Established in 1978, Prevent Blindness Tennessee is a voluntary eye health organization dedicated to preventing blindness and preserving sight across the state of Tennessee through vision screenings, public and professional education, community services, programs, referrals, information, and research.
Prevent Blindness Tennessee Offers Retinal Screenings to Prevent Blindness in High-Risk Diabetics
“Operation DRIP” (Diabetic Retinopathy Intervention Program) is an initiative funded by Baptist Healing Trust, HCA, and the Memorial Foundation with support from the Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology and Tennessee Optometric Association. - Read more
Eye Care Professionals Celebrate Efforts to Prevent Blindness
Nearly 200 eye care professionals and volunteers from around the state joined together in Nashville for the Second Annual Celebration of Sight Gala presented by Prevent Blindness Tennessee. Read more
Prevent Blindness Tennessee Selected as 2007 Salute to Excellence Award Winner
Prevent Blindness Tennessee was selected as the winner of The Frist Foundation’s Innovation in Action Award of Achievement presented at the Center for Nonprofit Management 2007 Salute to Excellence award ceremony. PBT received the top award of $20,000 for its innovative approach to educate the community about eye health, sight loss, and the prevention of blindness— through art. - Find out more HERE
Fee to See
Join the campaign to help stop unnecessary blindness in children and adults by making a donation to support programs that prevent blindness and preserve sight. - Find out more Here
24th Annual Swing for Sight Golf Classic
More than 80 golfers joined together for Prevent Blindness Tennessee’s 24th Annual Swing for Sight Golf Classic to increase awareness of eye health in an effort to decrease preventable blindness, and to benefit programs that provide vision health services to uninsured Tennesseans. - Find out more Here
PBT Opens New Vision Services Center for Uninsured Tennesseans
Prevent Blindness Tennessee held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on August 24 to commemorate the grand opening of its new on-site vision services center. Located in west Nashville, the center provides vision screenings, eye exams, and eyeglasses to uninsured adults age 40 and older and underinsured seniors age 55 and older who don't qualify for services through other social service programs. - Find out more HERE
Living with Sight Loss in Tennessee
This online resource is meant to help with some of the problems associated with loss of sight. It should also be useful to professionals for educating and counseling persons with sight loss.
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