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The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation Receives Grant Funding From The Wildhorse Foundation For School Vision Screening In NE Oregon (Photo) - 02/12/26

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation (OLSHF) is very pleased to announce a continuing partnership with the Wildhorse Foundation, representing Northeast Oregon and the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla people. The Wildhorse Foundation recently awarded a substantial grant to OLSHF to continue the vaunted OLSHF School Vision Screening Program in Umatilla County and the surrounding region.

 

The Wildhorse Foundation has supported the OLSHF School Vision Screening Program since 2008, helping to provide students with the highest quality vision screening available. Annually, the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation provides these screenings to almost 200,000 Oregon students, including almost 9,500 in the Wildhorse Foundation service area. These vision screenings are efficient, objective, accurate and equitable and a whole class of students can be screened in less than 5 minutes. Screenings are led by a regional Lion staff member of OLSHF and are conducted by volunteers, including members of the numerous Lions Clubs in the Wildhorse Foundation Service area. The results are secured and returned to the school in less than a week, accompanied by resources for low-cost/no-cost vision exams and eyeglasses for underserved students.

 

As a school nurse friend of OLSHF says: “If Johnny can’t see, Johnny can’t read. If Johnny can’t read, Johnny can’t learn”. The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation is proud to partner with the Wildhorse Foundation and other tribal entities around Oregon to promote greater success by Oregon students, including a notable increase in the Oregon high school graduation rate.

 

Each year, the Wildhorse Foundation makes grants to eligible nonprofit, government, and Tribal organizations within the homeland area of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla people. Also eligible for funding are Tribal government agencies or Native American charitable organizations with their base of operations within Oregon, as well as national or regional Indian organizations.

 

The Wildhorse Foundation has awarded a total of over $19 million in grant funding since its establishment in 2001. Grants are awarded on a quarterly basis with the deadlines being January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. For more information, visit the Foundation’s website at www.thewildhorsefoundation.com.

 

To learn more about the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation School Vision Screening Program and other vision and hearing programs, please visit www.olshf.org.

 

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Attached Media Files: Pendleton Lion Screening her daughter,

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation Receives Grant Funding From The Wildhorse Foundation For School Vision Screening In NE Oregon (Photo) - 02/12/26

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation (OLSHF) is very pleased to announce a continuing partnership with the Wildhorse Foundation, representing Northeast Oregon and the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla people. The Wildhorse Foundation recently awarded a substantial grant to OLSHF to continue the vaunted OLSHF School Vision Screening Program in Umatilla County and the surrounding region.

 

The Wildhorse Foundation has supported the OLSHF School Vision Screening Program since 2008, helping to provide students with the highest quality vision screening available. Annually, the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation provides these screenings to almost 200,000 Oregon students, including almost 9,500 in the Wildhorse Foundation service area. These vision screenings are efficient, objective, accurate and equitable and a whole class of students can be screened in less than 5 minutes. Screenings are led by a regional Lion staff member of OLSHF and are conducted by volunteers, including members of the numerous Lions Clubs in the Wildhorse Foundation Service area. The results are secured and returned to the school in less than a week, accompanied by resources for low-cost/no-cost vision exams and eyeglasses for underserved students.

 

As a school nurse friend of OLSHF says: “If Johnny can’t see, Johnny can’t read. If Johnny can’t read, Johnny can’t learn”. The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation is proud to partner with the Wildhorse Foundation and other tribal entities around Oregon to promote greater success by Oregon students, including a notable increase in the Oregon high school graduation rate.

 

Each year, the Wildhorse Foundation makes grants to eligible nonprofit, government, and Tribal organizations within the homeland area of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla people. Also eligible for funding are Tribal government agencies or Native American charitable organizations with their base of operations within Oregon, as well as national or regional Indian organizations.

 

The Wildhorse Foundation has awarded a total of over $19 million in grant funding since its establishment in 2001. Grants are awarded on a quarterly basis with the deadlines being January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. For more information, visit the Foundation’s website at www.thewildhorsefoundation.com.

