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Our Preschool Vision Screening team is excited to report that the start of this screening year is going great!  We have been very busy scheduling Head Starts, NC PreK sites, and Title 1 PreK classrooms to help them meet their vision screenings deadlines. Over 5,000 preschoolers were screened in September, with over 700 of those

Prevent Blindness North Carolina will conduct FREE ADULT VISION SCREENINGS at our booth at the NC State Fair again this year. The booth is located in the Education Building, which is the long building that parallels Hillsborough St. Free acuity screenings and retinal screenings are provided for all adults who are interested. This is always

As we begin another school year, making sure children’s eyes are ready to see and learn in the classroom is critical to their success.  Did you know 1 in 4 school-aged children has a vision problem? Sometimes children have trouble seeing and don’t even realize they are viewing the world differently from others. Vision affects

Preschool Vision Screening A PBNC Vision Screener quickly and non-invasively provides a screening for this preschooler, providing vital information to parents for a quick intervention, if necessary. Imagine not knowing there are individual leaves on a tree you pass every day or being tested for a learning disability that you don’t really have - all

The adult vision screen program is excited to announce the purchase of a new retinal camera thanks to funding from the Prevent Blindness North Carolina Endowment!  A new, state of the art CrystalVue NFC-600 Robotic Fundus Camera has been added to the program’s ever-growing and evolving inventory, and has already been put to work. At

Prevent Blindness NC is thrilled to announce the addition of  new clinics to the adult vision screening roster this year!  This added capacity to provide free adult vision screenings was made possible through generous support from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) and the Cigna Foundation. One recently added partner is the Agape

After a two year hiatus, Prevent Blindness NC was excited to revive an annual project to bring a mobile eye exam unit to two NC communities in need.  This highly collaborative project between Prevent Blindness NC, IFB Solutions, and school nurses in Halifax and Roanoke Rapids school districts provided 21 eye exams and glasses for

The Prevent Blindness North Carolina Preschool Vision Screening team strives to ensure that our program makes a positive impact on the lives of thousands of preschoolers each year. We love to have the chance to share our many success stories. We are excited to introduce you to a very special preschooler who now has the

Are you interested in trying something new? Well, Blind Hockey is coming to the Carolinas! Blind Hockey is for anyone that is blind or vision impaired. There are no age or skill requirements. Blind Hockey started in Canada and has been growing throughout the US and Europe. It is played like traditional hockey with a

Young children often do not realize they have a vision problem; thus, they are usually unable to express the difficulties and frustrations that often come along with a visual impairment. As 10% of preschoolers in NC have a vision problem, and many of them don’t even realize it, the need for early vision screening and