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All I can say is wow, this was amazing. The foundation was truly a great experience. I am no longer having any difficulty seeing, after not having an eye exam for over 10 years. I love to read, and the print in books and magazines seems to be getting smaller and smaller. After receiving an eye exam and glasses, I can now read print no matter if it’s small, medium, or large. I cannot say enough how great the staff is, how professional they are, and much they truly care. I can tell that you love what you do. I love how this can help so many become more educated, because they will be able to read. I am a very, very, very happy customer. Bonita Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation Patient
Vision Care Services Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation
The need in Georgia for access to affordable vision services is great.
I’m so glad my husband now has glasses. He wouldn’t do many things, when he couldn’t see. Now, he goes out with his brother, and will even go out to eat because he can read the menu. This was a gift from heaven. I can’t believe what he’s been missing. He can now see better than he could the past 8 years. Wife of Allen Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation Patient’s Wife
Average patient cost exam/glasses = $25/person vs $300 for profit 52 Georgia counties currently have little or no access to eye care* 30% of Georgia counties lack eye care services 1.4M Georgians were uninsured in 2019 408,000 low-income Georgians do not qualify for Medicaid in Georgia and make too little to get financial help to buy private insurance at healthcare.gov. These Georgians have incomes below the poverty line (less than $12,769 a year for an individual or $21,720 a year for a family of three) and fall into the coverage gap with no affordable health insurance options.
My vision was greatly blocked, and I couldn’t even look for a job. I decided to see if I needed glasses, but they told me I actually had cataracts and needed surgery. The surgery went so well, now I can find work, and do the responsibilities that it will include. Thank you for everything. I’d be blind without you. Gary Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation Patient
Free Frame Kits & Financial Assistance: Frame kits are provided to ophthalmologists and optometrists who have patients unable to pay for their glasses. We provide vouchers for vision exams, when we cannot offer them ourselves, for patients to go to a private ophthalmologist or optometrist at no charge to them. With a valid prescription, anyone can use our onsite lens fabrication in Chamblee to receive reduced or free lenses.
*Source: Emory Eye Center
Our Recycling Center is one of the largest of its kind in the US. In addition to eyeglasses, we accept readers, sunglasses, hearing aids, and cell phones. Recycled eyeglasses are processed and sent out on mission trips in foreign countries. Money earned from selling recycled items goes directly to Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation services. You can volunteer individually or as a group by sorting donations, washing eyeglasses, or reading prescriptions in the Recycling Center. No special skills are needed. Eyeglass Recycling
Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation partners with ophthalmologists and surgery centers across the state to facilitate sight-saving surgical procedures, including treatment for glaucoma, cataracts and diabetes-related vision impairment. Vision Surgery
Tele-Optometry Vision Exam Program
Vision Clinics & Optics
In addition to our tele-optometry program, we offer free eye exams and low-cost glasses to qualifying patients at our facility located in Chamblee. We have a glasses only clinic located at Grady Memorial Hospital, as well as a traditional statewide mobile clinic program. In partnership with licensed optometrists and ophthalmologists, we provide fully dilated eye exams and high-quality eyeglasses produced in our optical lab.
Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation launched the first-ever statewide tele-optometry vision exam program in April 2022. This program is focused on one goal – serving patients who need us most where they live. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, we will better coordinate services in areas of the state with no access to vision services.
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