Prevent Blindness America

Be a Voice for Vision: We need your voice today to help support vision and eye health. Prevent Blindness America is working hard to secure FY 2010 appropriations for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Vision Health Initiative, the National Institutes of Health and the National Eye Institute.  An estimated 80 million Americans have a potentially blinding eye disease, 3 million have low vision, 1.1 million are legally blind, and 200,000 are more severely visually impaired.  While vision impairment and blindness are among the most feared disabilities, effective public health initiatives can dramatically decrease these numbers.  You can be a voice for vision.  House and Senate Appropriations Committees have begun work on FY 2010 appropriations click here to send a letter to your Senators and Representative and support funding for sight-saving programs. Prevent Blindness America Leads Effort to Secure Federal FY 2010 Funding and Coverage of Essential Eye Health Services Fireworks Pose Dangerous Risks, Especially to Children More than 40 Percent of All Fireworks Injuries are to Children Under the Age of 15. FDA Taking Steps to Improve Contact Lens Safety The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to improve contact lens safety by reminding consumers of the importance of following proper cleaning and storing procedures. Prevent Blindness America Announces Sponsors of Second Annual Swing fore Sight Golf Tournament The outing will be held on Sept. 30, 2009 in conjunction with Vision Expo West at the Bali Hai Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.   Prevent Blindness America's third annual online auction ends Tuesday! Help save sight by bidding on a variety of donated items, including airline tickets, sports memorabilia, jewelry, tickets to nationally broadcast television shows, restaurant gift certificates and designer sunglasses among many other exciting offers. The auction remains open until June 30, 2009. Place a bid today at preventblindness.net/auction! Submit a letter to the editor. Adults Children Find a Program Eye Safety