Northern California

Vision To Learn launched in the Bay Area April 28, 2014, in Oakland Unified’s Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary. Since then Vision To Learn has added school districts large and small including San Francisco Unified, New Haven Unified, San Leandro Unified, Sunnyvale, Hayward, and Oak Grove Unified School District.

Vision To Learn is supported in the Bay Area by a multi-year grant from the Warriors Community Foundation. Vision To Learn’s Bay Area Warriors clinic helps thousands of students throughout the region annually.

In 2017, Vision To Learn received a generous grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, allowing its Northern California operation to grow to serve students throughout the nine-county Bay Area and Sacramento.

An estimated 50,000 students need glasses in the 9-county Bay Area.

Vision To Learn launched in San Jose Unified’s Galarza Elementary May 28, 2014. After adding school districts throughout Santa Clara County, including Alum Rock, Sunnyvale School District, and Campbell Union Elementary, in 2016 Vision To Learn dedicated a vehicle to serve this area year-round.

Vision To Learn’s work in Santa Clara County is supported by several generous sponsors. Kaiser Permanente South Bay has funded eye exams and glasses in San Jose school districts for three years. Chan Zuckerberg Union Elementary Initiative has funded capacity growth, allowing Vision To Learn to serve many more kids in the area. El Camino Hospital and El Camino Healthcare District have funded Vision To Learn’s services in Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara.

Beginning in 2016, the Sharks Foundation became an official sponsor of Vision To Learn in Santa Clara County. Sharks players Joel Ward and Chris Tierney attended a glasses-dispensing event at Selma Olinder Elementary school in San Jose, and S.J. Sharkie has appeared twice at schools — most recently to help unveil a new Sharks mobile clinic.

Almost 25,000 children in Santa Clara County need glasses.