One Vision One World
You can help care for and protect the vision and eye health of someone less fortunate at the same time you care for your own. When you order your eye or general health nutritional products from this web site, the retail profit will go to the charity you select.
Join the Efforts of EyecareAmerica
EyeCare America is a public service program of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. If you are an ophthalmologist, please join our network of volunteer care providers.
The Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology
Established in 1947, the Foundation is dedicated to research and training in infectious and inflammatory ocular diseases, and the application of this research to the prevention of blindness worldwide. To learn more about the Proctor Foundation’s work to eradicate Trachoma in Ethiopia click here
www.orbis.org
ORBIS is a nonprofit, global development organization whose mission is to eliminate avoidable blindness by strengthening the capacity of local eye health partners in their efforts to prevent and treat blindness. Through the principles of capacity building, local partners gain self-sufficiency in eye health care, and residents enjoy quality eye health services that are affordable, accessible and sustainable.
ORBIS needs volunteers to plan fundraising events and raise awareness of ORBIS’s sight-saving work in developing nations. Our offices also need assistance on occasion with special mailings or other specific needs. Please visit our offices in Canada, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, the United Kingdom or the United States learn how you can help or to support our current volunteers, known as Advocates for Sight.
www.uniteforsight.org
The goal of Unite For Sight and its partner eye clinics and communities is to create eye disease-free communities. The organization has found a way to unite doctors, nurses, students, and other people, especially younger people, across borders, across economic status, and across professional lines. You can help by:
- donating funds,
- donating eye equipment,
- donating eye glasses,
- volunteering abroad
- starting a local chapter of unite for site
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Raise a puppy for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a non-profit guide dog school. Puppy Raisers open their hearts and homes to 9 week old future guide dogs for their first 14-16 months of life, then return them to Guiding Eyes for the Blind for specialized guide dog training. Raisers teach puppies socialization, house manners and basic obedience. Puppy Raisers are needed in the following states: CT, ME, VT, NH, MA, DE, OH, MD, VA, & NC.
www.vosh.org
VOSH/International (VI) is a 35-year-old non-governmental organization dedicated to the provision of eye and vision care services for those below poverty level and without access to local eye care.
VOSH International is the parent organization of 34 regional chapters and 25 student chapters in the United States, Canada, Honduras, India, Africa, South America and the Netherlands. The chapters are comprised of optometrists, ophthalmologists, opticians, and other volunteers. On December 6, 2001 VOSH/International signed a declaration with the World Council of Optometry and the World Health Organization to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020. Each year VOSH Chapters average between 80 and 90 missions serving in excess of 100,000 people.
World Blindness Outreach
The general purposes of the World Blindness Outreach, Inc. (WBO) are to treat preventable and correctable blindness and eye disease of individuals in Third World countries and in the United States. Go to this site to find out how you can help.
Glaucoma Research Foundation
Volunteer needed in-house at the Glaucoma Research Foundation
We are looking for volunteers that can help with the mailings of our glaucoma information. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and can commit to 4-6 hours a week please click here
www.lighthouse.org
Lighthouse International was founded in 1905 by volunteers Winifred and Edith Holt who envisioned a brighter future for people without sight. Today, the Lighthouse is a leading non-profit organization dedicated to helping people of all ages overcome the challenges of vision loss. We now have a corps of more than 1,500 dedicated volunteers who are continuing the Holts’ visionary legacy. Volunteer opportunities include:
- Reading and recording services
- The Lighthouse Store (Manhattan)
- Braille services
- Client service and call center representatives
University of Utah Volunteering
In addition to making a significant contribution to the hospital and community, you’ll realize other benefits by volunteering. It is an opportunity to meet new people from around the country, make new friends, explore new careers, and develop new skills.