Events

Prevent Blindness Annual Fundraising Person of Vision Award Gala to Honor Ed Buffington, GPN Technologies, and Give Special Commemoration of 20/20 Magazine for its 50 Years of Publication Tickets and sponsorships are still available for the 2024 Person of Vision Award, honoring Ed Buffington, president and CEO of GPN Technologies. Prevent Blindness will also be

Prevent Blindness, the nation’s leading volunteer eye health and safety organization, held the 12th annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Summit as a virtual interactive event on July 12 and 13, 2023. This year’s Summit engaged more than 915 registered attendees from across the globe, and included a variety of presentations related to the

Prevent Blindness has announced that the 2023 Prevent Blindness Swing Fore Sight golf tournament will take place on Wed., Sept. 27, at the Bali Hai Golf Club, Las Vegas, Nev., in conjunction with Vision Expo West. Registration and breakfast begin at 6 a.m. PT, and a shotgun start is at 7 a.m. PT. All proceeds from

In 1908, spurred to action after learning that 30% of blindness in newborns was easily preventable, volunteers banded together to organize around a state-by-state advocacy campaign that eradicated a form of infant blindness that was rampant at the turn of the century. Today, as we celebrate our 115th year of saving sight, I’m proud to

Prevent Blindness will host the 12th annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Summit on July 12-13, 2023, as a virtual interactive event. Expert presentations related to this year’s theme, “Why the Eye?” will engage diverse voices in discussions around vision health as it relates to public health, stimulate conversations around the challenges to equitable

Dean A. VanNasdale, OD, PhD, The Ohio State University, and Christina Ambrosino, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, named as recipients of national Prevent Blindness awards Prevent Blindness has announced the recipient of the 2023 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health as Dean A. VanNasdale, Jr., OD, PhD, Associate Professor at

Prevent Blindness presented the 2023 Person of Vision Award to Megan Molony, senior vice president, chief merchandising and managed care officer, of National Vision Inc. The award presentation took place on March 16, 2023, at 583 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., in conjunction with Vision Expo East. The event raised more than $300,000 to support

Prevent Blindness and Horizon Therapeutics plc, will be hosting a free vision screening and eye health educational event on World Sight Day. World Sight Day, coordinated by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), is an annual day of awareness designed to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. On Oct. 13,

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