Registration is Open: Cobb County Public Library’s Vision To Learn Partnership Expanding
Every child in every school, everywhere in the country should have the glasses they need to succeed in school and in life. -- Austin Beutner, founder of Vision To Learn
Update 5/19/23 All June appointment times for Vision To Learn on-site mobile clinics at Cobb libraries are full as more than 1000 appointment requests have been turned in. For June, 640 Vision To Learn appointments are scheduled at Cobb libraries.
Vision To Learn appointment registration request forms are being processed by VTL to assign applicants to June clinics. July clinics will be added to the schedule. A limited number of appointment slots for July may become available unless the appointment slots assigned for the month are filled out of the pending applications already turned in.
A national non-profit, Vision To Learn has visited Cobb libraries during summer break since 2018 to provide eye exams and prescription glasses – free of charge to the children and their families – for students ages 5 to 18.
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Summer break Vision To Learn on-site mobile clinics will return in June to Cobb County public libraries to provide eye exams and glasses – free of charge – for children ages 5-18.
Since 2018, Vision To Learn has visited Cobb libraries during summer breaks to serve kids in need of vision care and glasses for school and life.
Organizers of the Vision To Learn clinics say the sixth summer of VTL at Cobb libraries is expected to reach more children than last year’s record of almost 400 exams resulting in more than 250 receiving glasses.
Even with the added capacity for VTL appointment slots, officials say Vision To Learn is a popular program with registration required and space limited. The registration form for June is at forms.gle/jwQnrSMG5S3AZza36.
The upcoming summertime 2023 Vision To Learn library visits, all scheduled for 9:30 am - 2 pm, include:
Powder Springs Library, 4181 Atlanta St., Powder Springs 30127
- Monday, June 5
- Friday, June 9
- Monday, July 3
West Cobb Regional Library, 1750 Dennis Kemp Lane, Kennesaw 30152
- Monday, June 5
- Tuesday, June 6
- Friday, June 16 REGISTRATION FULL
Switzer Library, 266 Roswell St., Marietta 30060
- Tuesday, June 6
- Tuesday, June 13
- Thursday, June 15
- Thursday, July 6
- Tuesday, July 11
- Tuesday, July 18 REGISTRATION FULL
- Thursday, July 27 REGISTRATION FULL
South Cobb Regional Library, 805 Clay Road, Mableton 30126
- Wednesday, June 7
- Thursday, June 8
- Monday, June 12
- Tuesday, June 13
- Wednesday, June 14
- Monday, July 10
- Thursday, July 13
- Monday, July 24 REGISTRATION FULL
- Thursday, July 27 REGISTRATION FULL
- Friday, July 28 REGISTRATION FULL
Sewell Mill Library, 2051 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta 30068
- Wednesday, June 7
- Wednesday, June 14
- Wednesday, July 26 REGISTRATION FULL
Sibley Library, 1539 South Cobb Drive, Marietta 30060
- Thursday, June 8
North Cobb Regional Library, 3535 Old 41 Highway, Kennesaw 30144
- Friday, June 9
- Thursday, June 15
Friday, June 16- Friday, July 7
- Wednesday, July 12
- Friday, July 21 REGISTRATION FULL
- Friday, July 28 REGISTRATION FULL
Stratton Library, 1100 Powder Springs Road, Marietta 30064
- Monday, June 12
The Vision To Learn visits are part of the Cobb County Public Library’s collaboration with Learn4Life, Metro Atlanta Regional Education Partnership for students’ success to make the region a more equitable and prosperous community.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved in February $264,000 of the county’s federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation to support Vision To Learn clinics at Cobb libraries over the next four summers. The Cobb BOC also approved $247,800 for Vision To Learn’s partnership with Marietta City Schools, also for four years.
For information, visit Cobb County Public Library at cobbcat.org and Vision To Learn at visiontolearn.org.