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14 people are interested
Data Manager - Helping Children See Clearly
ORGANIZATION: half Helen Foundation
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14 people are interested
One in every four children fail their vision screening and are referred for a comprehensive eye exam. This is the only way to accurately diagnosis vision impairment and the prescription a child needs to treat their blurry vision and eliminate permanent vision loss. In addition to comprehensive eye exams, half Helen will also provide every child who receives a prescription with glasses.
half Helen requires parental consent before performing a comprehensive eye exam. In partnership with schools, we collect consent through a combination of paper and electronic forms. As a volunteer data manager, you will use a series of spreadsheets to determine which students were referred for and have parental consent to receive a comprehensive eye exam.
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About half Helen Foundation
Location:
7801 N Lamar Blvd, Unit F34, Austin, TX 78752, US
Mission Statement
To improve school-age children's vision through an innovative delivery of care.
Description
half Helen Founder and Executive Director, Chelsea Elliott, learned that she was blind in her left eye and deaf in her right ear during school-based screenings. After studying Helen Keller in 4th grade, Chelsea declared, "I’m half blind and half deaf, I’m half Helen!" The nickname has come to define her life’s work. Using her college graduation money, Chelsea founded half Helen.
At half Helen, we believe clear eyesight is a basic human right. Since our launch in 2013, we have screened more than 55,000 children for vision impairment. In 2019, recognizing that families weren’t able to access treatment for their child’s vision impairment, we began providing comprehensive eye exams and prescription glasses through clinics that popped up in schools. In 2021, we finished construction of optical Prime, a 32-foot mobile eye clinic, which replaced our pop-up exam clinics and allowed us to take action and serve the entire family, not just children. Today, optical Prime visits schools during the school year and is stationed at local health centers on Fridays and during the summer months to serve uninsured adults.
With a cost effective and scalable solution, we are committed to meeting the needs of Central Texas for years to come.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
November 29, 2021
SKILLS
- Basic Computer Skills
- Google Apps
- Microsoft Office Suite
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 1-5 hours a week, we are flexible on the number of hours and what time of day you would like to volunteer.
- We prefer to schedule a Zoom call or meet in person to acquaint you with the goals, tools and data for the task.