Prevent Blindness Ohio

02/13/2026

02/13/2026

As part of AMD and Low Vision Month, Prevent Blindness offers the free AMD GuideMe app! 📲

This resource provides a customized overview of AMD along with a tailored resource list and suggested steps to help save sight from the eye disease specific to the individual using the app.

https://lowvision.preventblindness.org/guideme-apps/

02/12/2026

Thank you all for your incredible support of the Ohio Amblyope Registry! ✨ We’d love to hear from you! Send us your testimonial and share how we’re doing. Your support means the world to us! 🌟 https://ohioamblyoperegistry.com/Patches/ShareYourStory

02/12/2026

What do the Winter Olympics teach us about eye health? ❄️

Behind every medal is clear vision. In extreme conditions, protection and visual clarity are essential - athletes depend on protective eyewear and routine eye exams to perform at their best.

For sports eye safety facts and tips, visit: PreventBlindness.org/sports-eye-safety

02/11/2026

The Visual Impairment Lab at The Ohio State University is conducting in-person and remote (paid) research studies on improving accessibility for individuals with visual impairment, and we want to share some current opportunities for which participants are currently being recruited:
https://bit.ly/4acFGWH
Check it out!

02/10/2026

02/10/2026

Doesn’t it feel like EVERY DAY is jam packed this time of year? Let us help—and check this off your list!

If it’s time to renew your license plates, don’t forget to donate $1 to the Save Our Sight program. This program funds Superspecs, and helps us get free protective eye gear to kids across the state—including sports helmets, safety glasses, and safety goggles. Thanks Ohioans!

02/09/2026

02/09/2026

Our favorite 5-year-old has big plans for the year ahead, and of course his resolutions are all about eye health! What goals do you have for 2026?

02/06/2026

Last month, Prevent Blindness Ohio (PBO) trained dozens of teachers and nurses as children’s vision screeners including individuals from Lancaster City Schools and Mapleton Local Schools! Register now to become a trained and certified children’s vision screener! To register for this FREE training, made possible in part through the Save Our Sight Fund https://bit.ly/3TWPQD8 at the Ohio Department of Health, visit https://bit.ly/3OD3p5m

PBO’s FREE Children's Vision Screening Training Program meets the standards published by the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health and is approved by the Ohio Department of Health.

02/05/2026

We love to share stories from those whose lives are affected by the services and programs of PBO! Please share YOUR stories, too!
Donate here to support our mission of preventing blindness and preserving sight: https://bit.ly/3Z6qGSx