Enhanced VolunteerOur Mission
Friends for Sight works passionately each day to save sight and change lives.
We do this by providing free vision screenings, working to ensure that people of all ages and backgrounds have access to quality eye care, and disseminating information about eye safety, threats to vision, and available community resources.
Our History
Friends for Sight staff and volunteers have been fighting blindness in Utah since 1955. The program began as a way to vision screen children at a pivotal age to detect amblyopia, also known as lazy eye blindness. Since then, the program has expanded to include adult vision screening and checking eye pressure, an indicator of a prevalent form of adult blindness, glaucoma.
The Friends for Sight Vision Clinics and SightFest outreach program vastly increased our ability to provide vision access by partnering with local optometrists and ophthalmologists to provide free, full eye exams and access to glasses throughout Utah.