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About Us
 Mission Statement
Giving Vision, a branch of Advanced Vision Research, is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization committed to providing comprehensive vision care to the community at large. Our outreach care program is primarily dedicated to identifying and caring for children with vision impairments.
To provide vision care and vision screenings to those in under-serviced communities who cannot afford to pay for such services.
To foster vision care research with the goal of restoring/improving vision for those with visual impairments and to provide ongoing care.
Partner
Giving Vision has partnered with Beyond Shelter, a non-profit, that builds apartment buildings in Los Angeles for low-income families. Beyond Shelter has generously allocated space for Giving Vision's eye clinic in their Broadway
Village II building in Downtown Los Angeles.
Donations
It only costs $200 for an eye exam and glasses for a child. Giving Vision provides these services to children. The network will be expanded to eye doctors who are part of our network to provide these services. Glasses and other necessary treatments will be paid for by Giving Vision. We strive to serve all of those who come for our services and to treat them on site.
Thank you for being open to the idea of participating in this worthy cause.
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A-TAX EXEMPT, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
Giving Vision
9663 Santa Monica Blvd, #206
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-860-1920
Tax ID No.: 11-3653805
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VisionQuest - Children’s Program
“Not all children can see the colors of the rainbow…”
Thousands of children in our very own communities have never had a simple vision test; they have never been screened for glasses or for blinding eye disease. There is a great need to provide such services to those in need in our own ‘back yard’. Reading skills and general scholastic development is adversely affected simply because a child does not even know he or she needs glasses. Often, these children do not realize that they do not see well nor do they mention the problem to their parents. Parents and teachers may label these children with learning disabilities and other children may call them ‘stupid’. All along, these children just needed a pair of glasses - a simple solution.
It only costs $200 for an eye exam and glasses for a child.
There is a need for even more comprehensive screening of children to diagnose and treat various eye conditions. For example, undiagnosed “lazy eye” (amblyopia) is a common cause of vision loss for children and must be treated before the age of 8 years old to avoid permanent vision loss. Screening for retinablastoma eye cancer (the same cancer LA LAKER Derek Fisher's daughter had) can be done as well.
Early childhood intervention can not only prevent permanent vision damage but it can prevent social withdrawal of children from their peers. With vision loss, whether from serious conditions or simply from lack of glasses, children may not develop interpersonal skills, lessons of teamwork and social interactions by not participating in sports and other extracurricular activities. Such deficiencies can prevent these children from going on to higher education and obtaining good employment.
The cost of early intervention in the present day can save these children much hardship as adults and potentially reduce the expense of social programs in the future.
Board of Directors
Brian S. Boxer Wachler, MD (Founder)
Selina Boxer Wachler
Bill Kipp
Cassandra Kipp
Barbara Lockhart
Deloise Maddox
Milan Panic
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