Tomoka Eye Foundation Donates $20,000 to Center for the Visually Impaired

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - May 31, 2016 - PRLog -- Tomoka Eye Foundation, founded by Tomoka Eye Associates, is pleased to announce that they have donated $20,000 to the Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI).

"We are ecstatic that we were able to double our donation this year," Bill Watson, Tomoka Eye Foundation President. "We presented the check to CVI at their office on Dunn Ave. on May 25^th," added Bill.

The donation is a result of the foundation's annual Tea and Biscuits fundraiser. Funds from the event also went to guide dog support for the visually impaired.

Tomoka Eye Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation created to help support local vision-impaired services. This includes helping education for visually impaired youth and raising funds to support our local seeing eye dogs. The foundation has supported many worthwhile charities and their events over the years including the Flagler Free Clinic, Conklin Center for the Blind Walk, The Children's Advocacy Center, and more. More information can be found on http://tomokaeyefoundation.org.

The Center for the Visually Impaired, Inc. was launched in 1988, and is a 501 (c) (3). Their goal is to enhance the lives and opportunities of their clients through job training and employment, independent living, technology training, children's services, as well as a multitude of community services. They strive to ensure that blind and visually impaired individuals lead successful lives in their workplace, at home, and in their community.

Tomoka Eye Associates has been providing eye care for the greater Daytona Beach area since 1972. They have seven eye doctors and surgeons and three locations; 345 Clyde Morris Blvd., Suite 330, Ormond Beach, 790 Dunlawton Ave., Suite A, Port Orange, and 21 Hospital Drive, Suite 160 in Palm Coast. They offer full exam lanes, retinal photography, optical coherence topography, and the ability to detect and treat glaucoma, diabetic, and all ocular medical conditions. Their services include; routine eye exams for adults and children, glasses and contact lens exams, cataract management and surgery, macular degeneration, glaucoma screening and medical treatment, glaucoma laser therapy, Diabetic Retinopathy screening, dry eye treatment, Blepharitis management, thyroid eye disease, tearing and eyelid dysfunction, Ptergyia and Pinguecula, and more. They can be reached at 386-672-4244, or online at http://tomokaeye.com.

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Pictured:

Foundation Committee- R to L: Foundation Committee: Lisa Rudolph, Jane France, Liz Chanfrau, Catherine Root, Bill Watson. CVI: Ronnie Silverman, Jessica Melakian, Jennifer Cleveland, Kathy Davis. Dogs: Frank and Wade.