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FROM RICHMONT TIMES DISPATCH ARTICLE: Kindergartener Zyir Gordon’s world changed Tuesday morning when he put on a pair of prescription glasses for the first time. “Wow, I can see something,” he said. “I can see something far away.” He turned to a friend and said, “I can see you!” Read the entire article HERE.

On Thursday, September 28th, Conexus hosted our 2nd annual Community Celebration and Awards Reception at The Tuckahoe Woman’s Club. During the event, Conexus was thrilled to honor all the people that make our work possible including several special honorees. Conexus presented Dr. Evan Silverstein, Kendall Kruszewski, and Carolyn May, all with VCU Health, the Community […]

Conexus is proud to be playing an integral role in Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Partnership for Petersburg initiative and we were honored to be part of the one year celebration! One of our very own opticians, Frankie Lunsford, was on stage and shared with Governor Youngkin and all the attendees why the work of Conexus matters […]

We are beyond excited to announce that Papa John’s Pizza Central VA has joined the Conexus ‘Gift of Light’ campaign. Now through March 2024, when you order pizza online from a Richmond-Charlottesville area Papa John’s location, and use the code CONEXUS, Papa John’s will donate 10% of your order to Conexus to help us continue […]

Throughout the week of September 11th through September 15th, WRVA 1140AM personality John Reid highlighted the work of Conexus in Central Virginia through his annual ‘Vision is Elementary’ campaign. All week on his program, John Reid interviewed special guests to discuss the role that Conexus has in bringing healthy vision to children across the Commonwealth. […]

Conexus has released a report that summarizes our program activity for the 2022/2023 school year. The vision screening program, VisioCheck, was delivered in 49 Virginia school divisions, delivering 81,097 screenings, finding 29,374 (36.22%) students in need of a follow-up eye exam. The mobile vision delivered services in five Central Virginia school divisions and provided 5,798 […]

During the 2022-2023 school year, Conexus screened 84,306 children in 49 schools divisions referring 30,405 for further eye care; a rate of 35.2% (the national average is 25%). To view a specific school divisions VisioCheck numbers, click the links below. Amelia County Bath County Bedford County Brunswick County Buchanan County Caroline County Charlottesville City Chesterfield […]

We all want kids to succeed in schools, but vision is one of the surprising barriers, especially in underserved areas. Conexus is now making education clearer, literally, for thousands of area kids. At Southampton Elementary School, it’s a good day. Thirty students are getting brand-new glasses for free. In many cases, seeing what they are […]

Conexus was proud and honored to have been recently recognized by Chesterfield County Public Schools School Board and the Virginia School Boards Association as a 2023 Business Honor Roll member. This year alone in Chesterfield County, Conexus provided VisioCheck screenings to 18,117 students and Mobile Vision Clinic exams to 2,184 students, prescribing 1,679 pairs of […]

On Thursday, April 20th, Conexus hit a milestone for the 2022-2023 school year by delivering its 5000th Mobile Vision Clinic exam. This marquee moment occurred at Franklin Military Academy, Richmond Public Schools. The student was 10th grader MaKayla and the exam she received from Conexus that morning was her very first eye exam! MaKayla was […]