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Campaign Donors

$25,000 and above

Tom Shockley
Robins Foundation
The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia
Dominion Foundation
Vision To Learn

$5,000 - $24,999

Patricia Cornwell
Terrence Kerner
Tim Gresham
Roxane Gilmore
Ed Greene
Stephen Theuer
Joe Bowman
Bo Pegram, OD
Atlantic Constructors
Steve Dickinson
John Locher
The Coleman Hunter Trusts
Christian Broadcast Network

$1,000 - $4,999

Margaret Meara, Ed.D
Ed Wortham, MD
Foster Friess

$100 - $999

Major Edgar Rea
Paul Elbling
Robert and Marcella Fierro, MDs

Richmond Intensive

Bringing free vision programming and on-site eye exams and glasses to thousands of students in Richmond Public Schools.
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Click play on the video above to learn more about the enhanced program provided in Chesterfield County Public Schools in fall, 2016
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VA Code § 22.1-273
Good Vision is a critical component to success in school
  • 80% of what a child learns in a normal classroom setting is through vision.
  • The recent Essilor Vision Foundation Everman Study directly links improved test scores and attend-ance to corrected vision.
  • The National Eye Institute, VIP-HIP Study released in 2016 has shown that uncorrected farsighted-ness (hyperopia) in preschool children is associated with significantly worse performance on a test of early literacy.
Vision problems in children are prevalent
​1 in 4 children has a vision problem significant enough to impact learning. That number is as high as 1 in 3 in more economically challenged communities.
​Current Virginia mandates are outdated and ineffective
  • ​The American Optometric Association estimates that traditional chart based school vision screenings miss up to 33% of those needing follow-up vision care.
  • Traditional chart based screenings test only for acuity.
  • Young children do not perform reliably on traditional chart screenings in mass.
  • Technology, effectively incorporated into a comprehensive program, significantly improves the pro-cess and student outcomes.
Virginia Numbers
  • § 22.1-273 of the Code of Virginia requires 386,134 VA school students to be screened annually.
  • More than 96,000 of those screened have vision problems, as many as 1/3 will go undetected.
  • Underperformance in school costs Virginia nearly $137 million annually.
Impact of HB1408
  • Updates screening protocols to incorporate current technologies.
  • Improves efficiencies in screening delivery, saving instructional time and money.
  • Improves detection.
  • Improves reporting, data collection and parental response to recommendations for follow-up care.
  • Moving just 1 child from a failing to a passing student in every Virginia school saves the Education budget more than $20 million in costs associated with academic underperformance.

Eyes of the Future Sponsors

Ed Greene
Dennis Mayo

Bright Start Sponsors

Wayne Castleberry
Roxane Gilmore
Terrence Kerner
Bo Pegram, OD
Tim Gresham

Partner Sponsors

Suzanne Everhart, DO
Kevin Scott, MD
Anthony Viti, MD
Cal Whitehead
Ed Wortham, MD
Robin Mead
Melissa Perry
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"Without the program, we would be lost, because our children need to be able to see the board at school...Please help Conexus to keep this program going for the children...I thank God for them."
                                                                                                     ~Mary Jones
formerly Prevent Blindness Mid-Atlantic
Headquarters: 11618 Busy Street, Richmond, VA 23236
(804) 423-2020   |   (888) 790-2020   |   www.ConexusVision.org   |   contact us
Conexus meets the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance Standards for Charity Accountability.
A Tradition of Saving Sight
Conexus, formerly known as Prevent Blindness Mid-Atlantic, was established in 1957 as the National Society to Prevent Blindness - Virginia Affiliate. Throughout our history, our name has changed to reflect our vision and reach, but our mission is clear: eliminating undetected and untreated vision problems as barriers to success, enabling all children to reach their fullest potential.
Conexus is a 501(c)3 public charity, IRS Tax ID 46-5257732. All donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

A financial statement is available upon written request from the Office of Charitable and Regulatory Programs, Virginia Dep’t of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

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