2024

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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Aug

Prevent Blindness urges enhanced role for vision and eye health in first major opportunity to change Older Americans Act program regulations since 1988

The Administration for Community Living, which administers programs under the Older Americans Act (OAA) recently issued a proposed rule to update several aspects of the OAA. This...

Aug

National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Names Danielle Crull, ABOM, owner of A Child’s Eyes, and The Truffles the Kitty Organization, as Recipient of the 9th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award

The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) has announced the recipient of the ninth annual “Bonnie Strickland Champion for...

Aug

Prevent Blindness Launches New “Eyes on Capitol Hill” Online Advocacy Resource Designed to Empower Individuals to Be a Voice for Vision

New Website from National Non-profit Prevent Blindness Provides User-friendly resources to Educate, Empower, and Engage Public in Vision and Eye Health Advocacy Efforts Prevent Blindness,...

Jul

Prevent Blindness Declares August as Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month to Help Educate Families on the Importance of Healthy Vision and Early Access to Eyecare

Prevent Blindness Offers New Episode of its Focus on Eye Health Expert Series, Collaborative Episode of the BlackDoctor.org “Seeing Eye to Eye” Series, Resources for...

Jul

Prevent Blindness Holds 12th Annual Focus on Eye Health Summit as Two-day Virtual Interactive Event

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...

Jul

Prevent Blindness to Hold 15th Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Tournament at Vision Expo West, Las Vegas

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...

Jun

Prevent Blindness Declares July as Dry Eye Awareness Month to Educate Public on Eye Disease that Affects more than 16 Million Americans

Prevent Blindness Offers New Episode of its Focus on Eye Health Expert Series, Fact Sheets and Social Media Graphics in English and Spanish, and Web...

Jun

Prevent Blindness Declares June 28-July 4, 2023, as Third Annual Fireworks Safety Awareness Week, Seeking to Educate the Public on the Dangers of Fireworks

Prevent Blindness Advises the Public to Leave Independence Day Fireworks to Licensed Operators in Authorized Displays Only Prevent Blindness has declared June 28-July 4, 2023,...

Jun

Study Finds Significantly More Adults Living with Diabetic Retinopathy in the United States than Previously Estimated

New study finds that nearly 10 million people in the US with diabetes have diabetic retinopathy A new study published today in JAMA Ophthalmology, “Prevalence...

Jun

Prevent Blindness Focuses on Eye Safety for Upcoming Solar Eclipses

Experience the ‘ring of fire’ eclipse and total solar eclipse safely with proper eye protection Prevent Blindness is getting ready for the upcoming solar eclipses...

Jun

Prevent Blindness Launches Multiple Efforts to Provide Education and Resources on the Effects of Vision Loss and Blindness on Mental Health

Nonprofit group Prevent Blindness is Raising Awareness on the Impact of Vision Impairment on Mental Wellbeing Through Upcoming Focus on Eye Health Summit Presentations, Issue...

May

Happy Birthday to Prevent Blindness!

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...