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The EyeSight Foundation of Alabama What we do: We award grants to non-profits conducting vision research, education or patient care. We don’t see patients, we aren’t doctors or researchers or educators – but on our Resource Directory we list many organizations that do provide those services.
Announcements
500 Cities Initiative: vision and eye health community responds to lack of Vision DataApril 18, 2017 165 Organizations, including EyeSight Foundation of Alabama, Send Letter to Key Public Health Leaders In a recent letter to key public health leaders, organizations across the vision and eye health community joined their voices to share their concern that vision data was not included in a new initiative aimed at assisting cities and local health departments to better understand the burden of health-related concerns in their communities. 5-year old with Amblyopia creates artistic eye patchesApril 12, 2017 Watch this heartwarming story about Addie, a young girl with an artistic approach to wearing her eye patch. Five innovations harness new technologies for people with visual impairment, blindness February 7, 2017 The NEI is highlighting new technologies and tools in the works to help the 4.1 million Americans living with low vision or blindness. The innovations aim to help people with vision loss more easily accomplish daily tasks, from navigating office buildings to crossing a street. Many of the innovations take advantage of computer vision, a technology that enables computers to recognize and interpret the complex assortment of images, objects and behaviors in the surrounding environment. The Cost of Vision Problems in the US February 7, 2017 The impact of chronic health problems is hard to put into words, so Prevent Blindness put it into numbers… August is Children's Eye Health & Safety Awareness Month February 7, 2017 Poor vision adversely affects tens of thousands of children in Alabama each year. Join the EyeSight Foundation of Alabama, FocusFirst and Sight Savers America in observing Children’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month and learn how this critical issue is being addressed. |
 
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