Events - Prevent Blindness

2021

Founding Co-Chair of the Congressional Vision Caucus Announces Retirement from Congress in 2022
Senate FY2022 Appropriations Bill Doubles Funding for the CDC’s Vision and Eye Health Program
Prevent Blindness Joins in World Sight Day, October 14th, by Asking Public to Pledge to Make Eye Health a Priority
Virtual Workshop: Public Health and Research Applications of the CDC’s Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System (VEHSS)
Call for Applications to the Prevent Blindness A.S.P.E.C.T. Patient Engagement Program
Prevent Blindness Declares October as Contact Lens Safety Month, Advises Public on Important Precautions to Keep Eyes Healthy
Prevent Blindness Holds 2021 Person of Vision Award Event, Honoring Marc Ferrara of Jobson Medical Information, at Vision Expo West
Prevent Blindness Declares First-ever Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week as Sept. 27 – Oct. 3
Prevent Blindness Applauds Legislation to Expand Medicare Vision Benefits; Encourages Low Vision Aids Path to Coverage
Annual Data Shows Pool and Water Sports as Cause of Most Sports-related Eye Injuries
Prevent Blindness Updates Considerations for Conducting Children’s Vision Screenings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Names Shavette L. Turner, Prevent Blindness Georgia, as Recipient of the 7th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
Prevent Blindness Offers Parents, Caregivers, and Educators, Free Resources to Help Keep Children’s Eyes and Vision Healthy
Prevent Blindness Applauds Adoption of New UN Assembly Resolution Designed to Provide Eye Support and Treatment to Those in Need Across the Globe
Prevent Blindness Holds 10th Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit as Expanded Two-day Virtual Event
Prevent Blindness Declares July as Dry Eye Awareness Month to Provide Information on Issue that Affects Nearly 16 Million Americans
Gail Devers, Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, Partners with the Graves’ Community to FOCUS on Thyroid Eye Disease
Prevent Blindness Joins Vision Community Members Recognizing July 2021 as Dry Eye Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness Urges Public to Stay Safe, Celebrate Independence Day by Not Using Fireworks
Genetic Testing for Inherited Retinal Disease: The Time is Now
Prevent Blindness to Present its 2021 Person of Vision Award to Marc Ferrara of Jobson Medical Information at Vision Expo West
Bausch + Lomb and Prevent Blindness Launch Educational Campaign During Cataract Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness to Host Tenth Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit as Two-Day Virtual Event
2021 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award Call for Nominations
Prevent Blindness Declares Second Annual Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Week as May 16-22
New Study Identifies More People with Vision Loss and Blindness Than Previously Estimated
Prevent Blindness Urges U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to Support Resolution on Vision and Eye Health
Prevent Blindness Announces Recipients of 2021 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and Rising Visionary Award
Prevent Blindness Declares May as Ultraviolet Awareness Month to Educate Public on Potential Health Dangers of UV Exposure to Eyes
How Geri Has Managed Her AMD for More Than A Decade
Patient-Engagement Opportunity
Prevent Blindness Statement on Departure of Congressional Vision Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH)
President Biden Release FY2022 Budget Request to Congress
Prevent Blindness applauds FDA’s decision to allow production of thyroid eye disease treatment to resume
Prevent Blindness Thanks AEG Vision
New UCSF Study: Eyeglass Compliance for Preschoolers.
New Website for People Impacted by Age-Related Macular Degeneration Launched by Patient Advocacy Groups
As Women are at Higher Risk for Eye Disease, Prevent Blindness Declares April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Prevent Blindness leads 115 organizations urging Congress to invest in vision and eye health in Fiscal Year 2022
March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Thirteenth Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Tournament at Vision Expo East
Sixteenth Annual Eyes on Capitol Hill Advocacy Event
Prevent Blindness and Bausch + Lomb to Launch Year-Long Video Series to Raise Awareness of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Regener-Eyes® Presents Donation to Prevent Blindness
Tell FDA to Use the CARES Act to Prevent Drug Shortages
Call for Nominations for Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health and the Rising Visionary Award

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October

2021

Prevent Blindness Joins in World Sight Day, October 14th, by Asking Public to Pledge to Make Eye Health a Priority

Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest eye health and safety nonprofit organization, is participating in “World Sight Day” by providing the public with actions they can use to take care of their eyesight and the eyesight of others. World Sight Day is an international day of awareness, held annually on the second Thursday of October, to

October

2021

Virtual Workshop: Public Health and Research Applications of the CDC’s Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System (VEHSS)

Virtual Workshop: Public Health and Research Applications of the CDC’s Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System (VEHSS) Prevent Blindness will be hosting a FREE virtual workshop on the Public Health and Research Applications of the CDC’s Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System (VEHSS). This workshop will focus on how to use the CDC’s VEHSS and how

September

2021

Prevent Blindness Holds 2021 Person of Vision Award Event, Honoring Marc Ferrara of Jobson Medical Information, at Vision Expo West

Prevent Blindness, the nation's oldest eye health and safety non-profit organization, presented the 2021 Person of Vision Award to Marc Ferrara, CEO of Information Services, Jobson Medical Information, on the evening of Sept. 23, in conjunction with Vision Expo West. The event was held at the TAO Nightclub at The Venetian, raising funds for the

October

2020

Prevent Blindness Names Marc Ferrara of Jobson Medical Information, as 2021 Person of Vision Award Recipient

Prevent Blindness has chosen Marc Ferrara, CEO of Information Services, Jobson Medical Information, as the recipient of the 2021 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award. The award will be presented on Wed., May 26, 2021, at the Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Dinner at 583 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., in conjunction with Vision Expo

August

2020

Prevent Blindness to Kick Off Virtual Persons of Vision Award Event Honoring VSP Global

Annual award celebration to be held in a series of online activities throughout September Prevent Blindness announced today that the 2020 Persons of Vision Award ceremony, honoring VSP Global, will be held through a series of virtual celebrations in September. The Prevent Blindness Persons of Vision Award recognizes an individual, corporation and/or organization whose inspired