Free eye exams to park on Main Street
People have not kept up with their eye exams as diligently since the coronavirus pandemic, according to Mara Babilya, project manager for Vision to Learn.
Vision to Learn’s traveling eye exam van sometimes is the first exposure children get to having their eyes checked, and its optometrists try to make it as positive of an experience for them as possible.
“We also get a lot of first-timers. We get a lot of kindergartners,” Babilya said. “Some kids get a little nervous at first, but we tell them nothing hurts here.”
The Vision to Learn van will be at the Slippery Rock University Center for Engagement, Empowerment and Development (SUCCEED) from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. June 22. Children ages 4 to 18 can get their eyes checked without charge by Vision to Learn and can have their chosen pair of glasses sent to them once they go through the process. SUCCEED is at 150 N. Main St., Butler.
Josette Skobieranda Dau, associate director of Butler SUCCEED, said she wanted to bring the van back to Main Street after it received a good community response last year.
Free eye exams
The Vision to Learn van will be parked outside Butler SUCCEED, 150 N. Main St., from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on June 22, and registration is required. To register a child for an eye exam, call Butler SUCCEED at 724-841-0477.
