Who We Are

​Saving Kids’ Sight was set up by Sarah Smale in March 2014, when she was eleven years old. Sarah set up Saving Kids’ Sight to help others like her, living with visual impairment, to keep their sight, and to enjoy a full and happy life. 

• We have provided 28 Icare tonometers to Duke Eye Center to enable families of children with severe glaucoma to measure their child's eye pressure three times a day at home. Families send the results to their ophthalmologist, who can adjust their child's treatment in real time, and thus preserve their precious sight.
• We host four education and support events each year for families in the Puget Sound region. Past events include themed arts and crafts afternoons including glass fusing and ceramics, a zoo overnight camp, swimming pool fun, and BBQs.

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Sarah credits her current level of sight to the careful management of her glaucoma, including measuring her eye pressure regularly at home, and working closely with her glaucoma specialist at Duke Eye Center, Dr. Sharon Freedman.  Without the ability to monitor her eye pressure frequently at home at different times of the day, her eyesight would be much worse.  Click to read more.

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Glaucoma cannot be cured. 
​The better it is managed, the better the chance for saving sight.

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Our Mission

Preventing vision loss through sharing knowledge, supporting families, and connecting in communities

Saving Kids' Sight Goals
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Set up Icare tonometer lending library through Duke Eye Center.

Increase awareness of
​glaucoma in kids

Provide opportunities for families to meet up with others like them.  

Share knowledge, and support families, to prevent vision loss.

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“Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much".
​-Helen Keller"