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Causes: Blind & Visually Impaired Centers, Disabilities, Human Services
Mission: Charitable activities and services for visually impaired families in north carolina
Programs: Camp dogwood provides vacation and recreation facilities for the visually impaired and their families
medical research support is provided through grants to the university of north carolina school of medicine, duke university eye center and bowman gray school of medicine.
vision screening support is provided to the county health departments throughout north carolina for conducting glaucoma, diabetes screening and restoration of vision expenses.
public information program provides info to the public regarding needs of the visually handicapped & impaired with information about services available to them. Hearing aid bank provides hearing aids for the needy by repairing donated used hearing aids expenses 33,634 nc eye and human tissue bank is a clearinghouse for eye wills, eyes and other human organs expenses 14,648 educational grants provide college scholarships to sighted children of blind parents expenses 33,926 including grants of 11,250 canes and radios provide white cane walking sticks and radios to blind individuals expenses 59,244 including grants of 25,336 direct services provides support through grants to governor morehead school, division of services to the blind, radio reading services and other services to the blind and others expenses 32,793 including grants of 15,000 matching funds allocated to all services expenses 291,131 including grants of 205,677