Ten-year-old Michelle Jones of Chicago, Ill., was struggling in school, and her teacher noticed that Michelle had one eye that crossed when looking at the board, according to a recent press release. Michelle is one of the more than 600,000 children who have now received an eye exam and glasses to correct vision- and health-related issues through VSP's 14-year-old Sight for Students program, which has funded more than $122 million in free eye care and eyewear for low-income, not insured and underinsured children. Health care professionals have detected approximately 2,000 chronic health and eye diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, glaucoma and cataracts. Read more.
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