School is back in session and so is Health Vision Network for Kids.
Crown Vision Center will resume its successful HVN4Kids Adopt-A-School program within the St. Louis Public School District. The program, which aims to eliminate poor vision and its lifelong consequences, focuses on helping underprivileged and uninsured children to receive needed vision correction. HVN4Kids provides free vision screenings, eye exams and new glasses – featuring the latest styles in eyeglass frames - for children ages 4 to 12 who cannot afford vision care and do not qualify for other programs such as Medicaid. 
Crown Vision Center joined with University of St. Louis College of Optometry and Essilor Vision Foundation to help provide eye care services to the St. Louis Public Schools. As part of the program, kindergarten to sixth grade students first undergo an initial eye screening; then, students who fail the preliminary eye test meet with an eye doctor from Crown Vision Center for an additional eye exam; if glasses are needed for a student, the eye doctor will record the proper prescription and measurements; and lastly eye glasses are ordered and delivered to the student free of charge. Last year 17 St. Louis Public schools were visited by the HVN4Kids mobile clinic and 500 pair of glasses were dispensed. In 2011 HVN4Kids set a goal to visit 25 schools and dispense 1,000 pair of eyeglasses!
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