We would like to extend special thanks to these donors for all of their support!
Voluntary Check-Off at the Division of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. DMVs and Tax Collectors throughout the state participate in the annual Sight Saver Campaign. Check the box on your driver’s license or vehicle registration renewal form and make a difference today! Preserve Vision Florida (formerly Prevent Blindness Florida) would like to thank all participants who continue to donate $1 or more when you renew your driver or vehicle registration. We appreciate your continued support.
The Bikers Care Tag is a motorcycle specialty tag, the donations from which continue to help save sight. Preserve Vision Florida (formerly Prevent Blindness Florida) is proud to be a recipient of the proceeds of this very special motorcycle tag. The patriotic tag continues to gain popularity with bikers who want to support vision preservation.
AAA Auto Club Group has continued to support Preserve Vision Florida through the annual drivers license donation program. When you renew your license and auto tags, please remember to check the box donating $1 or more to Prevent Blindness Florida (now Preserve Vision Florida). Help save sight!
Each year, Premier Eye Care donates to Prevent Blindness Florida (now Preserve Vision Florida) in an effort to help people preserve their sight. Preserve Vision Florida thanks Premier Eye Care for this extraordinary commitment to our shared mission of improving vision care for all our nation’s citizens.
Allegany Franciscan Ministries has awarded Prevent Blindness Florida (now Preserve Vision Florida) three major grants. We currently hold a Major Grant to provide adult vision screenings in Hillsborough and Pinellas.
The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County funds Preserve Vision Florida to provide children’s vision screenings and parent education. Through this program, we screen Hillsborough County children and provide eye exams and glasses for children needing them. Screenings take place throughout the county – in preschools, community programs, and the Children’s Board Family Resource Centers. We also educate children and parents about vision health and safety at home, at play, and during sports.
The Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County funds Preserve Vision Florida to provide children’s vision screenings and parent education. As part of the education sessions and screenings, we provide medical vision services and eye wear if needed. JWB believes in investing in children and strengthening the Pinellas community.
The Community Foundation Tampa Bay is a 501 (C)(3) nonprofit that connects people and resources to inspire charitable giving and create a meaningful, lasting impact on our region serving Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties. Preserve Vision Florida holds endowment funds with the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay. Proceeds benefit ongoing operations that make the vision health program possible.
Early Childhood Council of Hillsborough County — Preserve Vision Florida has partnered with ECC for almost two decades. As partner in the Community Developmental Screening Program, Preserve Vision Florida provides for early identification and intervention of vision issues to ensure that young children with developmental concerns receive the help they need in order to enter Kindergarten ready to learn and succeed.
The Seeing Lakeland Vision Screening Program, sponsored by the GiveWell Community Foundation, provides free vision screenings to children and adults, utilizing health services at Lakeland’s clinic of the Polk County Health Department. Prevent Blindness Florida (now Preserve Vision Florida) also screens with Family Fundamentals, Girls Inc. of Lakeland, and the Boys & Girls Club of Lakeland.
Health Department of Pinellas County — The Florida Health Department’s mission is to protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county and community efforts. The Pinellas County Health Department funds vision screenings and provides eye exams and glasses for adults who are enrolled in the Blue Card program.
United Way Suncoast provides pathways to education and financial stability that create better opportunities for everyone in our community. Preserve Vision Florida is a funded partner in the Early Learning Community Investment Program. This initiative partners with programs whose interventions ultimately lead to children entering kindergarten ready to lean and reading on grade level by 3rd grade. Preserve Vision Florida provides services in Hillsborough, Pinellas, and DeSoto. Children receive vision screenings and family assistance to secure eye exams and glasses for children. Parents and children receive education about vision health and safety.
Robert S. and Mildred M. Baynard Charitable Trust
Katherine R. Cushman Estate
Frank E Duckwall Foundation
Duke Energy Foundation
Estate of Norma Gerber
Forever 55 Microgrants – Tampa Bay Sports Commission
Healthy Start Hillsborough County
Suncoast Credit Union
Verizon Foundation
Thanks to our Person of Vision Award Dinner donors since 2014
These generous sponsors and individual donors have provided over $900,000 in direct support and over $300,000 of in-kind services to further our mission to help children and adults see their own bright future!
Visionary Sponsor
AAA – The Auto Club Group
Signature Sponsor
Premier Eye Care
Media Sponsor
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Reception Sponsors
Fifth Third Bank
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa International Airport
Award Sponsors
Eventions of Florida
Raymond James Financial
Sykes Enterprises
Transitions Optical
Partner Sponsors
Adams and Reese
Aesthetic Institute of Tampa Bay
Bausch + Lomb
Gonzmart Family of Restaurants
Kimmins Construction
Lumina
Pepin
Raymond James Financial
Shumaker
Studiomax Design
Chris T. Sullivan Foundation
Tampa General Hospital
TECO – an Emera Company
The Yerrid Foundation
Patron Sponsors
Air Transport It Services
Gonzmart Family of Restaurants
The Lightning Foundation
Port Tampa Bay
The Ramil Perez Fund of the
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Rays
Tampa International Airport
University of Tampa
Table Sponsors
Anthony and Partners
Bakewell Public Relations
Bank of America
Bank of Tampa
Bank of the Ozarks
BayCare Health Care
Bob Bowen & Bob Glaser
Cure on Wheels
Gary Davis
de la Parte & Gilbert, PA
Flagship Facility Services
Florida Health Care News
Stephen Gay
GTE Financial
Hillsborough Community College
HMS Host/Stellar Partners
HNS Shopping Network
Jacobs Engineering
Joanne and William Lighter
Lions Eye Institute for Transplant and Research
Moffitt Cancer Center
Port Tampa Bay
Ricondo Associates
Salem Enterprise Solutions
Salvation Army ARC
SSP America, Inc.
Susan and John Sykes
Tampa Bay Lightning
TPA Tampa Hospitality Partners
The Straz Center
USF Health
USF Muma College of Business
University of South Florida – St. Petersburg
University Medical Services Assoc.
USF Women in Leadership & Philanthropy
U.S. Travel Association
Weatherford Capital
