In the News: West Hawaii Today

Vision event to benefit Kona’s homeless

The Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity is partnering with Project Vision Hawaii, the Kailua-Kona Lions Club and pastor Megan Rohrer from the Welcome Ministry in San Francisco to put on the Kona Vision Event to benefit homeless people and other low-income people with their vision needs. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Old Kona Airport Park Makaeo Events Pavilion.

Dr. Susan Senft and Jenn Brown, staff at Island Eye Care Inc., will administer free eye exams. Free glasses will be ordered for attendees and later distributed by the church’s HERO Ministry. The Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation will offer HIV/HCV screenings. Lisa Lea, a SNAP outreach specialist for Hope Services, will assist people with SNAP applications. Representatives from the West Hawaii Community Health Center will provide information about services offered at the center and information about signing up for health insurance. Sarah Huddy from the Kona Commons SuperCuts will offer free haircuts. A free meal, blood pressure, and blood sugar screenings will also be offered during the event.

For more information, contact the church office at 329-5733 or visit konalutheranchurch.com.

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Vision Event Results: San Francisco's Tenderloin District

Today, our vision event at Lutheran Social Services in San Francisco's Tenderloin District, enabled 37 individuals to get eye exams and prescription glasses.

The total number of individuals who have received glasses though our Homeless Vision Project since October of 2013: 1,171

A huge thank you to St. Paulus Lutheran Church and The Sam Mazza Foundation for providing major financial support for this project!

Results: November 2014 to February 2015: 1,134 Prescription Glasses Given Away!

We've been so busy hosting vision events that we have forgotten to post new results.  Here photos of the events we've hosted from November 2014 to February of 2015. November 1, 2014 we hosted an event at Chinatown Presbyterian with lots of great volunteers including students from Berkeley Optometry School.  24 exams and pairs of eye glasses were given away at the event!

In December 17th, our machines were at the Project Homeless Connect event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and  131 individuals received eye exams and prescription eye glasses.

In January we hosted two vision events.  On January 12th, 2015, our event at St. Paulus Lutheran Church in San Francisco's Polk Gultch District enabled 46 individuals to get exams and prescription eye glasses.

On January 27th, our event at Inglesia Santa Maria y Martha Lutheran in San Francisco's Mission District provided 39 eye exams and prescription glasses for individuals in need.


In February we hosted two vision events.  On February 6th, we held a vision event at St. Paulus Lutheran and got 30 individuals exams and prescription eye glasses.  On February 27th, our event at the MSC South Homeless shelter got 41 individuals prescription glasses.

The total number of individuals who have received glasses though our Homeless Vision Project since October of 2013: 1,134

A huge thank you to St. Paulus Lutheran Church and The Sam Mazza Foundation for providing major financial support for this project!