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Conexus Volunteer Kicks Off Giving Tuesday Just Right!  

11/30/2015

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Long-time Conexus friend and volunteer, Charlie Venable, stopped by to deliver a “Giving Tuesday challenge” on behalf of himself and his wife, Maggie.  In an effort to help Conexus maximize fundraising efforts, Charlie and Maggie pledged to match all Giving Tuesday gifts up to $500!  Our supporters are the best, and within just a few short hours the challenge was met!!!  Thanks Charlie and Maggie for inspiring others to support their favorite non-profit on Giving Tuesday!  Your generous donation and competitive challenge helped us to more than double your donation, which will help us to reach more children in the coming year!
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Head Start Programs Benefit From VisioCheck  

11/11/2015

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VisioCheck statistics show that Head Start programs tend to have higher referral rates for vision problems in their student population.  On average, Head Start programs refer at 33-35%, which is well above the national average of 25%.

Since 80% of what a child learns in a normal classroom setting it’s critical that they start their education with all the benefits of their goof vision. 

We invest a significant amount of resources to help insure good, quality kindergarten readiness programs for some of our most “at risk” children.  Please help us in our efforts to standardize vision programs in Head Start to make sure all of our children are getting the very best comprehensive programming available in the nation!

"Those identified with vision problems, have an increase in class participation and some of them in playground activities."

"Parents are more serious about getting follow up for their child, when they are given the visual results they can take to the physician"

"Staff are always cooperative and helpful and very complimentary."

"Teachers, parents, and other staff are very pleased with VisioCheck and feel it is one of the best services we offer the children!"
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Conexus Chairman of the Board Making a Difference  

11/6/2015

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Charles “Bo” Pegram, O.D. serves as the Chairman of the Board at Conexus but his service doesn’t stop there!  Just last week Bo, volunteered to provide free eye exams to more than 30 elementary students that were identified as having a potential vision problem through the Conexus VisioCheck program.
 
This is Bo’s 2nd year volunteering his professional services to students who may otherwise not get the vision care they need!  Bo’s been practicing optometry for more than 30 years and knows the importance of the work being done at Conexus.  Bo has lead Conexus through some of it’s most exciting and challenging times as it merged from Prevent Blindness Mid-Atlantic and we’re grateful for his support!

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Conexus and Essilor Vision Foundation Bring Smiles to Students in Richmond City Schools  

11/5/2015

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Conexus, through a grant from the Jenkins Foundation, provided VisioCheck programming to over 3,000 kindergarten and third grade students in Richmond City Schools.  Students in need of follow-up services were then supported with free eye exams and glasses through two mobile clinics.
 
Conexus partnered with the Texas-based Kids Vision For Life mobile vision clinic to bring on-site eye exams and glasses to Virginia students as part of the Mobile Clinic’s east coast tour.  One of the stops on the tour was Richmond City’s G. H. Reid Elementary.  See what our nurse partner had to say about the program:
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“My teachers, parents and students at G. H. Reid Elementary School, were very pleased with the Conexus and Essilor partnership. The Essilor vision Van was fantastic! They were also very effecient 56 of my students received glasses in 1 and 1/2 days! You should have seen the smiles on the student's faces when they received their glasses! Is there anything I can do to request this again? This is the best partnership I have seen for children's vision services in my 29 years as a veteran school nurse! Thank you so much!"
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Collaborative Partners Support  VisioCheck Expansion  

11/3/2015

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Conexus has collaborated with two major partners to bring VisioCheck programs to North Carolina elementary students!  Conexus was recently awarded a grant from the Walmart State Giving program to help support enhanced vision programs for needy students in North Carolina.  The grant targets 2,500 students in communities where more than 50% of the students are eligible for the free or reduced lunch program.
 
Prevent Blindness North Carolina will coordinate programs in the designated communities and use the manpower of their screening teams to provide the technology based screening.  From there, results will be uploaded to Conexus to provide all the “back end support” which is the specific component designed to create a response to the screening.  Conexus will issue full color, informative student screening reports for all students, pass and refer; provide educational material to parents; offer access to care for qualifying students in need; and manage data collection, program analysis and follow up.
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The program is expected to identify 625 students in need of follow up. 80% of what a child learns in school is through their vision, so it’s critical to identify potential vision problems early and link children to care before poor vision can interfere with success in school. 

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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.


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