Prevent Blindness Georgia Raises $320K at Annual Gala and Names 2023 Person of Vision - Healthcare and Medical News for Atlanta Physicians

David Paule, Prevent Blindness Georgia Chair, awards Scott Bullock, EyeSouth Partners Co-Founderand Past Prevent Blindness Georgia Chair, with the 2023 Person of Vision Award. — David Paule, Prevent Blindness Georgia Chair, awards Scott Bullock, EyeSouth Partners Co-Founder and Past Prevent Blindness Georgia Chair, with the 2023 Person of Vision Award.

Prevent Blindness Georgia (PBGA), the voluntary eye health organization dedicated to saving sight and restoring vision, raised $320,000 to support its vision-saving initiatives for Georgians at its 7^th Annual Night for Sight Gala this past October at the Whitley Hotel. The funds raised will support their ongoing vital children’s vision services and help them expand to reach more school systems across Georgia.

During the Gala, PBGA also recognized their 2023 Person of Vision, Scott Bullock, the Co-Founder of EyeSouth Partners and 2021 & 2022 Board of Directors Chair for Prevent Blindness Georgia.

“We are incredibly grateful for our 2023 Person of Vision, Scott Bullock,” said Jill Thornton, President and CEO of Prevent Blindness Georgia. “Scott emulates excellence in the eyecare community, and he is a distinctive leader and truly embodies our mission of saving sight and restoring vision of school children and financially insecure adults. Scott was incredibly valuable in helping us exceed our Gala goal. We have achieved more than we thought possible this past year thanks to his mentorship. His professional integrity motivates others to excellence, creating a better vision for all of us. Scott’s voluntarism on behalf of vision care while also advancing vision health access, equity, and vision care has made Georgia a healthier place to live.”

Under Bullock’s leadership, the organization surpassed its annual goal of providing children and adult vision screening, eye exams, and prescription eyeglasses, in addition to raising half a million dollars to sufficiently update the necessary eyecare equipment for their certified vision screenings and eye exams. Since the start of his involvement, he has recruited eye doctors within the EyeSouth Partners network to volunteer their time, providing eye exams for PBGA’s children’s vision clinics and providing eye surgery for PBGA’s qualified adults.