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Thankful for Partners Like PDS Optical and Korrect Optical
You might remember that in the summer, we launched a new program with our friends at PDS Optical and Korrect Optical to give each VIPS kid a pair of free glasses. The program has been a huge success! This week, we received this note (and photos) from the mother of one of those kids. “Thank…
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2024–2025 VIPS Impact Report Released
We are excited to announce that our 2024–2025 Impact Report is available. You can read online below or click here to download a PDF. We catch up with a few of our VIPS kids, feature an overview of the past year’s events, and our aspirations for the future. We hope you enjoy it.
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2025 VIPS Holiday Gift Guide
We asked our teachers and interventionists to recommend a few toys suitable for children who are blind or have low vision. Feel free to reach out to your VIPS teacher or interventionist if you need ideas for creating accessible experiences from a favorite book, creating a story box for your child, or finding more ideas…
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BTS: 2025 VIPS Holiday Card
This year, we asked our VIPS kids to create snowflakes for our 2025 holiday card. The results were amazing. We’re sorry to say we couldn’t include every submission, but we’d like to share them here for you so everyone can appreciate the hard work that went into each and every one. Read on for the…
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Shop Genesis Diamonds Lou and Donate to VIPS
This holiday season, you can give back to VIPS while finding something special for yourself or a loved one. Simply show this post at Genesis Diamonds Louisville during their Holiday Love Event, November 14th–16th, and Genesis will write a $100 check in your name directly to VIPS with any purchase—no minimum required. While walk-ins are…
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VIPS Visits IU Occupational Therapy Class
Sheila Klopfenstein, Indiana Education Lead and Teacher of the Visually Impaired, and Michelle Flora, Blind/Low Vision Specialist, spent the day with students from the Occupational Therapy Department of IU’s School of Health & Human Services, sharing information about VIPS and how early intervention helps children with blindness or low vision and their families. The students…
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Volunteers from TWG at the FRC
On November 4th, volunteers from TWG came to the Family Resource Center in Indianapolis to design and decorate birthday cards. We send these cards out to all the VIPS kids, and they love them. Thank you, TWG!
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Trick or Treating at VIPS!
Happy Halloween, everybody! Today, the preschoolers visited the admin side to go trick-or-treating—so many great costumes and lots of smiles.
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Trunk or Treat Sponsored by Baptist Health Child Development Center
We had a great trunk-or-treat hosted by our friends at the Baptist Health Child Development Center in Lexington. Over 50 volunteers came out to decorate their trunks and pass out treats to VIPS and Baptist Health families. Thanks to everyone who came out to support our kids. We had a blast!
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VIPS Featured in Geist Magazine
VIPS was featured in the November 2025 issue of Geist Magazine! You can read the article below or visit their website. Geist Magazine is based in Fishers, Indiana. Thank you for helping us tell our story.
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