A program of Prevent Blindness Northern California, See Well to Learn™ was established in 2012 to
The See Well to Learn™ Eye Bus program is the only program in Northern California to employ an innovative, school‐based approach to accurately detect vision problems among low-income preschoolers, at no cost to the students. We want to ensure that these children receive the care they need for vision correction so they can enter Kindergarten ready to learn. While the program has 6 major components,
02/26/2018
Happy Monday!
Tip #6 of our Encouraging Glasses Wear series! Reward your child for wearing their glasses. If your child enjoys going to the park, then help them wear their glasses every day. At the end of the week, they can take a special trip to their favorite playground!
Happy Friday! Enjoy these photos of preschoolers receiving their glasses today. Thank you Hayward Unified School Distric for this wonderful partnership!
02/22/2018
Wishing our program coordinator, Alex, a very happy birthday today!
02/20/2018
See Well to Learn would like to welcome our new volunteer, Jennifer Alegria! Jennifer recently joined See Well to Learn after graduating from UC Davis with a Bachelor of Art's in Sociology. Her ultimate goal is to become a social worker and support families with young children. We are happy to have her support!
02/15/2018
Happy Thursday, Everyone! Stay tuned for an announcement about our special surprise.
We will post the reveal tomorrow, Friday, February 16th, at noon!
02/05/2018
Tip # 5 of our Encouraging Glasses Wear series!
Caregivers, compliment your children when they are wearing their glasses. Children can feel if you are not happy about their glasses. They will feel comfortable in glasses if you tell them they look great!
See Well to Learn has a special surprise coming to our partner schools and families! Stay tuned for more info.
01/29/2018
Tip #4 of our Encouraging Glasses Wear series!
Taking pictures of your child in their glasses will help them feel confident and special. Caregivers, show your child pictures of people in glasses, like sports figures and actors. Teachers, post pictures of people and children with glasses in your classrooms. This will all help normalize glasses wear.
01/17/2018
This Thursday, January 18th our Vice President April Nakayoshi and Bilingual Parent Educator Jessica Alegria will be presenting with First 5 Alameda County on "Vision Problems in Young Children: What Parents and Providers Need to Know."
We hope you can join us! Register for the event here:
01/10/2018
We enjoyed delivering glasses today! Here's one from Saint Vincent's Day Home!
12/27/2017
With a few days left before the New Year, please consider supporting See Well to Learn! Thank you!
http://mailchi.mp/eyeinfo/kew8g13wbt-1366025
12/12/2017
Tip #3 of our Encouraging Glasses Wear Series!
Wear Glasses Together!
Wearing glasses around your child will normalize the experience of wearing glasses and help your child feel more comfortable.
| Monday | 9am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |