Elks Lodge and Mission Viejo to Fund Free Vision Testing Event

With partial funding from the city of Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo / Saddleback Valley Elks Lodge No. 2444 (“Elks Lodge”) is hosting and funding the first city-wide free vision testing for youths on August 17, 2014 from noon to 5 pm.

 The Better Vision for Children Foundation (“BVCF”) will conduct a series of free pre-school vision screenings for city resident youths aged 6 months to 5 years old. This age group is at risk of the common “Lazy Eye” blindness. This comprehensive vision screening, utilizing technology developed by NASA, can help prevent blindness, dyslexia and serious complications from eye cancer. The testing can also detect the early need for eye glasses.

 To continue the ongoing city wide free vision screenings program, BVCF needs sponsors and volunteers as soon as possible. Interested parties may call, email or access BVCF respectively at (714) 637-4034, bvcfdn@gamil.com or bettervisionforchildren.org and eyeseebetter.org.

The Mission Viejo / Saddleback Elks Lodge No. 2444, celebrating forty-four (44) years of service to the Saddleback Valley communities, is one of ten lodges in the Orange Coast District of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) whose headquarters is in Chicago, Illinois. The BPOE is a charitable organization with a 146 year history of giving, “Elks Care, Elks Share.”

Hal Mattson, Lodge Publicity

Mission Viejo / Saddleback Valley Elks Lodge No. 2444