Dennis HolterChief Advancement Officer

Vision Council Executive Summit, January 2014

• 1 in 30 babies has undiagnosed amblyopia1

• 1 in 25 has undiagnosed strabismus1

• 1 in 33 has undiagnosed significant refractive error1

• 1 in 100 has significant eye diseases1

• InfantSEE® finds significant problems in 1 in 10 babies!

1American Optometric Association, 2002

InfantSEE® is the first step.

• 10% of infants are found to have an undiagnosed vision problem.

• 30% of school-age children have vision problems.

• 11.5% of teenagers have undetected / untreated vision problems.

• Only 7% of children have had a comprehensive eye exam by age 6 (1st Grade).

• Vision disorders are the 4th most common disability in the United States and the most prevalent handicapping condition during childhood.

What will happen to these children? Who will pay the price?

Center for Disease Control (CDC) 2009

Volunteers In Service In Our Nation (VISION USA) provides basic eye health and vision services free-of-charge to low-income, uninsured individuals and their families. VISION USA is provided by participating AOA member optometrists who donate their services.

VISION USA has received over 6,000 applications for last year and has nearly 3,000 participating optometrists.

Created by the American Optometric Association in 2005 to provide immediate financial relief to optometrists who have experienced the effects of a catastrophic event.

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Each program serves a unique population and enables us to meet the needs of the disadvantaged, underserved, uninsured and the most vulnerable among us.

Last year, over 60 million people were at serious risk of vision loss due to eye disease and only half of them visited an eye doctor in the last 12-month period.

We cannot sit back and watch disadvantaged populations limit their potential and quality of life.

With your help, we can help those in need to see a brighter future!

We welcome you as individual donors We can work with you on an individual basis to

develop a philanthropic plan that meets your charitable intentions

Consider us as your domestic, optometric charity of choice

Contribute a percentage of your revenue during Save Your Vision Month-March

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