Senator Holly J. Mitchell Celebrates Vision To Learn’s Free Glasses Program at L.A. Unified
December 20, 2018
Senator Mitchell greets Washington High School students provided glasses by district-wide program
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Vision to Learn
Taste of Soul Remembers Kids with This Year’s Children’s World
October 25, 2018
Since its inception, Children’s World has been a part of the Taste of Soul, now thirteen years strong as the Los Angeles’ largest family oriented street festival. Of course there can be no family event without something for the children and TOS officials aim to make this part better every year. This year, participants included Disney’s new “Nutcracker” movie reps, with a photo booth for the kids, chesstutors.com and Vision to Learn, offering free eye exams.
Vision To Learn and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Improve Eyesight in Compton Unified School District
May 31, 2018
Celebrities and athletes joined the two organizations as they made wearing glasses cool again.
Vision To Learn and Percy (Master P) Miller Provide Free Eye Exams and Glasses to Kids in Oakland
March 1, 2018
Vision To Learn Celebrates Helping 100,000 Kids
Blake Griffin and the L.A. Clippers Foundation Team with Vision To Learn
January 22, 2018
Blake Griffin and the L.A. Clippers Foundation have partnered with non-profit Vision To Learn and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to provide free eye exams and glasses to every LAUSD student in need throughout the district. Out of over 600,000 LAUSD students, an estimated 15 to 20 percent need glasses. Over the next two years, every student K-12th grade in LAUSD who needs an eye exam and glasses will get them, free of charge, thanks to the generous support of the L.A. Clippers Foundation, Blake Griffin, and LAUSD.
‘Vison To Learn’ gives out free eye exams and glasses to South Los Angeles Youth
January 4, 2018
‘Vision To Learn’ providing free eye exams and glasses in Nickerson Gardens
L.A. Clippers and Vision to Learn Gave Glasses to Students of Inglewood District
June 15, 2016
Vision to Learn and the Clippers foundation provided glasses to all the students in the Inglewood Unified school District who needed them by the first week of June.
Clippers Help Give Glasses to Students in Inglewood Schools
February 3, 2016
Clippers Help Give Glasses to Students in Inglewood Schools
January 27, 2016
The Los Angeles Clippers Foundation collaborated with the non-profit organization Vision to Learn to provide free glasses to students who need them in the Inglewood School District. To introduce the partnership, on January 19, Clippers players Paul Pierce and Chris Paul visited Pierce’s Alma Mater Inglewood High School to distribute glasses to Inglewood students in need. “I don’t want to always be labeled as somebody who just helps another kid play basketball. How can you make a difference in another kid’s life education-wise?” said Pierce. “I’ve been able to do those things throughout my career and that is the thing