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2024

Free Resources in Support of National Glaucoma Awareness Month
Fourth Annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week
Prevent Blindness Names Six New Members to National Board of Directors
Fifth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week
Prevent Blindness Provides Free Educational Resources for Diabetes-related Eye Disease Awareness Month
Common Misperceptions Among Caregivers of Aging Adults Emphasizes Lack of Awareness of Retinal Diseases
New Study Finds Higher Prevalence of Glaucoma Than Previously Estimated
Prevent Blindness Urges Public to Keep Eyes Healthy While Using Contacts
Alcon Children’s Vision Center Named Recipient of 10th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
Howard Purcell, O.D., New England College of Optometry, to Receive 2025 Person of Vision Award
NASEM Publishes New Report on Myopia
2024 Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week
New Mapping Tool Provides Data for Children’s Vision and Eye Health
2024 World Sight Day Activities Focus on Children’s Vision
Prevent Blindness Raises Awareness on the Need for Eye Protection While Playing Sports
Prevent Blindness Declares August as Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month to Educate Parents, Professionals, and Government Leaders on the Importance of Healthy Vision for Kids
Prevent Blindness Joins in July’s Dry Eye Awareness Month, Providing Educational Resources on Eye Disease that Affects Millions
Fourth Annual Prevent Blindness Fireworks Safety Awareness Week declared as June 28-July 4, 2024, to Help Educate Consumers on the Dangers of Fireworks
Prevent Blindness to Hold 16th Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Outing at Vision Expo West, Las Vegas
Prevent Blindness Declares June as Cataract Awareness Month to Educate Public on Eye Disease that is the Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the United States
Call for Nominations Issued for the 2024 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award from the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness
Prevent Blindness Offers New Resources for Education and to Raise Awareness for Stargardt Disease
Prevent Blindness Launches “It Started With an Eye Exam” Campaign to Encourage, Educate and Empower the Public to Make Vision and Eye Health a Part of Their Overall Health Care
Proposed Bipartisan Legislation Would Create First Federally Funded Program to Address Children’s Vision and Eye Health
Prevent Blindness to Host the 2024 ASPECT Patient Engagement and Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C.
Prevent Blindness to Host 13th Annual Focus on Eye Health Summit, a Two-Day Virtual Interactive Event, with theme of “Being Seen and Heard”
Prevent Blindness Announces Recipients of the 2024 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and the Rising Visionary Award
Prevent Blindness Declares May as First-ever Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness Provides Free Resources as Part of April’s Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month to Educate Women on Necessary Steps to Help Save Sight
Prevent Blindness Holds 2024 Person of Vision Award Event, honoring Ed Buffington, GPN Technologies, and 20/20 Magazine, as Part of Vision Expo East
Prevent Blindness Declares March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month to Encourage Eye Safety Practices, Eye Protection at Work
Prevent Blindness Launches New “Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Education and Support Program” as Part of Inaugural ROP Awareness Week, Feb. 26 – March 3, 2024
Prevent Blindness Encourages Eye Safety for Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse in April
February Declared as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month by Prevent Blindness
National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Celebrates 15th Anniversary in 2024
Tickets and Sponsorships Available for the 2024 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala During Vision Expo East, Honoring Ed Buffington, GPN Technologies
Prevent Blindness Issues Call for Nominations for the 2024 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and Rising Visionary Award

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Feb

Prevent Blindness Holds 2025 Person of Vision Event Honoring Howard Purcell, O.D.

Prevent Blindness presented the 2025 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award, to Howard Purcell, O.D., F.A.A.O., president and CEO, New England College of Optometry (NECO),...

Feb

The Second Annual “Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week

Prevent Blindness Provides Free Retinopathy of Prematurity Educational Resources to Parents and Professionals, Including Updated Fact Sheets, Web pages, and a New Video Series with...

Feb

2025 Jenny Pomeroy and Rising Visionary Awards Call for Nominations

Prevent Blindness Seeking Nominations for Two of the Nonprofit Organization’s Highest Honors Prevent Blindness is issuing the call for nominations for the “2025 Jenny Pomeroy...

Jan

Prevent Blindness Declares February as Age-related Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness Provides a Wealth of Free Educational Resources on AMD, One of the Leading Causes of Vision Loss, and Materials on Low Vision, and...

Jan

Prevent Blindness Receives Transformative Legacy Gift of $9.7 Million

National Patient Advocacy Organization Prevent Blindness to Use Significant Gift to Invest in Long-term Strategic Growth and Expansion of its Eye Health Efforts Prevent Blindness...

Jan

2025 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala to be Held During Vision Expo East

Annual Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala, Held to Support its Sight-Saving Programs, to Honor Howard Purcell, O.D., New England College of Optometry, at...

Dec

Free Resources in Support of National Glaucoma Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness offers expert and patient videos, fact sheets, social media graphics, and webpages to raise awareness of glaucoma and to help educate the public...

Nov

Fourth Annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week

Prevent Blindness provides free educational resources on geographic atrophy, a form of age-related macular degeneration, including fact sheets, a dedicated webpage, expert videos, and more...

Nov

Prevent Blindness Names Six New Members to National Board of Directors

Prevent Blindness has named six new members to its Board of Directors. The vote was held on Nov. 18, at the 2024 Prevent Blindness Annual...

Nov

Fifth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week

Prevent Blindness provides free educational materials on Thyroid Eye Disease, including a new patient-featured episode of the Focus on Eye Health Expert series, fact sheets,...

Oct

Prevent Blindness Provides Free Educational Resources for Diabetes-related Eye Disease Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness provides the public and professionals with free webpages, fact sheets, educational videos, toolkits, and social media graphics, to help prevent vision loss and...

Oct

Common Misperceptions Among Caregivers of Aging Adults Emphasizes Lack of Awareness of Retinal Diseases

Survey findings show fewer than 30% of caregivers of persons at risk for retinal diseases have heard about some of the most common types of...