2026

Prevent Blindness Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month to Raise Awareness, Provide Education to Help Avoid Eye Injuries
Prevent Blindness Statement on Proposals to Change the Head Start Program
Prevent Blindness Expresses Concern Over Medicaid Community Engagement and Eligibility Requirements for Visually Impaired
Prevent Blindness Introduces New Resources and Advances National and State Advocacy Efforts to Save Children’s Vision as Part of August’s Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Prevent Blindness Honors Bipartisan Leadership of Congressional Vision Caucus Co-Chairs, U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Marc Veasey, with Congressional Visionary Award
July Declared as Dry Eye Month by Prevent Blindness to Provide Public and Allied Healthcare Professionals with No-cost Educational Resources on Dry Eye
National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Calls for Nominations for the 2026 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
Prevent Blindness Issues Warning on the Potential Dangers of Fireworks Ahead of 250th Anniversary Celebration
June is Cataract Month – Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Resources on the Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the United States
Prevent Blindness to Host the 2026 ASPECT Patient Engagement Summit and Eyes on Capitol Hill Legislative Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.
Prevent Blindness Declares May as Third Annual Inherited Retinal Disease and Genetic Testing Month
Prevent Blindness Kicks Off its 2026 Focus on Eye Health Webinar Series “Powering Partnerships to Advance Eye Health” in May
April is Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness, Aimed at Providing Women with Resources Needed to Help Save Vision
Prevent Blindness Declares First-Ever Keratoconus Week
Prevent Blindness Holds 2026 Person of Vision Award Gala, Honoring Jim McGrann, Advancing Eyecare, as Part of Vision Expo
Prevent Blindness Debuts “Best Eyes for Life” National Multimedia Campaign as Survey Reveals Concerning Misconceptions on Eye Health
Prevent Blindness Offers Free Educational Resources to Employers and Employees for Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Third Annual Prevent Blindness Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week Kicks off as Part of its National ROP Education and Support Initiative
February is Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Month
Congress Cuts Vision and Eye Health Funding by One-Third in Fiscal Year 2026
Tickets and Sponsorships Available for the 2026 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala
The “It Started With an Eye Exam” Campaign Rolls Out its Second Year

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Apr

Recipients of the 2022 Prevent Blindness Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health and Rising Visionary Award Announced

Prevent Blindness has announced the recipient of the 2022 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health as VOSH/International (V/I). Additionally, Prevent Blindness...

Apr

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...

Mar

Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month resources protect women’s vision

Prevent Blindness Offers Educational Videos, Fact Sheets, and Graphics on Topics related to Women’s Eye Health and Vision Women are at higher risk for vision...

Mar

New Webinar Series on Vascular Stabilization in Retina Health and Disease

The Angiogenesis Foundation is launching a new webinar series on retinal health The webinar describes the importance of vascular stabilization for blood vessel health in...

Mar

Zenni and Prevent Blindness Partner to Launch the “Zenni Scholarship to Advance Children’s Vision”

New program provides scholarships for Prevent Blindness Children’s Vision Screening Certification and vouchers for no-cost Zenni prescription glasses Zenni, the online eyewear retail leader, and...

Mar

Prevent Blindness Elects Alan J. Gunner, AEG Vision, LLC, to National Board of Director

Prevent Blindness welcomes Alan J. Gunner, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management at AEG Vision, LLC, to its Board of Directors Prevent Blindness has announced that...

Mar

Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Legislation Funds CDC’s Vision Health Initiative at its Highest Level Since Fiscal Year 2010

Prevent Blindness applauds passage of the final Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations legislation, which includes the first increase to the Vision Health Initiative (VHI) at the...

Feb

Prevent Blindness Declares March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month to Provide Sight-Saving Resources to Employees and their Employers

Prevent Blindness offers fact sheets, shareable social media graphics and online resources on ways to keep eyes healthy in the workplace March is Workplace Eye...

Feb

Prevent Blindness to Hold Seventeenth Annual “Eyes on Capitol Hill” Advocacy Event

Prevent Blindness annual event brings advocates from across the country together with elected officials to discuss vision and eye health issues, program funding to save...

Feb

VSP Eyes of Hope and Prevent Blindness Renew Longstanding Partnership to Continue Bringing Eye Care Where It’s Needed Most

VSP Global® has announced its renewed partnership with Prevent Blindness. The partnership includes a $125,000 grant to Prevent Blindness and other in-kind support, provided through...

Feb

Bausch + Lomb and Prevent Blindness Launch Annual AMD Awareness Month Campaign to Educate Patients

Social Media Initiative Includes Donation to Prevent Blindness’ Sight-Saving Fund Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health business of Bausch Health Companies, Inc., and...

Feb

Prevent Blindness Thanks James Jorkasky for Two Decades of Work Contributing to Advancements in Vision and Eye Health

Prevent Blindness thanks James (Jim) Jorkasky for his nearly two decades of work contributing to advancements in vision and eye health. Since 2003, Jim has...