2011 has been a very successful year. We are finding about 15 % to 20%
referrals at our screenings. A lot of children have been helped thanks to
the efforts of the Lions in District 2S3. The last two screenings were with
Schertz-Cibalo Lions Club and the Lakeway Lions Club. It is suggested that
a club might contact them for feed back about how they feel about the
screenings they sponsored.

A club's sponsoring a screening is an opportunity to actually "directly" make a difference in a child's life. Most projects that Lions participate do not allow
direct involvement with families.

ECVS/ROATx is targeting preventable blindness in children between the ages
of one through four years. During our first two years of operation (2009
& 2010) we were able to identify 280 children that needed to be referred to a
pediatric vision specialist. Twelve of the Two Hundred - Eighty were
detected by our professional ROATx Certified Screeners even though the
PediaVision computerized equipment they were using did not detect a problem.
During 2010, we have detected nearly 200 children who needed a referral to a
Pediatric Ophthalmologist for serious eye health conditions or to Optometrists who specializes in children eye exams.

All Scheduled Screenings are for Saturdays from 10 AM - Noon unless posted
otherwise. The morning hours before noon works best with the age of the
children we are screening because they tend to be hungry and tired later in
the day. The ROATx Certified Screeners will stay as long as there are
children to screen.

All the screenings that have been held since the first of the year are listed on the screening calendar page of the ECVS web site. There are not many available dates between now and the end of this year.
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samjohnson@roatx.org