Lions Club brings Spot Vision Screening to Springfield

The Springfield Lions Club, through the generosity of Lion Stan Patch, has a new Spot Vision Screening Device and has set to work screening children in Springfield.
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Lions Club brings Spot Vision Screening to Springfield Nov 11, 2014 SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Lions Club, through the generosity of Lion Stan Patch, has a new Spot Vision Screening Device and has set to work screening children in Springfield. Elm Hill School students and Union Street School students have been screened with plans in place to screen students at the middle school, high school, Gateway and the early childhood program The Springfield Lions Club Spot Vision Team, Joe Wilson, Bob Fog, Ken Millay and Woody Stoddard, have worked hard to bring this long-overdue vision screening to Springfield. For more than 150 years, vision screening has been performed by using a series of charts. While the charts have worked reasonably well, Spot Vision Screening has brought many new features and advantages to the screening process. A handheld camera-like device captures images of the eyes in about one second. Spot vision screens for near- and far-sightedness, unequal refractive power, eye structure problems, pupil size deviations and eye misalignment. The device is able to determine if there is a possible problem immediately and advise that a complete eye exam be performed. Spot Vision can screen patients ages 6 months through adult. Patients do not need to be able to read or speak so it is easily used with non-verbal children. This is important because vision problems can be detected early and possibly corrected. Approximately 260 Elm Hill students were screened in about 6 hours by three of Spot Vision Team members. When asked how it went, Lion Joe, Lion Woody and Lion Ken couldn’t say enough nice things about the youngsters. The children were "a delight," "very curious" and "very polite." The school and staff were described as "fully engaged, delightful and interested, they kept things moving for us and it was obvious that we were in a vibrant, nurturing environment." The Springfield Lions Club has been getting inquiries from nearby towns about the Spot Vision Camera. Vermont Lions Charities will be looking into acquiring more cameras for the state. Each camera costs about seven thousand dollars and the Lions Club is hoping to get corporate sponsors and help from Vermonters to enable more Lions Clubs to conduct school screenings. If you have questions about Springfield Lions Club, Spot Vision Screening or if you are interested in becoming a member, contact Dan Gauvreau at (802) 281-9946 or email dang123321@yahoo.com.