Robins Foundation recently awarded $50,000 to Conexus in support of its Mobile Clinic delivery during the 2019-2020 school year throughout Greater Richmond. “The support of Robins Foundation will allow us to bring healthy vision to school-aged children throughout the region,” said Jeff Baldwin, communications director for Conexus. “Delivery of our Mobile Clinic program is mission […]
Category: General News
Taylor and Parrish Construction Returns as Presenting Sponsor for Conexus Golf Classic
Conexus is pleased to announce that Taylor and Parrish Construction has signed on once again as the Presenting Sponsor for the Conexus Golf Classic. The tournament, entering its 28th year, will be held on Monday, May 6, 2019 on both courses at Hermitage Country Club. The tournament hosts over 200 golfers and is recognized as […]
Dominion Charitable Foundation Continues Its Support of Conexus
The Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation recently awarded $25,000 to Conexus in support of its healthy vision programs across the Commonwealth. “We are extremely grateful for the continued support of Dominion Energy,” said Jeff Baldwin, communications director for Conexus. “With this funding, we can continue our efforts to remove poor vision as a barrier to academic success […]
Conexus Honors Delegate Lee Ware
Conexus recently honored Delegate Lee Ware with its prestigious ‘The Joseph Nichols Award’ in recognition of his ongoing efforts to remove poor vision as an obstacle to children’s success in school and in life. “Delegate Ware has made a significant difference in the lives of children throughout the Commonwealth, addressing both a public health and […]
Celebrating Success in RPS
The Conexus, Richmond Public Schools, and Vision to Learn partner project culminated its year one activities with a press conference and celebration at E. S. H. Greene Elementary in Richmond. Richmond Mayor, Levar Stoney, and RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras addressed the crowd to share in their support and appreciation of the 2 year project which is […]
Conexus Receives Award at BIG GIVE EVENT!
Conexus was invited as one of 4 finalist to present at the IMPACT 100 Richmond Big Give Event. Each of the finalists were allowed 5 minutes to highlight the details of their proposal to the full IMPACT 100 membership of over 300 Richmond area women. Following the presentation, finalists were escorted to the “green room” […]
Kids 20/20 Campaign Receives Support from the Jenkins Foundation
Conexus is honored to receive a $25,000 grant award from the Jenkins Foundation in support of the overall goals of the Kids 20/20 Campaign. The contribution will be used to further elevate children’s vision as a health priority as it pertains to educational success and support the science and infrastructure to transform pilot programming into […]
An Update from Honduras
Our collaborative partnership with Friends of Barnabas is making a difference in remote mountain villages of Honduras. El Chaguiton, is one of the first communities to be serviced by a Friends of Barnabas medical team utilizing parts of the Conexus screening protocols. Together we’re are working to improve the lives of children by removing poor […]
Conexus Launches Richmond Mobile Project
Last week, Conexus technicians delivered VisioCheck to the 389 students at Redd Elementary in Richmond. The technology based, comprehensive vision program identified 126 students (32%) with potential vision problems, which is well above the 25% national average. Every child will be sent home with their individualized screening report this week. The simplistic yet informative report […]
Conexus to Partner with National Organization to Expand Service in Richmond Public Schools
In mid-July Conexus was approached by a California-based non-profit, Vision to Learn (VTL), to discuss a possible collaborative effort. VTL has been delivering mobile vision clinics to high need school divisions across the country for the last five years and a large grant through the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative had recently provided them the opportunity to double […]