Children with vision loss often do poorly in school because they can’t see well.  The Kansas Lions Sight Foundation is changing all that.

The service club’s Statewide Low Vision Program, KANLOVKIDS, has been awarded the first-ever grant from the Lions Clubs International Foundation for low-vision services.   The program will both test children for low vision, and provide specialized care.

Hays doctor Kendall Krug is a low-vision specialist and a Lions Club member.  The local group is helping raise money to purchase a portable vision screener, new technology which will be used by specially-trained adults who work with children.

Dr. Anne Nielsen, also a Lion,  is Outreach Director at the Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City.  She co-wrote the two-year grant, which provides 71-thousand dollars.

When glasses or surgery no longer help, KANLOVKIDS helps students learn to cope so they can succeed in school and in life.