Program Overview
We provide grants to our partners. Our partners work with local optometrists who offer discounted prices for exams. They provide regular glasses for adults and even bifocals for senior citizens who need them.
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Giving the Gift of Clear Vision
Throughout Appalachia there are tens of thousands of children who have just returned to school who can’t see the blackboard clearly because of a lack of eyeglasses. There are also millions of aging adults whose eyesight is gradually worsening affecting their ability...
Bringing Sight to Sore Eyes
Imagine going to school and not being able to read what the teacher is writing on the blackboard – even while sitting on the front row – because you know you need glasses, but your parents can’t afford to buy a pair. Or perhaps being a senior or veteran who could...
Bringing Sight to Some of our Nation’s Poorest
Americans Helping Americans® in partnerships with two local eye care providers in Northeast Tennessee has provided eye glasses to 82 patients since July 2011. Patients are referred to the program through Of One Accord’s food pantries and free clinic. Shelia is a 57...