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!

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

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!

This weekend Grace Evangelical Lutheran in San Francisco we held another Health and Vision Event in San Francisco and 24 individuals were connected to proscription glasses.

  A big thank you to all the partners and volunteers who made today's event a success, including:

• 
• Welcome
• St. Paulus Lutheran Church 
• Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Dr. Soss
• Project Homeless Connect
• The Castro Lions Club
• And many others.

This project was made possible because of financial support from St. Paulus Lutheran Church and the Sam Mazza Foundation.

 

Our next event will be held at St. Cyprian's Episcopal/First United Lutheran in San Francisco on May 24th from 10am-3pm at the corner of Turk and Lyon.

Individuals connected to prescription glasses since our project began:349

Results of the Kailua-Kona Vision Event: March 29, 2014

This weekend at the Old Airport in Kailua-Kona we held our first Health and Vision Event in Hawaii: 291 meals were served, 105 participants signed-in to receive services, 74 individuals were connected to prescription eye glasses, 62 individuals checked their blood pressure, 51 were screened for diabetes, others received haircuts, toiletries and clothing.

News coverage of the event:

1. Before the event: West Hawaii Today
2. After the event - cover story: West Hawaii Today

 A big thank you to all the partners and volunteers who made today's event a success, including:

• 
• Welcome
• St. Paulus Lutheran Church 
• Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity 
• HERO  (Help Everyone Regardless of Outcome)
•  Island Eye Care
• The Kona Lions Club
• And many others.

This project was made possible because of financial support from St. Paulus Lutheran Church, the Sam Mazza Foundation and the Grace Family Winery Foundation.

Our next event will be held at Grace Lutheran Church in San Francisco on April 12th from 10am-3pm.

Individuals connected to prescription glasses since our project began:325

Results for the January 18, 2014 San Francisco Health and Vision Event: Polk Gultch District

Today at Old First Presbyterian Church we held another San Francisco Health and Vision Event: 86 individuals received toiletries and socks, 55 individuals received sleeping bags, 43 individuals were connected to prescription eye glasses, 41 women received bras from  Be a Dear and Donate a Brassiere, 40 had their portraits taken by photographer Vince Donovan, 15 people got follow up appointments with social workers at Project Homeless Connect's Every Day Connect, 8 people signed up for Assurance cell phones, 7 individuals visited nurses, others recieved lunch, books and clothing.

 A big thank you to all the partners and volunteers who made today's event a success, including:

• SF CARES
• Old First Presbyterian Church
• Welcome
• St. Paulus Lutheran Church
• Project Homeless Connect
• Be A Dear and Donate a Brassiere
• Walgreens
• Vince Donovan
• Seminarians from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary 
• The Castro Lions Club

This project was made possible because of financial support from the Sam Mazza Foundation.  

Our next event will be held at St. Francis Lutheran Church (152 Church Street near Market) on February 22nd from 10am-3pm.

Individuals connected to prescription glasses since our project began: 166

Results for the December 19th Health and Vision Event at Old First Presbyterian in San Francisco

Hear stories and see pictures from our event:

Today at Old First Presbyterian Church we held another San Francisco Health and Vision Event: 45 individuals were connected to prescription eye glasses, 40 had their portraits taken by photographer Vince Donovan, 21 individuals visited nurses, 15 people got follow up appointments with social workers at Project Homeless Connect's Every Day Connect, 11 people signed up for Assurance cell phones, others learned about the upcoming changes to health insurance, received lunch, socks, chocolate and clothing.


A big thank you to all the partners and volunteers who made today's event a sucess, including:

• Old First Presbyterian Church
• Welcome
• St. Paulus Lutheran Church
• Project Homeless Connect
• SF PATH
• Vince Donovan
• SF CARES
• The Castro Lions Club

Individuals connected to prescription glasses since our project began: 123