Dedicated to the improvement and preservation of sight by providing services, education, advocacy and innovation. Screens children for vision loss and strabismus and adults for glaucoma. Provides thousands of low-income and homeless persons with eyeglasses. Sponsors the Aging Eye Network, the Macular Degeneration Network and Stargardt's Network that provide public programs and support groups, and offers the Low Vision Learning Center for low vision rehabilitation.
Mission
Founded in 1936, the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington® (POB) is the largest local prevention of blindness agency in the United States, dedicated to the improvement and preservation of sight by providing services, education, advocacy, and innovation. POB screens more than 8,000 children annually for vision loss and strabismus and 6,600 adults for glaucoma. POB also serves nearly thousands of low-income and homeless persons at its eyeglasses clinic each year.
Social media
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/youreyesdc Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/youreyesdc
Programs
POB sponsors vision screenings, eye health information, safety education programs, and the Aging Eye, Macular Degeneration, and Stargardt's networks. POB also provides eye care to the low-income and homeless community.
Publications
Your Eyes Today: Monthly large-print newsletter Insight: Annual newsletter
Representative
Caren Forsten, Executive Director
Tel: 202–234–1010
Email: cforsten@youreyes.org
Education programs
Diabetic Eye Disease
Glaucoma
Healthy Vision
Low Vision