Half Helen

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Our final playlist is Belt it Out! Think crowd favorites, feel-good anthems, and the songs that have everyone in the room joining the chorus. If your ideal Jukebox Bingo involves singing at the top of your lungs with friends, Belt It Out is your playlist.

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From Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Adele, and more, this playlist is packed with powerhouse vocals and chart-topping hits. If you know every lyric to pop's biggest anthems, this playlist has your name on it.

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🎵 It's time! 🎵

Mark your calendars, secure your tickets, and get ready to sing along at Jukebox Bingo presented by Austin Retina Associates!

Join us on Friday, September 11 at The Brewtorium Brewery & Kitchen along with Texas Red Entertainment for an evening of musical bingo and community! We're putting together some incredible prize packages this year, and we can't wait to share them with you. Keep an eye on our social media channels as we start highlighting some of our amazing prize sponsors in the coming weeks.

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half Helen is officially a teenager!

It's only fitting that the year leading up to half Helen's 13th birthday became another turning point for our organization—growing pains and all!

As we expanded into our new space, we saw an opportunity to adapt once again and rethink how we deliver care. With that in mind, we launched our Vision Field Trip model, partnering with schools to bus students directly to our clinic for comprehensive eye care. The results have been incredible. By bringing students to our clinic, we're able to see twice as many students in the same amount of time it would take to provide care at a school using a mobile clinic. More students receiving care means more students getting the opportunity to succeed both in and out of the classroom.

We kicked off the school year with a Vision Field Trip Festival in partnership with Warby Parker. Along with special guest Arch Manning, we welcomed students from Austin Achieve Public Schools for a day focused on vision. Students participated in educational activities and crafts while waiting for their eye exams, and Arch even helped some students select the perfect pair of glasses.

Our adult programs continued to grow as well. Through the Vision Voucher Program, we provided care to more underserved adults than ever before. We're even starting to see familiar faces returning for ongoing care. This just goes to show the trust our community has placed in us and the quality of care our team provides.

Over the past 13 years, half Helen has evolved from a vision screening program into a full-service optometric clinic capable of providing care to patients of all ages. We've screened tens of thousands of students, provided thousands of eye exams and glasses, launched innovative technology, built mobile clinics, opened a brick-and-mortar location, and found new ways to remove barriers to care every step of the way.

But none of that happened because of one person.

It happened because of you.

To every volunteer, donor, partner, educator, healthcare provider, advocate, and patient who has been part of this journey: thank you. Your support, trust, and belief in our mission have made the last thirteen years possible.

You are the reason we are all seeing the world a little clearer.