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CAO-27-2706

Published agenda

Heard once, at the Board of County Commissioners on Oct 6, 2026.

OutcomeAdopted by the Board of County Commissioners on Oct 6, 2026
Approved to adopt.

Official title

A Resolution By The Board Of County Commissioners Of Pasco County, Florida, Declaring October 8, 2026, As World Sight Day In Pasco County

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    Chris Shaver

    everyone. Yeah, yes, sir. Uh next resolution hours to World Side Day. Anyone from World Side Day please come forward?

    Revolution about the Board of County Commissioners.

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    Resolution number twenty seven-zero zero four, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, declaring October eighth, twenty twenty six as World Site Day in Pasco County. Rest Pasco County is home to people of all ages with vision loss, the most significant disability experienced by children and adults, and rest one in three children enter school with vision loss. Seventy-five percent of adults use some form of vision correction, and seniors are in an increased risk of falls,

    social isolation and depression due to vision issues. MRES, the ability to see clearly provides the individual with hope and the ability to read, perform daily tasks, secure meaningful employment, drive an automobile, and see the faces of loved ones. MRS preserved vision fora if I were one speech. Free nonprofit that was initially established as an affiliate of the National Society to Prevent Findings was founded by Mildred Vaynard. Of St. Petersburg in 1957 and will be and will celebrate its 70th

    anniversary in 2027. Aries. Preserve Vision 4's mission is to promote healthy vision, revision, health awareness, and education for all ages, vision screening for children and adults, assistance to obtain medical eye care and the advocacy for vision and medical eye care services. And as the late Marvin and Elizabeth Cabetsy Holloway, longtime Pasco County residents, established the Holloway Foundation to legal life. and support of those in need. And Raspa

    Holloway Foundation provided a generous gift to Reserve Vision Florida to support the expansion of their services in Pasco County. NRES in the upcoming year's Preserve Vision Program will help 2,000 Pasco County children and adults see their bright futures by providing more than 4,000 services, including vision screenings, eye exams, and glasses, and vision health education. MRS World Site Day is observed annually on the second Thursday in October and serves as a day of awareness

    to focus local and global attention on preserving vision and preventing blindness. Now near four view resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Casco County, Florida, that said board hereby declares October 8, 2026 an adult side day in Pasco County and urges all of its citizens, businesses, and other organizations to make eye health and safety a lifelong priority, ensuring that we can all see our own right futures, then resolved in regular session with a foreign president and voting the sixth day of October twenty twenty three.

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    Drawing. Welcome. Um I can as one senior I can tell you your application and all is very, very important. So I spoke from MAC A D generation and um I I'd rather not have agriculturation than have my eyesight that Things seem a little worry at times, but It's revived. Uh very, very important for our young people and for our adults. The name derivation because once

    you lose that you lose lots of Give me of of what we have. I mean The countryside and and Very fast and camel's very beautiful, but If your vision is affected and you can't see It's great hopefully that you recover that. I'll let you speak.

    Unidentified speakerVoice B

    Thank you, Commissioner Oakley. Uh thank you, Mr. Chairman, uh Commissioner. We're so grateful that you uh giving us a little bit of time on the agenda to to recognize our World Site Day and also to acknowledge uh Preserve Vision Florida's expansion into Pasco County. We are Number one, grateful for your time because we've had a chance to meet with each each one of you and spent a little bit of time look getting you to know our organization, as you said, 70 years next year. uh but also getting your ideas and your input. And we've also had the opportunity to meet with uh other organizations, Lighthouse

    for the Blind, Metropolitan Ministries, Self-Help, Farmers Self-Help, Penelska or Pasco County School Board. uh representatives uh and others uh who you recommended that we meet with. Our goal is not to duplicate services here, our goal is to uh develop partnerships. We are so grateful to Marvin and Betsy Holloway, longtime Pasco residents and the Holloway Foundation. uh for providing us with a grant to expand. We've got a uh a mobile screening van that's actually has finishing touches being put on it as we speak and

    a nice wrap. You're gonna see it around Pasco County. It has it's fully equipped with the electronic equipment to be able to do screenings on the van, but also to be able to help our staff mobilize and set up in different locations. Our goal is to do six screening events. Between now and the end of the year, which is gonna be hard pressed with Thanksgiving and Christmas and the other holidays, but that's our commitment. And we look forward to establishing partnerships with other organizations so that beyond this grant, we can continue to serve Pasco County. So again, thank

    you all so much for your time that you've spent with us, and we look forward to working with you in the future.

    Kathryn Starkey

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    so sorry. Uh Kevin Mankwell and I'm a volunteer board chair for Preserve Vision Florida. Thank you. Okay.

    Chris Shaver

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