The event, attended by founder Austin Beutner and California Teachers Association President David Goldberg, also served as the launchpad for a new expansion effort targeting Los Angeles Unified’s Community Schools. The program focuses on providing mobile eye care directly to students in low-income neighborhoods, where roughly 90% of those served by the nonprofit live in poverty.

Research from Johns Hopkins University supports the effort, indicating that students receiving glasses through this program saw academic gains equivalent to two to four months of additional learning. For students struggling academically or those with learning disabilities, that improvement climbed as high as six months. By bringing licensed eye care professionals directly to campus, the organization bypasses traditional obstacles such as transportation or lack of insurance that often prevent children from receiving necessary vision screenings and corrective lenses.