Mississippi

Vision To Learn began helping kids in Mississippi in May 2017. The program will provide eye care, free of charge, to all 30,000 students, K-12, in Jackson Public Schools. An estimated 5,000 kids in Jackson go to school every day without the glasses they need to see the board, read a book or participate in the classroom.

The effort kicked off May 16, 2017, at Timberlawn Elementary School, where 43 students were provided glasses. The event was attended by Jackson Public Schools Interim Superintendent Dr. Freddrick Murray, Vision To Learn Mississippi Director Gayle Wicker, and Linda Ross Aldy, Executive Director of the Mississippi Optometric Association.

With Jackson as only the beginning, Vision To Learn’s program will expand to help children throughout Mississippi succeed in school, and in life.