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

Help San Francisco's Homeless Youth Get Glasses! Thursday December 19th from 12-4pm

This week, we received a stack of requests from homeless youth who need prescription glasses.  In response we've created a special Health and Vision event on Thursday, December 19th, from 12-4pm to provide at least 40 homeless youth prescription eye glasses and other needed services. 

In just two days, we've gotten confirmation that we'll be able to provide lunch, nurses, case work support from Project Homeless Connect's Every Day Connect, flu shots from Walgreens, books and toiletries and portraits at the event.

We're also hoping to provide hair cuts and other resources specifically for homeless youth. 

But, we still need your help to make our event a success. 

• Donate Funds: We are able to provide individuals with prescription glasses for an average of $50/person.  You can support the project through crowd funding for the Homeless Vision Project or donating to our partner organizations (Welcome, SF CARES and Project Homeless Connect) and indicating that you want your funds to support prescription glasses.
• Volunteer At An Event: Join us at our events.  We need volunteers to greet individuals, help serve lunch, to support other volunteers and to provide medical care (if you are properly trained and have met the standards of certification for the type of care you wish to provide).  Let us know you want to volunteer here.
• Share our Project With Your Friends On Social Networking: 
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• Follow Welcome:    Facebook
• Follow SF CARES:    Facebook
• Follow Project Homeless Connect:    Facebook     Twitter

November 10, 2013 Health and Vision Event at St. Paulus Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA

Hear stories and see pictures from our event:


Of all our participants, the one that stood out to me the most was the individual who lost his glasses when someone set him on fire.  There is some real cruelty in the world.  But at our event, we did our best to also show that there is a lot of kindness and compassion in the world.  

Of our 39 participants, 22 got connected to prescription eye glasses with Project Homeless Connect, 18 visited with nurses and had their blood pressures checked and 3 received flu shots from Walgreens.

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

• St. Paulus Lutheran Church
• Welcome
• Project Homeless Connect
• Walgreens
• SF CARES
• The Castro Lions Club

Prescription glasses given out since our project began: 63