Giving to NECO & NEEI

 

Advancing People. Advancing Care.

Thank you for your interest in the New England College of Optometry (NECO) and New England Eye Institute (NEEI). Your financial support enables us to prepare the next generation of eye care providers, teachers and innovators, as well as to care for the eye health needs of Boston’s underserved populations.

The New England College of Optometry

Founded in 1894, the New England College of Optometry (NECO) serves the optometric needs of the public by educating optometrists to the highest level of proficiency, integrity and professionalism. NECO students receive a rigorous education both in the classroom and in a variety of health care settings, gaining extensive clinical experience in the community.

New England Eye Institute

The New England Eye Institute (NEEI) is the patient care and clinical education subsidiary of the College. It is the largest provider of optometric services in Massachusetts, providing nearly 85,000 patient visits annually, in 42 locations, including 80 percent of Boston’s community health centers. Since its founding in 1973, NEEI has strived for excellence—continually working to improve visual health through collaborative and community-oriented patient care, education and research.

NECO and NEEI faculty and clinicians are committed to improving access to care, preventing blindness, enhancing quality of life and developing innovative, economically viable and reproducible models of eye care.

  

NECO and NEEI’s reach is broad. Each year:

 

•   1,500 elders are served in their own homes, at adult day care centers and at senior centers in Greater Boston

•   6,000 public school children receive free vision screenings at schools and Head Start programs

•   1,000 homeless individuals receive eye exams and free corrective lenses

•   1,500 children and adults with disabilities are examined in special schools and rehabilitative centers

•   55,000 patients are served in 15 Boston-area community health centers

•   20,000 patients are examined at NEEI’s two flagship sites (New England Eye Commonwealth and New England Eye Roslindale), Veterans Administration patient care sites and three Boston hospitals

 

 

Your gift at any level will make a difference in someone’s life.

 

For more information about giving to NECO or NEEI, please call 617-587-5647.