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Don Wolford holds the vision screening device at the County Fair

The Custer County Fair was full of exciting events and organizations this past week, including the Broken Bow Lions Club who brought its Spot Vision Screener to offer free vision screening. The screenings provide digital readings of the eyes with immediate results.

The screening is as simple as having your picture taken and is 85-90% accurate in detecting vision problems. The machine can detect problems such as corneal irregularities, farsightedness, and nearsightedness. There are 20 of these machines across the state of Nebraska. Broken Bow Lions Club treasurer Don Wolford said these screenings are possible thanks to grants received from the Lions Club International Foundation and the Nebraska Lions Foundation.

Now we have this sight machine here in Broken Bow and we wanted to bring it out to the fair and have people have their eyes checked because it doesnt take but just a few minutes, as youve seen, Wolford said.

Wolford said the organization aims to end preventable blindness for anyone who needs to take that first step in getting their eyes checked, especially kidswho can be tested as young as six months old.

If kids get past seven years of age, a lot of times you cannot correct the problem. You doctor it forever, but you cant correct the problem. If you get it early enough, a lot of times you can catch it and take care of it, Wolford said.

The free screening is not meant to replace regular eye doctor appointments as not all problems (such as glaucoma) can be detected using the Spot Vision Screener.

Anyone interested in learning more about the Lions Club and free vision screening should contact a Lions Club member such as Wolford at 308-870-2426 or Tarin Burrows at 308-870-1321.

Originally posted here:
Lions Club Offers Free Vision Screening - Sand Hills Express

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