The Atlanta Vision Project

Providing all Metro Atlanta kids in need a free pair of glasses by 2028

The Atlanta Vision Project will provide:

screenings

165,000

screenings
examinations

58,000

examinations
pairs of glasses

47,000

pairs of glasses

The Evidence

  • 80% of all learning in a child’s first 12 years comes through vision
  • Vision impairment is strongly linked to anxiety and depression among children
  • Students who received glasses made gains in attendance and academic performance equivalent to an additional 2-4 months of learning time

Glasses by District*

  • Atlanta Public Schools: 4,500
  • Clayton County Public Schools: 6,500
  • Cobb County School District: 6,000
  • DeKalb County Public Schools: 10,000
  • Fulton County Schools: 5,000
  • Gwinnett County Public Schools: 14,000
  • Marietta City Schools: 1,000

Partners

How can you help?

Allocate your GA tax dollars to this project and get a dollar for dollar credit

*These numbers represent the need in schools that serve at least 60% children who are eligible for free and reduced price lunch.

How it Works

Vision Screening

Student receives a quick vision scan to determine whether a doctor exam is required.

Historical failure rate: 35%

Eye Exam

Students who fail the screening are examined by an optometrist on a mobile clinic.

90% of children are prescribed glasses

A few weeks later: Glasses

Students select frames from a wide choice styles and receive glasses.

Lost or broken glasses are replaced for free for one year

Donors

Alcon
Andrew & Mary Burt
Ann Duffy
The Atlanta Hawks Foundation
Brandon Monteith
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Dana Rickman & Clifford Carruba
Elizabeth & William Verner
Elizabeth Benator Family Foundation
Frank Fernandez
Gas South
Jamar & Jada Mitchell
Jesse Parker Williams Foundation
Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation
Kelin Foundation
Ken & Julie Zeff

KIA
Lane Hall
Munir Meghjani
National Vision, Inc.
Rebecca Parshall
Ressler Gertz Foundation
Sylvia Russell
Tamara Ogier
Tamia Goodman
Tenicia Winston
The Imlay Foundation, Inc.
The Sartain Lanier Foundation Family Foundation
Thomas Cuffie & Kaneta Lott
Timothy Renick & Christopher Christian

To learn more, contact info@l4lmetroatlanta.org