VSP Eyes of Hope mobile clinics travel the U.S. in partnership with local charitable organizations and VSP network doctors to provide no-cost eye exams and glasses for communities in need.
Each clinic features an eye exam room and portable exam equipment to provide comprehensive eye exams, an eyewear dispensary stocked with popular frame brands from Marchon and Altair, and an optical finishing lab with lenses donated by VSP Optics. Prescription glasses can be made on-board for patients to receive the same day, or they may be ordered from a VSPOne® optical lab and delivered to the charitable partner within a few weeks. View specifications below for more information.
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VSP Eyes of Hope donates new eyewear, provided through Marchon and Altair Eyewear, to help people in need across the globe. Eye doctors and non-profit organizations can request new optical frames, suns, and readers for outreach efforts where an eye doctor will be prescribing the glasses and care is being provided at no cost to the recipients.
What are the qualifications to receive an eyewear donation? To qualify for an eyewear donation, you or your partnering organization must provide access to eye care through an optometrist or ophthalmologist, provide the eyewear to people in need at no cost to them, and be willing to receive the donation shipment within the U.S.
What type of eyewear is available for donation? Donations include new optical frames, sunglasses, and readers provided by VSP Vision companies.
How many frames, sunglasses, or readers can I request? Please request the number of new frames and sunglasses you anticipate being able to distribute to people in need during the next 12 months. If we’re unable to accommodate the number requested, we’ll advise you of the quantity available. Readers are available as a box of 25 unisex readers in powers of +1.50, +2.00, +2.50, and +3.00. Due to limited supplies, qualifying organizations may request one box every 12 months.
VSP Eyes of Hope gift certificates are distributed in the U.S. through our national network of community partners. We partner with qualified non-profit organizations to ensure that adults and children in need have access to eye care and new prescription glasses at no cost through a local VSP network doctor.
Certificates provide individuals of any age with no-cost eye care and prescription glasses. For individuals with routine eye exam coverage but no coverage for glasses and lenses, they can also be used for materials only. Recipients must have a family income up to 200% of Federal Poverty Level guidelines and no coverage through a private insurer or government program for the eye care services or prescription eyewear to be covered by the certificate.
Certificates distributed by the American Red Cross and other approved disaster relief partners provide community members affected by disaster with no-cost eye care and replacement glasses. Recipients must have lost or damaged their eyewear in a disaster and must not be eligible through existing vision insurance for replacement.
See Get Help for additional Disaster Relief help available.
Due to the continued increase in demand for equitable access to vision care across the U.S., we are not processing new requests for VSP Eyes of Hope gift certificates. We'll update this page once certificates are available.
While we’re not currently accepting new requests, previously issued VSP Eyes of Hope gift certificates that have not yet expired will be honored. Lost or expired certificates cannot be redeemed or replaced.
If you’re a member, chapter, or affiliate of one of our established partners listed in the section at right, we’ll update this page and our national partner contacts once requests are reopened.
If you're not yet a partner, our program is at capacity and we’re not currently accepting applications. We appreciate your interest and invite you to check back in February 2025 for an update.
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We value our charitable partners and appreciate your patience during this program pause.
California School Nurses Organization (CSNO) Communities in Schools (CIS) Helen Keller Intl Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) National Association of School Nurses (NASN) National Head Start Association (NHSA) Optometric Associations Optometry School or College Prevent Blindness Other Approved 501(c)(3) Non-Profit and Educational Organizations
Portable exam equipment is available for no-cost loan to eye doctors, optometric associations, and schools of optometry for their charity outreach or mission trips. Each lane includes all of the equipment needed for eye doctors to provide comprehensive eye exams to patients.
VSP Eyes of Hope gift certificates provide people in need with access to no-cost vision care through a local VSP network doctor. Gift certificates are distributed to adults and children who qualify through our national network of approved partners. Partners must meet the following criteria:
Questions? Please contact us at GiftCertificates@vsp.com.
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Visit csno.memberclicks.net/vsp-vision-vouchers for guidelines and instructions to request VSP Vision Eyes of Hope gift certificates (or “vouchers”). You must be logged in to access the page.
Please visit CIS Community for instructions to request VSP Vision Eyes of Hope gift certificates. You must log in to access the page.
Please contact Melinda Birks.
Email the Lions Clubs International Foundation at LCIF-VSP@lionsclubs.org for guidelines and to request VSP Eyes of Hope gift certificates for your community.
If you are a Federally Qualified Health Center, including Look-Alikes, that is an active Organizational Member of NACHC, you are eligible to request certificates (maximum 10 per request), while supplies last. Contact membership@nachc.org to request a certificate or for assistance with membership.
Visit nasn.org/vsp for more information and to request VSP Eyes of Hope (formerly Sight for Students) gift certificates. You must be logged in to access the form.
Please check back soon for instructions to request VSP Vision Eyes of Hope gift certificates.
Please contact the VSP Vision relationship manager for your association. If you don’t know who your relationship manager is, please email GiftCertificates@vsp.com.
Please contact the VSP Vision relationship manager for your optometry school or college. If you don’t know who your relationship manager is, please email EducationSupport@vsp.com.
Contact the Prevent Blindness national office to request VSP Eyes of Hope gift certificates for your state.
If you’ve been previously approved as a partner, contact GiftCertificates@vsp.com and include your organization’s name and full address. A member of our team will respond within five (5) business days.