National Society To Prevent Blindness

Professional Education-serving as an authoritative source of information on the latest developments in vision and eye care so that eye care professionals, nurses, scientists, teachers, social workers, and others in the field of blindness prevention can better serve their clients. 1,460 attended professional education symposia. Prevent Blindness Ohio also provided two scholorships to young vision researchers.

Community Service-sponsoring and promoting screening programs for the early detection of signs of eye trouble among preschool children, school age children, and adults, particularly ambyopia in children and glaucoma and AMD in adults. Screenings were provided for 829,853 persons last year. In addition, 4,034 people received free eye exams and glasses.