Sight for All United

12/18/2025

To all of our supporters, community partners, and volunteers: Thank you for helping bring clarity, care, and compassion to our community.

Happy Holidays, we’re grateful to be part of your world. 💙

-Sight for All United

United Way - Youngstown Mahoning Valley
Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley
Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
Vision To Learn
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Envision Blind Sports
Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries, Inc.
Youngstown Lions Club
RSVP of Columbiana and Jefferson Counties
Ohio Governor's Office of Appalachia
Eye Care Associates
Essilor Vision Foundation
American Fundraising Foundation - AmFund
Youngstown State University
Classic Optical Laboratories, Inc.

12/16/2025

You don't reach 100,000 kids with good intentions. You need specialists.

👁️ Sight for All United ensures Ohio kids don't slip through the cracks.

Serving 17+ districts since 2016, they bring vision care to schools and educate families. When they found kids needing specialist care beyond glasses, they built the nation's first in-school referral program to connect families with doctors.

👁️ Vision to Learn brings the infrastructure.

Proven program systems developed over years nationwide. Support for insurance billing and optical labs. They've cracked the code on mobile vision care at scale.

👁️ Nouns DAO wrote the check.

Providing exams for 3,000 kids and a custom Vision Zone van. Decentralized funding meets hyper-local impact.

👁️ Matthew Beem is building and documenting the Vision Zone van for his 6M+ subscribers.

He renovates, he builds, he’ll show millions what's possible when you bring vision care directly to kids who need it.

👁️ Fish & Friends brought all these specialists together.

The right partners working toward one goal: 20,000 kids seeing clearly over the next 5 years.

Your $150 can help power the entire system → fishandfriends.fun/donate

Vision To Learn
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12/15/2025

We're already reminiscing on this year’s amazing Eye Ball of the Mahoning Valley. To everyone who showed up and supported Sight for All United-thank you! Your support is the reason this work keeps moving, keeps mattering, and keeps reaching our neighbors who need it most.

12/11/2025

Your eyes work hard, especially during the winter season!

Give them a break with these quick tips:

👀 20-20-20 rule

🕶 Sunglasses in the snow

💧 Stay hydrated

🔠 Bigger font on your phone/computer

Your eyes do a lot to help you enjoy the season… let’s treat them right! ❄️🎄

For more information on what we're doing over at Sight for All United, visit sightforallunited.org or email info@sfau.org.

12/09/2025

95% of 1st grade nonreaders have vision issues.

Many struggling readers just need glasses.
Here’s exactly what happened when Sight for All United brought mobile vision clinics to Ohio schools:

👁️ 13,260 kids screened
👁️ 2,185 full eye exams completed
👁️ 1,670 kids walked away with glasses
👁️ 238 kids connected to specialist care

Kids who were labeled "problem students" suddenly thrived. Not because they changed – because they could finally see.

Be part of it. $150 provides screening, exam, glasses, and follow-up for one kid.

→ fishandfriends.fun/donate

12/04/2025

Have you ever witnessed the moment when a child puts on glasses for the first time? When everything suddenly comes into focus? The huge smile that follows? If you haven't, it's something wonderous to behold. We see it every day. And that's the magic you make possible!

And thanks to your support, our work inspired Governor DeWine to create the OhioSEE program, bringing our model to 30,000+ more children across the state of Ohio.

Thank you for believing in our mission. Together, we're giving the gift of sight to children in the Mahoning Valley and throughout the state of Ohio. 🎁

12/03/2025

Our tree at Fellows Riverside Gardens is officially decorated, twinkling, and declaring that the holiday season has begun. Here’s to a month of bright lights & clear sight!

To learn more about what we're doing in the community, visit sightforallunited.org or send an email to info@sfau.org.

12/02/2025

What would life be like if you couldn't see clearly? You can't learn if you can't see.

That's reality for 1 in 4 kids. They sit in classrooms where the board is just a blur. They're called "problem kids" because they can't follow along. They fall behind – not because they lack the ability to learn, but because they can't see.

This Giving Tuesday, $150 changes everything for one child. 🤓

Screening → eye exam → prescription glasses → follow-up care → $0 cost to their family

Every dollar goes directly to kids in Ohio classrooms right now – and your gift is tax-deductible before the year ends.

Give the Gift of Sight! → fishandfriends.fun/donate

11/25/2025

1 in 4 kids can't see the board.

That's why we’re joining forces with Vision To Learn, Fish & Friends, and YouTube creator Matthew Beem to bring mobile vision clinics directly to schools – screening every child, delivering full eye exams on-site, and connecting families with ongoing care.

Help us screen 100,000 kids and provide exams to the 20,000+ who need them over the next 5 years.

$150 provides complete vision care for one child 🤓

✓ Vision screening at their school
✓ Comprehensive eye exam
✓ Prescription glasses
✓ Follow-up care and family education
✓ Zero cost to their family

Give the Gift of Sight! fishandfriends.fun/donate

11/24/2025

🌊⛵ Thank you for helping us Sail to New Sights! ⛵🌊

The Eye Ball of the Mahoning Valley at Eastwood Event Centre was truly unforgettable, and we're overwhelmed by the incredible support from our community! Your generosity will help us continue providing accessible eye care to children and adults throughout the Mahoning Valley.

Thank you to our sponsors, donors, and volunteers for changing lives through clearer vision. Here's to brighter futures for all! 👓✨

And a special thank you to our Cruise Director Lindsey Watson and auctioneer Carrie Hessney Doran! 😉

It was a big night in Niles, as the Eye Ball of the Mahoning Valley set sail for new sights.

11/18/2025

Check-out this powerful presentation from Sight for All United!

Beyond providing glasses, SFAU is ensuring children who need more comprehensive eye care don't fall through the cracks. Our medical referral program connects students with serious vision issues - that require surgery, treatment, or ongoing medical intervention - to the eye care specialists in the community.

Sight for All United bridges the gap between detection and treatment, making sure every child gets the care they need to see clearly and succeed.

Thank you to the Ohio Public Health Association for the opportunity to share our work with healthcare professionals in the state of Ohio!

Results of Outreach Referral Program After Failed In-School Eye Examinations: A Public Health Perspective

11/17/2025

Thank you for your generous support of our mission to help children and adults access quality vision care!

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Trans-Siberian Orchestra continued their tradition of helping local charities by teaming with Y-103 and Hot 101 to donate nearly $5000 to Sight For All United.
Cumulus Media VP / Market Manager William Kelly was on hand for the presentation.
Thank you again TSO for the generous donation in keeping with the spirit on the holiday season. 🎁🎅🏻🎄🦌