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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” […]

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 […]

Maryland Legislator Confers with Conexus on Improvements in Vision Screening Outcomes

Maryland Delegate Valentino-Smith took time to confer with Conexus regarding pending Maryland legislation aimed at better tracking parental response to vision referrals stemming from school based screenings.  Conexus shared the value and importance of comprehensive vision programs for schools and advised of the recent updates to § 22.1-273 of the Code of Virginia to include […]

Gift of Light Celebrates Record-Breaking Year

Through the efforts of Virginia Eye Institute (VEI) and Haley GMC the Gift of Light had a record breaking year raising $28,467, surpassing the $25,000 campaign goal!! Staff at each of the 8 VEI locations competed weekly to raise donations from their patients and collectively raised $8,037 over 4 weeks.  Locations had a fundraising goal […]

Horst and Gloria Arfert Making a Difference

Celebrating our 100,000th student served through our technology based children’s vision screening program is a significant milestone and we have many people to thank for this achievement.  However, there are a handful of pivotal moments that really created turning points and opportunities to reach these heights and on this path to 100,000 a key investment […]

Success at Redd Elementary

The results are in on the first school to be fully serviced through Richmond Mobile, a collaborative effort between Conexus and California-based Vision To Learn.  Services to this school not only confirmed the tremendous need for vision services in Richmond, but also demonstrated the value of this collaborative partnership! Conexus programming identified 126 students in need […]