Join us for our 3rd Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Tournament on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at Bali Hai Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. The golf tournament is a four-person scramble with prizes given to contest hole winners and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place foursomes. For more information please contact Colleen Robbins at 312-363-6023 or at crobbins@preventblindness.org.
A new report published in Pediatrics, the journal for the American Academy of Pediatrics, estimates that in a two year period, emergency rooms across the country treated more than 33,000 injuries due to contact lenses.
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Prevent Blindness America encourages parents to learn about ways they can help protect their child's vision.
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EYE is a three-story tall replica of the human eye based on the work of Tasset, a Chicago resident. The new sculpture will be located at Pritzker Park on State Street and will be unveiled on July 7.
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Prevent Blindness America has established the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health, made possible by a multi-year cooperative agreement from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), a bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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As children begin to head out to enjoy the warmer weather, many parents remember to apply sunscreen to protect their children’s skin from damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays. However, many parents may not be aware of the damage that UV rays can have on the eyes. According to the World Health Organization, up to 80 percent of a person’s lifetime exposure to UV is received before the age of 18.
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