2026

Tickets and Sponsorships Available for the 2026 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala
The “It Started With an Eye Exam” Campaign Rolls Out its Second Year

2025

Prevent Blindness Joins January’s National Glaucoma Awareness Month Efforts to Combat the “Silent Thief of Sight”
Expiring Tax Credits for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace Health Insurance Plans
To Educate the Public and Raise Awareness, Prevent Blindness Declares Fifth Annual Geographic Atrophy Week
Prevent Blindness Names Matt MacDonald, EyeMed Vision Care, as Board of Directors Chair, Adds Three New Members
Prevent Blindness Declares Sixth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Week to Educate Public on Condition That Can Threaten Sight and Mental Wellness
Prevent Blindness Launches New Resource to Help Consumers Understand Eye Care Benefits During Open Enrollment Season and Beyond
Prevent Blindness Launches New Resources for Diabetes-Related Eye Disease Month
Prevent Blindness Declares Fifth Annual Inflammatory Eye Disease (IED) Week
Governor J.D. Pritzker Issues Official State Proclamation Declaring October 9, 2025, as World Sight Day in the State of Illinois
Prevent Blindness Analysis of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R.1, or OBBBA) and its Impact on Eye Health
Eye Thrive Named Recipient of the 11th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award from the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness
October is Contact Lens Safety Month with Goal to Educate Consumers on Contact Lens Use
Jim McGrann, Advancing Eyecare, Named as the 2026 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Recipient
Prevent Blindness Kicks Off Annual World Sight Day Activities
House FY 2026 Legislation Cuts Vision and Eye Health by $2 million
Prevent Blindness Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month as Sports Eye Injuries Increase
Prevent Blindness Announces New Diabetes and the Eyes Advisory Committee
August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness
National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Calls for Nominations for the 2025 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
Prevent Blindness Declares June 28-July 4, 2025, as Fifth Annual Fireworks Safety Awareness Week
July is Dry Eye Month at Prevent Blindness with Goal to Raise Awareness and Educate the Public on the Eye Condition
Prevent Blindness to Co-host Free “Healthy Sight for Life: A Diabetes and Eye Health Fair”
From Eye Patches to Indie Films: How Pop Culture Can Spark Conversations About Children’s Vision Health
New Disney/Pixar Film Elio Sparks Conversation about Eye Patches and Children’s Vision
Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Resources for Cataract Month
Prevent Blindness to Hold 17th Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Outing at Vision Expo West, Las Vegas
Prevent Blindness Applauds Reintroduction of Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act
Prevent Blindness and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness Urge Continued Funding for Global Eye Health Programs
May is the Second Annual Inherited Retinal Disease and Genetic Testing Month at Prevent Blindness
Prevent Blindness Urges West Virginia State House to Reject Bill That Would Imperil Children’s Vision
Prevent Blindness Announces Leadership Promotions
Prevent Blindness Declares April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Matt MacDonald, President and Global Head of Managed Care at EyeMed Vision Care, Named Chair-elect of Prevent Blindness Board of Directors
2025 Focus on Eye Health Summit – Perspectives in Vision
2025 Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Prevent Blindness Holds 2025 Person of Vision Event Honoring Howard Purcell, O.D.
The Second Annual “Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week
2025 Jenny Pomeroy and Rising Visionary Awards Call for Nominations
Prevent Blindness Declares February as Age-related Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness Receives Transformative Legacy Gift of $9.7 Million
2025 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala to be Held During Vision Expo East

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Jan

Tickets and Sponsorships Available for the 2026 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala

Tickets and sponsorships are still available for the 2026 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award gala honoring Jim McGrann, CEO of Advancing Eyecare. The Person...

Jan

The “It Started With an Eye Exam” Campaign Rolls Out its Second Year

This year’s Prevent Blindness “It Started With an Eye Exam” campaign shares patient testimonials on how eye exams saved sight and improved quality of life...

Dec

Prevent Blindness Joins January’s National Glaucoma Awareness Month Efforts to Combat the “Silent Thief of Sight”

Prevent Blindness to host new glaucoma webinar in January, and offers free educational resources, including patient testimonial and expert videos, a webpage, fact sheets, a...

Dec

Expiring Tax Credits for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace Health Insurance Plans

Prevent Blindness Statement on Impacts of Expiring Tax Credits for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace Health Insurance Plans On January 1, millions of Americans may...

Nov

To Educate the Public and Raise Awareness, Prevent Blindness Declares Fifth Annual Geographic Atrophy Week

Prevent Blindness provides free educational resources on geographic atrophy, an eye disease affecting millions across the globe. Resources include fact sheets, a dedicated webpage, expert...

Nov

Prevent Blindness Names Matt MacDonald, EyeMed Vision Care, as Board of Directors Chair, Adds Three New Members

Matt MacDonald, EyeMed Vision Care President and Global Head of Managed Care, Officially Appointed Chair of the Prevent Blindness Board of Directors. At the Prevent...

Nov

Prevent Blindness Declares Sixth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Week to Educate Public on Condition That Can Threaten Sight and Mental Wellness

To help spread awareness and provide educational resources on thyroid eye disease (TED), Prevent Blindness has declared Nov. 10-16, 2025, as “TED Week” Prevent Blindness...

Oct

Prevent Blindness Launches New Resource to Help Consumers Understand Eye Care Benefits During Open Enrollment Season and Beyond

As millions of Americans review their health coverage options during the open enrollment period,* Prevent Blindness has launched a new educational resource to help individuals...

Oct

Prevent Blindness Launches New Resources for Diabetes-Related Eye Disease Month

Prevent Blindness provides free resources including an innovative diabetes and vision toll-free audio resource, webpages, fact sheets, and educational videos to help prevent vision loss and...

Oct

Prevent Blindness Declares Fifth Annual Inflammatory Eye Disease (IED) Week

Annual Observance from Prevent Blindness Offers Free Inflammatory Eye Disease (IED) Educational Resources to the Public and Professionals, Including Webpages, Fact Sheets, Shareable Social Media...

Oct

Governor J.D. Pritzker Issues Official State Proclamation Declaring October 9, 2025, as World Sight Day in the State of Illinois

The Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness (ISPB) and Prevent Blindness are pleased to announce that Governor J.D. Pritzker has issued an official state...

Sep

Prevent Blindness Analysis of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R.1, or OBBBA) and its Impact on Eye Health

In July, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) into law. The package includes the largest cuts in federal spending to the...