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Nearly 25 years ago, Dr. Denis O’Day, the chairman of Vanderbilt
University's Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the
time, challenged the Lions of Tennessee to create a program focused on
providing vision screenings to young children. Without a state
mandated vision exam before beginning kindergarten, many children in
Tennessee began their educational journeys at a disadvantage due to
unrecognized vision problems. Tennessee Lions Charities was formed to
address the challenge issued by Dr. O’Day. Our answer to that
challenge is KidSight Outreach.
Over the years, we have worked with experts in the fields of
ophthalmology and vision technology to create a standard for vision
screenings unique to our KidSight Outreach program. Our partnership
with Vanderbilt University’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual
Sciences has strengthened over the years, and our KidSight Outreach
program has aided in their study of Amblyopia.
We work with our local volunteers to coordinate, schedule and
conduct screenings at daycare centers, kindergarten programs,
preschools and other areas where children are regularly supervised.
Our KidSight Outreach staff stays current with the latest developments
in vision screening technology, and we constantly train our volunteers
to ensure that KidSight Outreach maintains the high standards we have
set. The data from our KidSight Outreach screenings are received from
these volunteers for professional evaluation, cataloging, and
oversight. The KidSight Outreach staff then notifies parents and
screening sites of the results, and children with potential vision
problems are referred for a full exam. Once a referred child has been
examined the results of these exams are forwarded to our partners at
Vanderbilt University's Department of Ophthalmology and Visual
Sciences for further analysis. Our partnership with Vanderbilt is
essential to our program’s credibility, and their research and
additional evaluation of our program sets KidSight Outreach apart from
other vision screening programs.
The follow-up procedures that we have established for KidSight
Outreach help our program take a step beyond other vision screening
programs across the nation. We know that vision problems affect five
percent of preschool age children, and, currently, an estimated sixty
percent of children under age six do not have eye exams. While it is
our goal to eliminate that sixty percent figure, our KidSight Outreach
program does not simply stop at the vision screening level. We strive
to ensure that the five percent of children found to have vision
problems are actually seen by a doctor. Our follow-up coordinator
reaches out to the parents of those children referred by our program
and works to ensure the child receives treatment.
Since answering the challenge to ensure that Tennessee’s
children do not begin their school careers with undiagnosed vision
problems, we have provided free vision screenings to over 630,000
children. Of those screened, over 34,000 have been referred for full
exams and treatment. The mother of one of those referred children
writes, “We had no idea at all he needed glasses. When we went to the
appointment, I was just heartbroken when he couldn't read the letters
on the wall. After he started wearing glasses his handwriting improved
along with his other fine motor skills. You have helped change his
life, and I am forever grateful.”
Support from our local Lions Clubs and their communities is
essential to Tennessee Lions Charities and our KidSight Outreach
program. With your continued support, we can ensure that children
across the state of Tennessee will receive the benefits of our
KidSight Outreach vision screening program for the next decade while
also showing another generation the impact that Lions make in their communities.
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