Zenni Optical
(Click the name above to go to the website to order or for additional information and options.)
Eyeglasses as low as $8.00 for single vision
Eyeglasses as low as $25.00 for Bi-focal
Eyeglasses as low as $37.00 for progressive
Includes Anti Scratch coating, UV protection, Lens edge polishing and beveling, High quality stylish frame, Thin and Light 1.57 Index lens, Quality hard eyeglass case, microfiber cleaning cloth, Full Guarantee.
**You need to know their pupillary distance (PD), as well as a prescription, when you go online to order, and a credit card.
Shipping and Handling Charge is only a flat $4.95 per order, no matter how many glasses in the order.
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New Eyes for the Needy purchases new prescription eyeglasses for low-income individuals in the US through a voucher program. Criteria listed below to apply to the program:
Be in financial need.
Have had a recent eye exam. New Eyes does not pay for eye exams. Click
here if you need assistance in locating a source of free or low-cost eye exams.
Have no other resources available to pay for glasses, including federal or state programs or assistance from local charitable organizations.
A New Eyes voucher typically covers only the cost of a basic pair of single or bifocal eyeglasses.
Who Is Considered to be in Financial Need?
In general, applicants should have incomes at or below the U.S. poverty guidelines:
Family Monthly
Size Income
1 $ 817
2 $1,100
3 $1,383
4 $1,667
5 $1,950
6 $2,233
Eye Care America http://www.eyecareamerica.org/eyecareFounded in 1985, EyeCare America is a public service program of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Our mission is to reduce avoidable blindness and severe visual impairment by raising awareness about eye disease and care, providing free eye health educational materials and facilitating access to medical eye care.
EyeCare America offers multiple eye care programs for which individuals may qualify. Callers will be asked a series of questions to determine the program that provides the most appropriate eye care services, so please only call one help line.
Seniors EyeCare ProgramThe Seniors EyeCare Program helps to ensure that all eligible seniors have access to medical eye care and promotes annual, dilated eye exams. This program raises awareness about age-related eye disease, including cataracts, provides free eye care educational materials and facilitates access to eye care.
1-800-222-EYES (3937)
Glaucoma EyeCare Program
The Glaucoma EyeCare Program promotes early detection and treatment of glaucoma by raising awareness of glaucoma risk factors (family history, race, age), and providing free glaucoma educational materials. The program also facilitates access to a glaucoma eye exam.
1-800-391-EYES (3937)
Diabetes Eyecare ProgramThe Diabetes EyeCare Program promotes annual, dilated eye exams for people with diabetes. This program raises awareness about diabetic eye disease, including diabetic retinopathy, provides free diabetic eye disease educational materials, and facilitates access to eye care.
1-800-272-EYES (3937)
AMD EyeCare ProgramThe AMD EyeCare Program promotes annual eye exams for people 65 and older, raises awareness of AMD, provides the latest information about treatment options and low vision services, offers free AMD educational materials, and facilitates access to eye care.
1-866-324-EYES (3937)
Children's EyeCare Program
The Children's EyeCare Program is designed to educate parents on how to recognize the symptoms of eye diseases and disorders in their children between newborn and 36 months of age. This program encourages parents who think their child has a vision or eye problem to have their child's eyes examined by their pediatrician, family physician or, if necessary, by an ophthalmologist.
1-800-628-6733This line operates 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Pacific), Monday through Friday.