This years New Ulm Lions KidSight team were (L to R) Bob Schirlinger, Jared Hoscheit, John Micheel, Carol Behrens, Cindy Tallage and Annette Haynes. Not pictured, Glen Setterholm, Joyce Walsh, Helen Vogel and Jean Nielsen.

The Lions Club of New Ulm, under the direction of School Nurse Tara Fausch, RN, PHN and New Ulm Lions KidSight Chair, Annette Haynes, screened the eyes of 613 students. The students screened were from the 1st and 3rd grades of Jefferson Elementary School and the 5th and 7th grades of the Middle School.

The students were screened on November 22nd and February 13th. Of the 613 students screened, 60 were referred to be seen by an eye care professional.

The devise the Lions use to screen the student’s eyes is a Welch Allyn SPOT Vision Screener that is capable of screening for Astigmatism (blurred vision), Myopia (near-sightedness), Hyperopia (far-sightedness), Anisometropia (unequal refractive power), Strabismus (eye misalignment), Amblyopia (lazy-eye), and Anisocoria (pupil size deviations). The screening takes just in a few seconds and is performed from a distance of about three feet.

The Welch Allyn SPOT Vision Screeners are owned by Lions KidSight District 5M3, which is part of Lions KidSight USA, a nation-wide program that brings Lions Clubs across the country together to ensure our children receive eye screenings and follow-up care when needed.