Over the past year important services that regularly occur in our schools have largely been interrupted during the pandemic — such as management of health conditions, hearing and vision screenings, vaccination support and connecting students to services that work to eliminate health inequities. Vision screening is one of many services that meet critical needs of children. It is essential


- On-Site and Virtual Vision Screening Trainings Now Offered
- PBNC Ambassador is “Up in Lights!”
- Hear Larry’s Story – One of Many Lives Changed
- Helping Children See Clearly for Years to Come
- Back-to-Preschool Vision Screenings Available
- Safe, Effective Preschool Vision Screening Partnerships Continue
- Prevent Blindness Introduces Ambassador Program
- Continued Funding Extends EyePACS Partnership
- Lee Co. Health-A-Rama looks to return for 2021-2022 School Year
- PBNC Launches New Online Training Platform
- Meet Brooklyn, a Preschool Program Success Story
- Adult Retinal Program Expands with Additional Funding
- New Safety Measures and More Options for Preschool Screenings
- Collaborative Success in Graham County
- Meet Mandolyn, an Adult Program Success Story
- Meet Aviano, a Preschool Program Success Story
- Pilot retinal image reading program makes a HUGE impact
- Back to School Vision Health
- Safe, effective preschool vision screenings are a priority
- Virtual Vision Screening Trainings Available
- New Safety Measures for Adult Vision Screenings
- Preschool Screenings Evolving Through the Pandemic
- Meet Karla – A Success Story
- Dahlia loves her glasses!
- 45th Anniversary Campaign Partners
- September is Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
- Prevent Blindness North Carolina Launches 2012 Most Beautiful Eyes Contest
- Prevent Blindness North Carolina Offers Employers Resources to Help Protect Workers’ Vision, Eye Health
- Vision Screening Helps Identify Child’s Rare Eye Condition
PBNC Ambassador is “Up in Lights!”
Helping Children See Clearly for Years to Come
According to the recent study, “Children’s Vision and Eye Health: A Snapshot of Current National Issues 2nd Edition,” vision has a critical role in children’s physical, cognitive, and social development, and visual functioning is a strong predictor of academic performance in school-age children. Without early detection and treatment, uncorrected vision disorders can impair child development,
Back-to-Preschool Vision Screenings Available
Summertime is winding down and it’s time to start making sure our young kids are ready to learn and develop in the world around them! The PBNC Preschool Vision Screening Program is excited to announce that it is time to start scheduling vision screenings for child care centers and preschools. PBNC has over 20 years
Safe, Effective Preschool Vision Screening Partnerships Continue
Prevent Blindness Introduces Ambassador Program
PBNC’s mission aims to detect and eliminate uncorrected vision problems, provide greater access to treatment, and thereby prevent blindness and preserve the sight of everyone we serve. Providing direct services to over 550,000 North Carolinians annually, PBNC’s three primary programs provide the latest in best-practice, evidence-based and age-appropriate screening standards. While we have always collected
Continued Funding Extends EyePACS Partnership
Prevent Blindness North Carolina is pleased to have received additional funding from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) to continue our partnership with EyePACS – an experienced team of optometrists and ophthalmologists who read retinal images and provide timely feedback of screening results. With the use of the EyePACS platform, the average wait
Lee Co. Health-A-Rama looks to return for 2021-2022 School Year
Mary Hawley Oats has been a School Nurse in the Lee County Schools for 40 years. She realized early on that it was important to know students could see and hear to succeed in the classroom. She began a program called Health-A-Rama that occurred annually in the Fall. During Health-A-Rama, classrooms of students in kindergarten through ninth grade would come to the gym or library and get their vision,