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25 people are interested
Opening Eyes (Optometry) Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Special Olympics Florida, Healthy Community Tampa Bay
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25 people are interested
What we do: Help us provide vision screenings to our Special Olympics athletes: children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Events occur year-round throughout the Tampa Bay area.
Screening includes: Lensometry/PD, History, Visual Acuity (far and near) Stereopsis, Cover Test, Color Vision, Eye Health, Autorefraction, and Check Out.
Who we need: Ophthalmologists, Optometrists and students, trained on-site to provide screening exams.
Benefits of Helping Special Olympics Florida Healthy Community Opening Eyes:
- Feeling good about helping those who cannot afford service or who did not know help was available to them
- Seeing the joy on the face of an athlete as they pick out their frames for glasses/rec specs or choose a pair of sunglasses
- Knowing that you have changed the life of over 40% the athletes you see in one day as they will be given a service or referral that could in some cases be life saving
- Enjoying the camaraderie of working together with a group of your fellow professionals
- Having the ability of increasing the number of patients in your practice: your practice will grow once word gets around that you work with persons with intellectual disabilities
More opportunities with Special Olympics Florida, Healthy Community Tampa Bay
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Special Olympics Florida, Healthy Community Tampa Bay
Location:
5420 W Cypress St, Tampa, FL 33607, US
Mission Statement
Healthy Community is a premier, health care delivery approach that focuses on the whole person with an intellectual or developmental disability and provides integrated health care coordination.
Description
Healthy Community offers free health screenings to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in addition to coordination of care services, wellness classes, and community engagement events.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
5420 W Cypress StreetTampa, FL 33607
DATE POSTED
June 15, 2018
SKILLS
- Healthcare
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 20
- Orientation or Training