At the first-ever Minnesota Sight Day, Helen Keller Intl partnered with Saint Paul Public Schools, VSP Global, Lions KidSight, and Phillips Eye Institute to deliver eye screenings and exams, new prescription glasses, and eyewear care tips to nearly 100[...]
Many high school students worry about their grades, their friendships, and their futures. Mary, a junior living in Elizabeth, New Jersey, has another thing to worry about: seeing in class. Mary is nearly blind, with a prescription that makes it[...]
Nine-year-old Guillermo Gonzalez attends school in Montebello, California, just east of Los Angeles. This past fall, when the other students in his fourth-grade class were taking turns reading aloud from favorite books, the usually bubbly Guillermo could only[...]
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. Helen Keller The start of a year offers an opportunity for renewed hope and a fresh perspective. While the challenges of COVID-19, a mounting hunger crisis, and economic strains are all daunting,[...]
By the time Riko walked into a Helen Keller vision clinic in Minneapolis earlier this year, her usual pair of glasses were of little use to her. The lenses were badly scratched, and her prescription needed to be updated. “It’s hard to prioritize my[...]
With vaccination rates up and COVID-19 cases down, many school districts are looking to fully return to the classroom after a year and a half of online and hybrid learning. But what will this look like? Masks? Social distancing? The reality is no one knows[...]
Almond Miller, regional manager for Helen Keller Intl’s US Vision Program relocated with her family to Fort Worth during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic to build out the state’s vision screening[...]
Tonya Suer, New York Vision Program Manager, discusses how “stay-at-home” measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 will affect children’s ability not only to see, but also to[...]
Today, Helen Keller International and Vision To Learn presented free glasses to more than 110 K to 8th grade Jersey City students at Frank R. Conwell Middle[...]
At the first-ever Minnesota Sight Day, Helen Keller Intl partnered with Saint Paul Public Schools, VSP Global, Lions KidSight, and Phillips Eye Institute to deliver eye screenings and exams, new prescription glasses, and eyewear care tips to nearly 100[...] 
Many high school students worry about their grades, their friendships, and their futures. Mary, a junior living in Elizabeth, New Jersey, has another thing to worry about: seeing in class. Mary is nearly blind, with a prescription that makes it[...] 
Nine-year-old Guillermo Gonzalez attends school in Montebello, California, just east of Los Angeles. This past fall, when the other students in his fourth-grade class were taking turns reading aloud from favorite books, the usually bubbly Guillermo could only[...] 
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. Helen Keller The start of a year offers an opportunity for renewed hope and a fresh perspective. While the challenges of COVID-19, a mounting hunger crisis, and economic strains are all daunting,[...] 
By the time Riko walked into a Helen Keller vision clinic in Minneapolis earlier this year, her usual pair of glasses were of little use to her. The lenses were badly scratched, and her prescription needed to be updated. “It’s hard to prioritize my[...] 
With vaccination rates up and COVID-19 cases down, many school districts are looking to fully return to the classroom after a year and a half of online and hybrid learning. But what will this look like? Masks? Social distancing? The reality is no one knows[...] 
Almond Miller, regional manager for Helen Keller Intl’s US Vision Program relocated with her family to Fort Worth during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic to build out the state’s vision screening[...] 
Kindal Adams of our New Jersey vision program shares how the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up new opportunities to reach communities in[...] 
Tonya Suer, New York Vision Program Manager, discusses how “stay-at-home” measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 will affect children’s ability not only to see, but also to[...] 
Today, Helen Keller International and Vision To Learn presented free glasses to more than 110 K to 8th grade Jersey City students at Frank R. Conwell Middle[...]