2022

As part of “World Sight Day” Activities, Prevent Blindness and Horizon Therapeutics Team Up to Hold Vision Screening and Eye Health Educational Event Adjacent to Wrigley Field
October is Contact Lens Safety Month at Prevent Blindness
National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Names Dr. Donny W. Suh, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, as Recipient of the 8th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
Prevent Blindness and MedLive to Offer Free Patient Webinar on Diabetic Macular Edema, Oct. 4, 2022
Prevent Blindness and the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington Hold “World Sight Day” Vision Screening and Educational Event on Capitol Hill
Prevent Blindness Declares Second Annual Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week as Sept. 26 – Oct. 2
Prevent Blindness Names Megan Molony, Senior Vice President, Chief Merchandising and Managed Care Officer, of National Vision Inc., as the 2023 Person of Vision Award Recipient
Horizon Therapeutics plc Joins the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) to Encourage People to #LoveYourEyes this World Sight Day
Regener-Eyes® Ophthalmic Solution Partners with Prevent Blindness to Preserve Sight
Data from Prevent Blindness Shows More than 26,000 Eye Injuries Related to Sports Treated Last Year
Prevent Blindness Recognized as a Healthy People 2030 Champion for Supporting the Initiative’s Vision
Prevent Blindness Offers Webinars, Services and Free Resources for August’s Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month During the “Year of Children’s Vision”
Prevent Blindness to Hold 14th Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Tournament at Vision Expo West
Prevent Blindness Holds 11th Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit
Dr. Jacqueline Herd, DNP, RN, Joins Prevent Blindness Board of Directors
Prevent Blindness applauds proposed $2.5 million funding level for CDC’s Vision and Eye Health program in FY2023 House Labor-HHS-Ed. appropriations legislation
Samsara Vision to Initiate a U.S. PMA Supplemental Study of the SING IMT™, a New-Generation Technology for Age- Related Macular Degeneration
July Declared as Dry Eye Awareness Month by Prevent Blindness to Increase Awareness and Education on Condition that Affects Vision, Mental Health
Prevent Blindness Declares Second Annual Fireworks Safety Awareness Week as June 28-July 4 to Educate Public on the Dangers of Fireworks
Call for Nominations Issued for the 2022 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award from the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness
For Cataract Awareness Month in June, Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Information and Resources on the Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the United States
Prevent Blindness to Host 11th Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit, a Two-Day Virtual Event
Prevent Blindness Declares Third Annual Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Week as May 16-22
Prevent Blindness to Hold First-Ever ASPECT Patient Advocacy and Engagement Summit in Washington, D.C.
Prevent Blindness and Regeneron Unite to Help Save Eyesight through the “Diabetes and the Eyes” Program
May is Ultraviolet Awareness (UV) Month at Prevent Blindness, Designed to Educate the Public on the Best Ways to Keep Eyes Safe from UV Damage
Recipients of the 2022 Prevent Blindness Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health and Rising Visionary Award Announced
Prevent Blindness Holds 2022 Person of Vision Award Event, Honoring Rick Gadd of Essilor North America, at Vision Expo East
Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month Provides Resources to Help Protect Women’s Vision
New Webinar Series on Vascular Stabilization in Retina Health and Disease
Zenni and Prevent Blindness Partner to Launch the “Zenni Scholarship to Advance Children’s Vision”
Prevent Blindness Elects Alan J. Gunner, AEG Vision, LLC, to National Board of Director
Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Legislation Funds CDC’s Vision Health Initiative at its Highest Level Since Fiscal Year 2010
Prevent Blindness Declares March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month to Provide Sight-Saving Resources to Employees and their Employers
Prevent Blindness to Hold Seventeenth Annual “Eyes on Capitol Hill” Advocacy Event
VSP Eyes of Hope and Prevent Blindness Renew Longstanding Partnership to Continue Bringing Eye Care Where It’s Needed Most
Bausch + Lomb and Prevent Blindness Launch Annual AMD Awareness Month Campaign to Educate Patients
Prevent Blindness Thanks James Jorkasky for Two Decades of Work Contributing to Advancements in Vision and Eye Health
Prevent Blindness Declares February as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month
Call for Nominations Issued for 2022 Prevent Blindness Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health and Rising Visionary Award

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September

2022

As part of “World Sight Day” Activities, Prevent Blindness and Horizon Therapeutics Team Up to Hold Vision Screening and Eye Health Educational Event Adjacent to Wrigley Field

WHEN: Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. CT WHERE: Gallagher Way, 1060 W Addison St., Chicago, IL 60613 Prevent Blindness and Horizon Therapeutics plc, will be hosting a free vision screening and eye health educational event as part of World Sight Day activities. World Sight Day, coordinated by the International Agency

September

2022

Prevent Blindness and the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington Hold “World Sight Day” Vision Screening and Educational Event on Capitol Hill

On Wed., Sept. 21, Prevent Blindness, and the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, held the first World Sight Day Vision Screening and Eye Health Educational Event at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. World Sight Day, coordinated by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), aims to raise awareness of

September

2022

Prevent Blindness Names Megan Molony, Senior Vice President, Chief Merchandising and Managed Care Officer, of National Vision Inc., as the 2023 Person of Vision Award Recipient

The 2023 Person of Vision Award will be presented to Megan Molony, senior vice president, chief merchandising and managed care officer, of National Vision Inc. The award presentation event will take place on March 16, 2023, at 583 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., in conjunction with Vision Expo East. All proceeds from the event help

September

2022

Horizon Therapeutics plc Joins the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) to Encourage People to #LoveYourEyes this World Sight Day

Annual observance aims to raise awareness of blindness and vision impairment as a major global public health and development issue Horizon Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: HZNP) is teaming up with World Sight Day organizers IAPB to challenge five million people globally to pledge to have their vision checked before World Sight Day on Oct. 13. This

May

2022

Prevent Blindness to Host 11th Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit, a Two-Day Virtual Event

This year’s Summit will include a variety of presentations related to the theme, “Eye-conic Approaches to Eye Health,” offering simultaneous access to expert presentations; a dedicated exhibitor hall; educational materials, videos, and toolkits; on-demand educational content; and in-platform opportunities for networking and collaboration. This annual event attracts a global audience of patient advocates, community-based and

April

2022

Prevent Blindness Holds 2022 Person of Vision Award Event, Honoring Rick Gadd of Essilor North America, at Vision Expo East

Prevent Blindness presented the 2022 Person of Vision Award to Rick Gadd, former president of Essilor North America, and recently named president of Wholesale Canada and president of instruments for EssilorLuxottica North America. The event was held on the evening of March 31, at 583 Park Avenue, New York, NY, in conjunction with Vision Expo

November

2021

Prevent Blindness Names Rick Gadd, President of Essilor North America, as the 2022 Person of Vision Award Recipient

Prevent Blindness, the nation's oldest eye health and safety non-profit organization, announced today that the 2022 Person of Vision Award will be presented to Mr. Rick Gadd, president of Essilor North America. The award presentation event will take place on March 31, 2022, at 583 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., in conjunction with Vision Expo

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