643 Homeless San Franciscans receive eye glasses!

I wanted to let you know that to date we have been able to provide 643 homeless San Franciscans with prescription eye glasses in 2016!

Without my glasses I can't do anything.  I can't even see well enough to find my glasses in the morning.  Not only did we help 643 individuals see, we also helped countless individuals avoid headaches, to be able to fill out paperwork to improve their quality of life, to see dangers on the sidewalks and streets and to escape the difficulty of life through a good book.

A few of the individuals at our vision events discovered issues that required further medical care and at least one was able to get a life changing surgery in partnership with the Lions Eye Foundation.

In addition to all the great health effects, individuals who are used to hearing "no" got a major "yes."  "Yes," we can get you a free pair of eye glasses.  "Yes," you can pick out whatever pair of frames you like.  "Yes," the fine folk at Project Homeless Connect where you pick up your glasses can help you improve other parts of your life. 

Thank you for helping us say "yes" to 643 homeless people who needed glasses.  Over the next year we plan to continue our "yes" by partnering with others and doing what we can to patch the holes in San Francisco's continuum of care. 

Thank you for saying "yes" to our HandUp campaign!


Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer
Executive Director or Welcome and Pastor of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

The total number of individuals who have received glasses though our Homeless Vision Project since October of 2013: 2,530

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

In the News:West Hawaii Today

About Town:
Event provides free health, vision services
The Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity is partnering with Project Vision Hawaii, the Kailua-Kona Lions Club and Pastor Megan Rohrer from Welcome Ministry in San Francisco to hold a Kona vision event.
Planned from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 25 at the Old Kona Airport Makaeo Events Pavilion, the event will serve homeless and low-income people. Attendees will have the opportunity to receive free vision screening, glasses, blood pressure, blood sugar, and HIV screening, free meals and haircuts. The free glasses will be ordered for attendees and later distributed by LCHT’s HERO Ministry.
Info: 329-5733, konalutheranchurch.com.

More San Francisco Vision Event Results

We've been so busy helping people get glasses, we haven't had time to keep our posts up today.  Here are the results from our San Francisco vision events:
 

On April 21st at Santa Maria y Martha Lutheran we got 39 pairs of glasses for homeless San Franciscans.

 

On May 8th at Larkin Street Youth Services we got 42 pairs of glasses for homeless San Franciscans.

On May 22nd at Project homeless connect we got 37 pairs of glasses for homeless San Franciscans.

 

On June 5th our phoropters were used at the Project Homeless Connect event accounting for 43 of the exams completed that day for homeless San Franciscans. 

On June 9th at St. Paulus Lutheran Church we got 43 pairs of glasses for homeless San Franciscans.

June 30, at St. Francis Lutheran Church we got 43 pairs of glasses to LGBT homeless San Franciscans

On July 10th at Project Homeless Connect we got 40 pairs of glasses for homeless San Franciscans.

July 31st at the Huckleberry House we got 45 pairs of glasses for homeless youth who are San Franciscans.

August 7th at Project Homeless Connect we got 41 pairs of glasses for homeless San Franciscans.

 August 28th at Larkin Street Youth Services we got 43 pairs of glasses for homeless San Franciscans.

September 11th at Project Homeless Connect we got 33 pairs of glasses for homeless San Franciscans.

PHC 60 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium provided exams for over 200 homeless individuals.  66 of those exams were conducted using our equipment.

September 30th at Glide Memorial in the Tenderloin, we got 53 pairs of glasses for homeless San Franciscans.

The total number of individuals who have received glasses though our Homeless Vision Project since October of 2013: 1,887

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

Results from two more San Francisco Homeless Vision Events

Here are the results from two vision events (March 13th and April 10th) we held at the San Francisco Project Homeless Connect Office.  At these two events we provided 87 eye exams and prescription glasses for homeless San Franciscan's.

The total number of individuals who have received glasses though our Homeless Vision Project since October of 2013: 1,319

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

2nd Annual Homeless Vision Event in Kailua-Kona Hawaii

On Saturday, March 22, 2015 the Kona Vision event for homeless residents of the Big Island provided 61 pairs of prescription glasses for those in need.

Services and Partners: The Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity partnered 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.

Dr. Susan Senft and Jenn Brown, staff at Island Eye Care Inc., administered free eye exams. The prescription glasses will be distributed by the church’s HERO Ministry. The Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation offered HIV/HCV screenings. Lisa Lea, a SNAP outreach specialist for Hope Services, assisted people with SNAP applications.

Representatives from the West Hawaii Community Health Center provided information about services offered at the center and information about signing up for health insurance. Sarah Huddy from the Kona Commons SuperCuts offered free haircuts. A free meal, blood pressure, and blood sugar screenings were also offered during the event.



The total number of individuals who have received glasses though our Homeless Vision Project since October of 2013: 1,232

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

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.

- See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-features/about-town-3-19-15#sthash.T2UXm3D9.dpuf

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!