ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Students from Sheltering Arms locations in Atlanta with vision problems received follow-up comprehensive eye exams at no cost and, if needed, prescription glasses as part of health event at Sheltering Arms Center, Barack and Michelle Obama Academy. Certified pediatric vision screeners and optometrists from Prevent Blindness Georgia conducted the screenings and the no-cost follow-up comprehensive eye exams.
The event is part of a grant program from UnitedHealthcare to nonprofits in cities across the country to coordinate free vision screenings, comprehensive eye exams and eyeglasses donations. Prevent Blindness Georgia has received a $5,000 grant for the local event from UnitedHealthcare, which also donated reading stations and children’s books to support the Sheltering Arms reading and education programs.
About Prevent Blindness Georgia
Prevent
Blindness Georgia’s mission is to prevent avoidable blindness and
preserve sight for all Georgians. In 1965, PBGA became a state affiliate
of Prevent Blindness, the nation’s leading non-profit eye health and
safety organization. The organization offers an array of services to
children and adults with a focus on promoting a continuum of vision care
through public and professional education, advocacy, vision screening,
and certification training, community outreach, and patient service
programs. Its children’s program, Star Pupils®, performs
vision screenings for three, four, and five-year-old children. Its adult
program, Vision Outreach, serves individuals who are low-income,
underserved, uninsured, or cannot afford vision care. For more
information, visit www.pbga.org.
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health system work better for everyone by simplifying the health care
experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining
trusted relationships with care providers. In the United States,
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individuals, employers, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and
contracts directly with more than 1.2 million physicians and care
professionals, and 6,500 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide.
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through owned and operated health care facilities in South America.
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