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Prevent Blindness North CarolinaAbout
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- Additional Info:Prevent Blindness North Carolina's (PBNC) mission is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. Organized in 1967 as an affiliate of Prevent Blindness America. PBNC is the state's leading volunteer-driven nonprofit public health organization dedicated to fighting blindness, saving sight, and ensuring healthy vision for North Carolinians for their lifetime. Serving all 100 counties, and over 550,000 children and adults annually, PBNC promotes a continuum of vision care via early detection, access to care and research. PBNC programs provide public and professional education, certified vision screening training, community and patient service programs and outreach. Prevent Blindness North Carolina's (PBNC) mission is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. Organized in 1967 as an affiliate of Prevent Blindness America, PBNC is the state's leading volunteer-driven nonprofit public health organization dedicated to fighting blindness, saving sight, and ensuring healthy vision for North Carolinians for their lifetime. Serving all 100 counties, and over 550,000 children and adults annually, PBNC promotes a continuum of vision care via early detection, access to care, and research. PBNC programs provide public and professional education, certified vision screening training, community and patient service programs, and outreach. Fund raising methods include: Direct Mail Appeals, Invitations to Fund Raising Events, Grant Proposals, and Membership Appeals. Prevent Blindness North Carolina's (PBNC) mission is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. Organized in 1967 as an affiliate of Prevent Blindness America, PBNC is the state's leading volunteer-driven nonprofit public health organization dedicated to fighting blindness, saving sight, and ensuring healthy vision for North Carolinians for their lifetime. Serving all 100 counties, and over 550,000 children and adults annually, PBNC promotes a continuum of vision care via early detection, access to care, and research. PBNC programs provide public and professional education, certified vision screening training, community and patient service programs, and outreach. Fund raising methods include: Direct Mail Appeals, Grant Proposals, Internet, Planned Giving Arrangements, and Membership Appeals.
About This Business
Prevent Blindness North Carolina is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to prevent blindness and preserve sight through direct services and programs, education and advocacy.
Years in Business: 57
Business Details
- Local BBB:
- BBB of Eastern North Carolina
- BBB File Opened:
- 3/24/2008
- Business Started:
- 10/2/1967
- Business Started Locally:
- 10/2/1967
- Type of Entity:
- Non-profit Organization
- Alternate Names:
- Prevent Blindness, NC
- National Society to Prevent Blindness-NC Affiliate, Inc.
Additional Contact Information
- Principal Contacts
- Ms. Angie Morris, Operations Director
- Customer Contacts
- Mr. A. Edwin Jeffords Jr., Executive Director
- Ms. Angie Morris, Operations Director
- Fax numbers
- Primary Fax: (919) 755-5013
- Additional Websites
- nc.preventblindness.org
Additional Information
- Program Participation
- Currently, PBNC operates the following major direct service programs:
* The Preschool Photo-Refractive Vision-Screening Program is the largest of any Prevent Blindness affiliate in the country. The technology used can detect potential vision problems before symptoms are noticeable to either parent or child. Those found to have potential vision problems are referred to eye care professionals for further treatment. Last year, over 33,000 children were photo-screened in North Carolina.
* PBNC's Children's Vision Screening Training Program trains and certifies volunteer vision screeners in the state's schools and health departments. Over 6,600 volunteers certified by PBNC staff conducted screenings in all 100 counties last year. These volunteers provided over 503,000 individual screenings to school children during the most recent school year.
* The Adult Vision Screening Program provides free on-site vision screenings to at-risk and low-income adults and senior citizens. PBNC collaborates with senior centers, free clinics, federally qualified health centers, health fairs, the NC State Fair, and low-income housing to provide our services on-site and free of charge. During the most recently completed screening year, over 5,800 adults were screened.
* VSP's Sight for Students and Mobile Eyes voucher programs target uninsured individuals whose household earns less than 200% of federal poverty level. Services include a free eye exam from a participating doctor, as well as glasses. Free vision services worth over $333,000 were redeemed by North Carolina's children and adults through these programs last year.
* PBNC's own Donor Docs program links uninsured children and adults whose household earns less than 250% of federal poverty level with donor doctors who provide services free of charge. Last year, 447 free vision exams and 308 pairs of free eyewear were donated.
* The Healthy Eyes Eyeglasses Program is a collaborative effort with Luxxotica which provides qualified children and adults with free eyeglasses at participating locations. Donated eyewear worth nearly $56,000 was provided to 480 North Carolinians last year. Currently, PBNC operates the following major direct service programs:
* The Preschool Photo-Refractive Vision-Screening Program is the largest of any Prevent Blindness affiliate in the country. The technology used can detect potential vision problems before symptoms are noticeable to either parent or child. Those found to have potential vision problems are referred to eye care professionals for further treatment. Last year, over 28,000 children were photo-screened in North Carolina.
* PBNC's Children's Vision Screening Training Program trains and certifies volunteer vision screeners in the state's schools and health departments. Over 6,400 volunteers certified by PBNC staff conducted screenings in all 100 counties last year. These volunteers provided over 434,200 individual screenings to school children during the most recent school year.
* The Adult Vision Screening Program provides free on-site vision screenings to at-risk and low-income adults and senior citizens. PBNC collaborates with senior centers, free clinics, federally qualified health centers, health fairs, the NC State Fair, and low-income housing to provide our services on-site and free of charge. During the most recently completed screening year, over 6.600 adults were screened.
* VSP's Sight for Students and Mobile Eyes voucher programs target uninsured individuals whose household earns less than 200% of federal poverty level. Services include a free eye exam from a participating doctor, as well as glasses. Free vision services worth over $365,000 were redeemed by North Carolina's children and adults through these programs last year.
* PBNC's own Donor Docs program links uninsured children and adults whose household earns less than 250% of federal poverty level with donor doctors who provide services free of charge. Last year, 202 free vision exams and 149 pairs of free eyewear were donated.
* The Healthy Eyes Eyeglasses Program is a collaborative effort with Luxxotica which provides qualified children and adults with free eyeglasses at participating locations. Donated eyewear worth nearly $39,000 was provided to 322 North Carolinians last year. - Business Categories
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