Opportunity Details | Ophthalmologists & Optometrists Needed - Opening Eyes

Ophthalmologists & Optometrists Needed - Opening Eyes

Special Olympics Athletes Need Your Help! 

Volunteer your time and medical services. Give athletes the quality of life they deserve!

 

Opening Eyes was initiated in 1991 and Lions Clubs International began supporting screenings in 2000. Opening Eyes is designed to provide Special Olympics athletes with a screening that includes the following stations; Lensometry/PD, History, Visual Acuity (far and near) Stereopsis, Cover Test, Color Vision, Eye Health, Autorefraction, and Check Out. If the athlete does not pass initial screening, the athlete will go to other stations: retinoscopy, NPC, EOM, Refraction. Sports goggles are offered to athletes in softball, basketball, volleyball and soccer.

 

WHO WE NEED:

Area Clinical Directors

Proven interest of service

•        Licensed professional Ophthalmologists and Optometrists

•        Active in or member of a local, state, or national professional organization

•        Demonstrated leadership ability

•        Volunteer commitment of 2-3 years

 

Day of Screeners

Ophthalmologists, Optometrists and students, trained on-site to provide all-day screening exams.

 

AREA CLINICAL DIRECTOR ROLE:

•        Attend a one-day, train-the-trainer workshop and practical experience at a Special Olympics Florida competition

•        Recruit/train screening volunteers for the venue in your area

•        Supervise the venue

•        Report data to Special Olympics Florida

•        Evaluate event

•        Develop network for follow-up referrals for athletes

•        Oversee 1-2 events annually

 

Benefits of Helping Special Olympics Florida Opening Eyes

·        Feeling good about helping those who cannot afford service or who did not know help was available to them

·        Seeing the joy on the face of an athlete as they pick out their frames for glasses/rec specs or choose a pair of sunglasses

·        Knowing that you have changed the life of over 40% the athletes you see in one day as they will be given a service or referral that could in some cases be life saving.

·        Enjoying the camaraderie of working together with a group of your fellow professionals

·        Having the ability of increasing you the number of patients in your practice: your practice will grow once word gets around that you work with persons with intellectual disabilities

 

Category:

Medical/Healthy Athletes Events