Prevent Eye Injuries in Sports Month--September

MidwestLens blog reports that "Prevent Blindness America, The Coalition to Prevent Sports Eye Injuries and Liberty Sport, Inc. will continue to support September as Sports Eye Injury Prevention Awareness Month in an effort to educate the public on the importance of wearing proper eye protection while playing sports. The three organizations joined efforts last year to launch an awareness campaign to Eye Care Professionals, specifically those who are Sports Eye Injury Prevention Centers, and reached approximately 2500 retailers, providing them with the materials they need to make eye safety a priority for kids when playing sports." Read more.