Come to our Unite for Sight booth at Communiversity this Saturday, April 28th from 12-5PM!
Communiversity Balloon Animal Training
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Global Health Conference Funding
We received $2500 from Grand Health Challenges at Princeton to sponsor students who would like to go to this year’s conference. This money will go towards the $125 registration fee. If you are interested in going, please email us at ptonufs@princeton.edu.
Bubble Break 3/12/12
We had a bubble tea, kids themed study break. Fruity Yogurt donated both Original and Mango Tea. We also had coloring pages, bubbles, and balloons! It was lots of fun, and we raised $70 at the event.
Valentine’s Day Truffle Fundraiser 2/14/2012
Our Truffle Fundraiser was super successful this year! We sold over 200 truffles in Frist and raised $100, which funds 2 cataract surgeries 
Little Kids College Outreach
Tommy and I went to Little Kids College, a very cute school for 3-5 year old children who were napping when we arrived in the afternoon.
Our impact:
- directly presented to 3 teachers
- information will be passed indirectly to 1 more teacher and several teacher assistants
- information will be used to help the current 60 children and others in the future who come through the preschool
Though our presentation only went over the importance of eye exams, facts about eye diseases, and resources for parents and kids for eye care access, we thought it was especially engaging and helpful to just talk with the teachers and answer questions they personally had about the material. We gave lots of information on amblyopia (lazy eye) to Mrs. Commander and heard several stories from the teachers about experiences with family members or friends who have kids with eye problems. The presentation also reminded all of us to get eye exams from ophthalmologists or optometrists this year! We also had a brief discussion on other visual problems that impair learning, like dyslexia.
It is crucial to target teachers who do teach kids as young as the ones at Little Kids College and armed with this new information, the teachers there will now be able to watch out for signs of nearsightedness, farsightedness, amblyopia, strabismus, and conjunctivitis (pink eye). In addition, Mrs. Watson mentioned that a few of the employees may also benefit from the information we gave them on free eye insurance organizations for kids (see links below). In summary, we had a great time with the teachers and we hope that they’ll be able to use our information to detect any visual problems they may encounter in their students!
Helpful Resources:
Health Insurance/Free Eyecare Programs for Kids
The program was designed to cover uninsured children in families with incomes that are modest but too high to qualify for
Medicaid.
Information about Dyslexia/Other Vision-related Learning Problems
Unite for Sight national website:
Kaplan MCAT Auction Update
Rina Amyata was our Kaplan MCAT auction winner- her final bid was $1200, which will fund over 20 cataract surgeries for patients in developing countries. A big thank you to everyone who made this happen!
Holiday Card Fundraiser!
Please support our holiday card fundraiser by ordering here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDBhOXpxUndMendFRUVhRHZCWml2X3c6MQ
