10th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children's Vision
Award from the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health
at Prevent Blindness recognizes significant efforts by an
individual or group of individuals to improve public health
approaches for children's vision and eye health
CHICAGO, May 23, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The National Center for Children's Vision and
Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) has issued a call for
nominations for the tenth annual "Bonnie Strickland Champion for
Children's Vision Award." The award recognizes significant efforts
by an individual or group of individuals to improve public health
approaches for children's vision and eye health. The deadline for
submission is July 1, 2024, at
noon ET.
"We are proud to be celebrating the 10th
consecutive year honoring those who are making children's vision
and eye health a priority," said Jeff
Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness.
Dr. Bonnie Strickland served as
Director of the Division of Services for Children with Special
Health Needs, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, before her
retirement in 2014. The award was created to commemorate her
efforts to establish a comprehensive system of care for children's
vision in the United States.
A volunteer committee for the Bonnie Strickland Champion for
Children's Vision Award will review nominations and select the
winner. The Award will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the
NCCVEH on Sept. 12, 2024. The award
consists of a commemorative plaque, recognition, and opportunity to
present at the Annual Meeting. The award recipient will be featured
on the NCCVEH website with an overview of their innovative
approaches to children's vision and eye health systems.
Nominees for the Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children's
Vision Award may be an individual or group comprised of diverse
stakeholders, including family/caregiver and community leaders,
public health, healthcare, education, etc., who are implementing
changes to improve children's vision in the United States and reduce disparities in
children's vision and eye health. Nominations are being sought of
individuals or groups who seek out new and innovative solutions to
barriers to healthy vision in children and have successfully
implemented solutions that are replicable and sustainable.
Nominees should be able to demonstrate an impact in one or more
areas of a population health system supporting children's
vision:
- Key stakeholder engagement or collaboration, including
representation from families and diverse racial/ethnic/geographic
and socio-economic levels from target populations
- Training and education
- Public awareness
- Provision of resources and/or services
- Surveillance and accountability
- Reduction of health inequities
- Vision and eye health infrastructure development- local, state,
or national level
- Making the connection between vision and overall health, early
childhood development and learning
One individual or one group will be selected for the award.
The 2023 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children's Vision Award
was presented to Danielle Crull,
ABOM, author, business owner of A Child's Eyes, organizer of The
Pumpkin Patch Project, and founder of the Truffles the Kitty
Organization (TKO).
Additional previous award winners include Donny W. Suh, MD, FAAP, MBA, FACS, Chief of
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and Professor, Department
of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute,
University of California, Irvine;
Shavette Turner, Vice President of
Children's Services at Prevent Blindness Georgia; Logan Newman, NBCT, ABO, MS Ed, Program
Developer and NYS Certified Science teacher, Career in Technical
Experience Teacher, and founder of the East High School Vision Care
Program; Anne L. Coleman, MD, MPH,
UCLA Stein Eye Institute; the Vision in Preschoolers (VIP) Study
Group; Richard Bunner, retired from
the Ohio Department of Health; Sean P.
Donahue, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual
Sciences at Vanderbilt University; the
Illinois Eye Institute (IEI) at Princeton Vision Clinic; and the
Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's (PPOC).
"We are proud to be celebrating the 10th consecutive year
honoring those who are making children's vision and eye health a
priority," said Jeff Todd, president
and CEO of Prevent Blindness. "We hope that this year's award
winners will continue to inspire others to help put our kids on the
path to a lifetime of healthy vision."
For more information, or to submit a nomination for the 2024
Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children's Vision Award, please
visit
https://nationalcenter.preventblindness.org/bonnie-strickland-champion-for-childrens-vision-award,
or contact Donna Fishman, director
of the NCCVEH, at dfishman@PreventBlindness.org.
About the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health
at Prevent Blindness
Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation's leading
volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting
blindness and saving sight. Focused on promoting a continuum of
vision care, Prevent Blindness touches the lives of millions of
people each year through public and professional education,
advocacy, certified vision screening and training, community and
patient service programs and research. In 2009, Prevent Blindness
established the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye
Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH), with support from the federal
Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child
Health Bureau. Serving as a national resource for the establishment
of a public health infrastructure, the NCCVEH advances and promotes
children's vision and eye health, providing leadership and training
to public entities throughout the United
States. The NCCVEH is advised by a committee of national
experts and leaders from the fields of ophthalmology, optometry,
pediatrics, nursing, family advocates and public health to guide
the work and recommendations of the NCCVEH. For more information,
or to make a contribution to the sight-saving mission, call (800)
331-2020 or visit us at
https://NationalCenter.PreventBlindness.org.
Media Contact
Sarah
Hecker, Prevent Blindness, 312.363.6035,
shecker@preventblindness.org, PreventBlindness.org
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