Fulton To Provide Free Eye Exams, Glasses To Children

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- Vision To Learn estimates that 24,000 school-age youth need eyeglasses in the city of Atlanta and Fulton and Dekalb counties.

With this in mind, Fulton County's Certified Public Manager Program is collaborating with Vision To Learn —supported by the Atlanta Hawks Foundation and Chick-fil-A Foundation —to launch Vision To Learn’s free eye exams and free eyeglasses program in Georgia beginning this month.

The eye-screening program seeks to meet the needs of children who are at risk of poor academic performance because of vision problems.

Vision To Learn provides free eye screenings, eye exams and glasses for school-age youth living in low-income communities in six states. The nonprofit has served more than 80,000 youth at its mobile clinics.

Four days of free eye screenings and exams will be held throughout July at various locations around the county. Vision To Learn expects to provide 400 youth with free eyeglasses.

Eye screenings and exams will take place July 10-13 at the following county facilities:

Welcome All Park & Multipurpose Facility
4255 Will Lee Road
South Fulton, Georgia 30349
Monday, July 10; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Burdett Gymnasium
2945 Burdett Road
South Fulton, Georgia 30349
Tuesday, July 11; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Fulton County North Annex Service Center
7741 Roswell Road
Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350
Wednesday, July 12; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Fulton County Juvenile Court
395 Pryor Street SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30312
Thursday, July 13; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information, call 404-612-2201. To register a child for the free eye screenings, please call 404-612-5556.

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