OUR PRACTICE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY

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Toys for Tots 2009

Thank You for your Generous Donations

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Relay for Life

The Tarnoff & Hilliard Office Staff & Doctors
participating in the Relay for Life, benefitting The American Cancer Association.
The event was held at the Indiana Recreational Center on East Pike on Saturday, May 30th. We all walked together to benefit the fight to beat cancer.

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Spirits of Women Dance for Health at Indiana Mall Feb 28, 2009

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Special Olympics 2007

Dr Keith Hilliard and Leah Mastrine (Fourth year optometry student)  participated in the Special olympics vision screenings held at Penn State University on Friday and Saturday June 8th and 9th.

The mission of Special Olympics – Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes® is to improve the quality of life for the millions of individuals diagnosed with intellectual disabilities by optimizing their vision, eye health and visual skills through quality eye care. The objectives of Opening Eyes include: providing screenings to Special Olympics athletes, educating athletes, parents and coaches about the importance of regular eye care, educating and changing attitudes of eye care professionals about the vision care needs of persons with intellectual disabilities worldwide,increasing knowledge of visual and eye health needs of persons with intellectual disabilities through research.

“To be a healthy athlete, one must be able to see the finish line.”
– Timothy Shriver, Chairman, Special Olympics

Through a grant from the Lions Clubs International Foundation, the partnership of Special Olympics and Lions Clubs International has dramatically expanded the effort's scope. The formal partnership encompasses sustained continuous vision screening programs across the world, as well as the development of Train-the-Trainer sessions to create a strong volunteer force of vision health professionals list of clinical directors

"The health care needs of Special Olympics athletes have been repeatedly demonstrated and are still alarmingly great," said Dr. Paul Berman, Opening Eyes Founder and Senior Global Clinical Advisor, and a Board Member of the American Optometric Association. Research conducted with athletes at Special Olympics events has revealed:

• 68 percent have had no eye examinations in three years;
• 37 percent need glasses; and
• 18 percent of the athletes were wearing clinically incorrect glasses