* Offers community services for the visually and hearing impaired. Guide dogs. Sight preservation and restoration. Eye exams, glasses for pre-schoolers in the town. Referrals for hearing aids.* Accepts food donations for Irondequoit cupboard.* Collects used glasses for use in deprived countries. * Offers scholarships for high school seniors.

Assistance with eye exams and/or glasses and treatment.

The Free Clinic provides the following FREE service for uninsured and under-insured members of our community:Walk-In Medical Clinics: Free primary health care, medical testing, woman's health services, and employment physicals for the uninsured.Chronic Care Program: Targeting at-risk individuals who need help managing persistent pain, diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions.Financial Advocacy: Helping find creative solutions to relieving financial dept for those struggling to keep up with medical bills.Ithaca Health Fund: Offering grants to those needing help affording diagnostic tests, treatments and prescriptionsInsurance Navigation: Help in qualifying and enrolling uninsured individuals in various Medicaid plansHolistic Health Care Services that include chiropractic, therapeutic massage, herbal therapy, and acupuncture.Occupational Therapy: In partnership with Ithaca CollegeFood Pharmacy: Registered Dietitian services and free health Food supportPrescription Medication Support: Assistance in obtaining free or low-cost prescription medications like insulinOptometry Clinic and Optician Services: Free dilated eye exams and glaucoma screenings and free prescription eye glasses Community Health Education: Conducting free community chronic disease health screenings, educational seminars, lectures and open houses to deliver crucial health information to our communityThe Mission of the Free Clinic is to facilitate access to health care for all, with a focus on the needs of uninsured persons.501(c)(3) charity and accepts voluntary donations, including medical supplies and equipment. Limited storage space, contact clinic before making a donation.

Offers information, education and referral about adaptive equipment, accessibility, disability awareness, ramps and home modifications, medical equipment for loan, and civil rights for people with disabilities.

Provides donated furniture, clothing, medical equipment, and household items for Veterans and their families.

Drop off used eyeglasses and hearing aids at Sweeney's Market (drop box outside).

Offers information, education and referral about adaptive equipment, accessibility, disability awareness, ramps and home modifications, medical equipment for loan, and civil rights for people with disabilities.

Screen pre-school children for vision problems.Budget for 15-20 children/year. Current public assistance recipients must first contact his/her case worker. Lions' program most often provides glasses to senior citizens or children of low-income working parents who do not have Medicaid or vision insurance.

Utilizes grants and donations to assist families by paying for medical supplies, equipment and other support services not funded by other means

Provides a three day supply of baby diapers and wipes or adult undergarments to individuals in need. Accepts donations of baby diapers and adult undergarments. Call for information to drop off donations.

Provides free loans of assistive technology. Assistive technology is any device that can be used to improve the functional abilities of people with disabilities or short-term injuries. Available items include wheelchairs, walkers, Rollators, canes, crutches, ramps, grab bars, Hoyer lifts, adaptive seating, shower chairs, commodes, wander alarms, weighted items, adaptive utensils, laptops, iPads and deaf and blind/low vision technology. We also have learning aids, toys and games for early intervention, as well as pediatric equipment. Free delivery may be available.

Provides free loans of assistive technology. Assistive technology is any device that can be used to improve the functional abilities of people with disabilities or short-term injuries. Available items include wheelchairs, walkers, Rollators, canes, crutches, ramps, grab bars, Hoyer lifts, adaptive seating, shower chairs, commodes, wander alarms, weighted items, adaptive utensils, laptops, iPads and deaf and blind/low vision technology. We also have learning aids, toys and games for early intervention, as well as pediatric equipment. Free delivery may be available.

Provides donated furniture, clothing, medical equipment, and household items for Veterans and their families.

Wonderful Wheelchairs, fiscally sponsored by Lifelong, is staffed by volunteers, and cleans, repairs, and sells used wheelchairs, walkers, and power mobility devices at very reasonable prices to those who need them.To contact Wonderful Wheelchairs: [email protected] or call 607-444-2817. On-site service hours in basement of Cayuga Nursing and Rehabilitation: Wed. and Fri., 9-11:30AM

Assists individuals with disabilities to become more independent in all phases of their lives.

* Provides an equipment loan closet to local residents at no cost. Crutches. Walkers. Canes. Wheelchairs. * Accepts donations of new and gently used equipment. Does not offer loans or accept donations of: commodes, shower chairs, beds, lifts, power wheelchairs or any other type of medical equipment.

Offers information, education and referral about adaptive equipment, accessibility, disability awareness, ramps and home modifications, medical equipment for loan, and civil rights for people with disabilities.

Accepts donated eye glasses. Drop off located at Sacco Eye Group.

Operates Medical Loan Closet service which can loan wheelchairs, walkers, canes, commodes, crutches and other assistive devices.

Provides a Loan Closet with durable medical equipment, communication devices, wheelchairs, and other similar equipment, for anyone with a muscular disease. Also helps with payment assistance for repairs of assisitive equipment. Accepts donations of medical equipment which apply to those who with muscular diseases, especially communication devices and wheelchairs, and large durable medical equipment.

raises funds to support sight and hearing projects, including guide dogs sponsors Empire State Special Needs Experience (formerly Empire State Speech and Hearing Clinic) in Spencer offers financial assistance to those needing eye exams and/or glasses or hearing aids takes donations of used eyeglasses and hearing aids through drop boxes in optician's offices, Lifelong and some churches free vision screening for children one year and older at day care centers, Head Start, schools, and other programs. Done with Plus Optix Screener, a sophisticated scientific, clinical instrument.