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Lions Clubs donate
vision screener to GCSD
GREENVILLE – The Lions Clubs of Greenville and Gettysburg got together
to benefit the children of the Greenville City School District… and
donated a WelchAllyn SureSight Vision Screener.
The cost? $4,700. “We got a discount,” said Dick Helman, Project Chair
and Greenville Lions member. “The cost is normally $6,500.” Mike
Thompson, Gettysburg Lions President, broke it down… 1,200 students…
$4,700… “That’s about $4 per child to do eyesight screening. Seems like
a pretty good investment to me,” he said.
Jana Kiser, East School Medical Assistant, and Beth Shellhaas, Woodland
Heights Nurse, were excited about the gift. “It can take up to 15
minutes per student to do a vision test,” Shellhaas said. “With this
(the SureSight Vision Screener) we can do a screening in about five
seconds.” It checks for near sightedness, far sightedness, astigmatism
and lazy eye. In boys it will also check for color blindness. Shellhaas
said they don’t screen for color in girls because the problem typically
only occurs with boys.
Shellhaas explained. “There are four steps involved the old fashioned
way. The student has to cover one eye to read the chart, then the other
eye, then there are different tests for other screenings… the biggest
issue is trying to keep a five or six-year-old engaged...
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