Pictured, Left to Right, Lion Roger Klockziem; KidSight chair, Lion Annette Haynes and Lion Bob Schirlinger. Seated front, Dorothy Klockziem. Also screening the children's eyes were Lions Glen Setterholm and John Micheel.

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 557 students in New Ulm.

The students screened were from the first and third grades of Jefferson Elementary School and the fifth and seventh grades of the Middle School. The screenings took place on February 5 and 19.

Of the 557 students screened, 47 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 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.