about us

Background

2019-20 Highlights

Who We Are

Our History

Industry Statistics

Support and Partnerships

Financial Information

Biographies

Vision Statement

Empower children and adults in the United States and overseas with the improved vision they need to pursue a better quality of life for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Our New Eyeglasses Program

New Eyes purchases basic prescription eyeglasses for people in need in the U.S. through a well-established voucher program. Social service agencies and other health advocates apply online on their client’s behalf. If the applicant is approved for our program, glasses are ordered online through New Eyes optical dispenser partner. Eligible clients can apply to our program through a social service agency, welfare worker or a school nurse.

In 2019-20, in partnership with social service agencies across the country and within the optical industry, New Eyes helped over 18,000 disadvantaged U.S. residents purchase the eyeglasses they needed but could not afford.

Mission Statement

New Eyes purchases new prescription eyeglasses for children and adults in the United States who cannot afford glasses on their own. New Eyes accepts manufacturer’s new eyewear stock for distribution to the poor in developing countries through mission partners.

Our Volunteers

Volunteers are an integral part of New Eyes. They acknowledge the generous donations of jewelry and giftware from people all over the country. They operate the Fabulous Finds Jewelry & Giftware Boutique that helps pay for eyeglasses for poor U.S. residents. They provide administrative support for our staff so that New Eyes’ resources are dedicated to services rather than administrative tasks. New Eyes is blessed with over 200 adult and 55 student volunteers. In addition, many civic, corporate and religious groups come to New Eyes to volunteer. Our volunteers are a diverse group: retirees, homemakers, and students; individuals and groups; volunteers who come for one day or 50 years. Each volunteer shares a genuine commitment to helping poor children and adults have a clearer and brighter future.

Fabulous Finds Resale Shop

We sell a wide selection of donated fine and costume jewelry, brooches, watches, crystal, china, silver, decorative items, and designer sunglasses. through our own vintage website and eBay. Sales proceeds go towards the purchase of glasses for the needy in the US. Our vintage shop does NOT CHARGE SALES TAX.

New Eyes’ eBay Store

New Eyes’ Vintage Shop

PARTNERSHIPS

Costco
Costco has partnered with New Eyes to donate all members’ used glasses from Costco’s Optical Centers in their warehouses throughout the United States. To date, New Eyes has received 100,000 used eyeglasses. Costco has also donated lensometers, special optometric equipment used to determine eyeglass prescriptions, and has recruited affiliated eye doctors to perform free eye exams for children.

The South Jersey Eye Center
The South Jersey Eye Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free and low cost comprehensive eye care services for the poor throughout Camden County and its surrounding area. As a New Eyes batch agency, SJEC receives a predetermined amount of vouchers for their clients, bypassing the need to file applications for each voucher applicant, providing the neediest individuals with a new pair of eyeglasses as quickly as possible. 

New Eyes is grateful for the support of the following foundations:

• Delta Gamma Foundation

• Fund for New Jersey Blind, Inc.

• Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund

• S. Hekemian Corporation & Hekemian Family Foundation

• The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey

• William G. & Helen C. Hoffman Foundation

• The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Good Works Program

• The Hyde and Watson Foundation

• Newman’s Own Foundation

• The Fred C. Rummel Foundation

• United Way of Northern New Jersey

• The Shutterfly Foundation

• SQ Foundation

• Turrell Fund

• Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement