public Schools

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