 

To learn more about the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation School Vision Screening Program and other vision and hearing programs, please visit www.olshf.org.

 

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Attached Media Files: Pendleton Lion Screening her daughter,

Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation Awards Grant To OLSHF For School Vision Screening - 01/19/26

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation (OLSHF) is pleased to announce a continuing partnership with the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation (CCUIF) to provide the high quality objective and safe vision screening for students in the Cow Creek Umpqua service area.

 

Since its founding in 1997, the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation (CCUIF) has awarded over $24,000,000 in grants to non-profit organizations in Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Coos, Deschutes, Klamath and Lane counties, including its most recent round of giving this month to 93 non-profits serving those counties.

 

CCUIF’s funding includes support for the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation’s School Vision Screening Program (SVS) in their service area. During the school year, OLSHF provided vision screening to almost 52,000 students in the seven county area.

 

In 2024-25, SVS screened 62,773 students in the geographic service area of the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation and a total of 193,912 students statewide. SVS identified 19% of those students with notable vision issues.

 

OLSHF’s School Vision Screening Program is recognized as the premier school based student vision screening program in the US. OLSHF uses current technology to safely and effectively screen students for 8 conditions that affect learning in a matter of seconds. Full classes of students are screened in less than 5 minutes, minimally impacting the learning day. Secure and encrypted reports are returned to the school in a week along with resources for student families for low cost/no cost vision exams and eyeglasses.

 

The mission of the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation is to offer assistance in youth education, strengthen youth and family, provide for positive youth development, and add to the quality of life for people in southwestern Oregon. OLSHF provides healthcare (vision and hearing) access to those in need in all parts of the state of Oregon. In partnership with the Lions of Oregon, we assist community members, families, children with vision and hearing care.

 

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation and the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation are proud to have partnered in this important effort for years and both organizations serve the diverse communities of Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Lane Counties. Both Foundations understand that the future of all of these communities lies in their youth.

 

To learn more about School Vision Screening and help support our program, please visit www.olshf.org 

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Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation Awards Grant To OLSHF For School Vision Screening - 01/19/26

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation (OLSHF) is pleased to announce a continuing partnership with the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation (CCUIF) to provide the high quality objective and safe vision screening for students in the Cow Creek Umpqua service area.

 

Since its founding in 1997, the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation (CCUIF) has awarded over $24,000,000 in grants to non-profit organizations in Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Coos, Deschutes, Klamath and Lane counties, including its most recent round of giving this month to 93 non-profits serving those counties.

 

CCUIF’s funding includes support for the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation’s School Vision Screening Program (SVS) in their service area. During the school year, OLSHF provided vision screening to almost 52,000 students in the seven county area.

 

In 2024-25, SVS screened 62,773 students in the geographic service area of the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation and a total of 193,912 students statewide. SVS identified 19% of those students with notable vision issues.

 

OLSHF’s School Vision Screening Program is recognized as the premier school based student vision screening program in the US. OLSHF uses current technology to safely and effectively screen students for 8 conditions that affect learning in a matter of seconds. Full classes of students are screened in less than 5 minutes, minimally impacting the learning day. Secure and encrypted reports are returned to the school in a week along with resources for student families for low cost/no cost vision exams and eyeglasses.

 

The mission of the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation is to offer assistance in youth education, strengthen youth and family, provide for positive youth development, and add to the quality of life for people in southwestern Oregon. OLSHF provides healthcare (vision and hearing) access to those in need in all parts of the state of Oregon. In partnership with the Lions of Oregon, we assist community members, families, children with vision and hearing care.

 

The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation and the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation are proud to have partnered in this important effort for years and both organizations serve the diverse communities of Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Lane Counties. Both Foundations understand that the future of all of these communities lies in their youth.

 

To learn more about School Vision Screening and help support our program, please visit www.olshf.org 

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