ACVO 2025 Service Animal Volunteer Eye Screening

Hello Graduates,

ACVO Service Animal Volunteer Eye Screening with a graphic of an eye with a white heart shaped reflection
The American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists invites your guide dog to receive a complimentary eye screening conducted by a board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist.

Guiding Eyes for the Blind encourages our graduates to make use of this free service and provide our Veterinary Team with the results of the exam by emailing gebvet@guidingeyes.org. You can review registration information by following this link:

Qualifications & Expectations — ACVO Service Animal Volunteer Eye Screening

See more details from ACVO below:

The ACVO®/Epicur Service Animal Volunteer Eye Screening is a philanthropic event that provides free, ocular screening eye exams to qualified Service & Working Animals each May. These exams are provided by those members of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists® who choose to participate and volunteer their time and resources. The program benefits formally trained working animals who selflessly care for us all. Registration is open April 1st – 30th annually. Approximately 8,000 eye exams are provided across the United States of America, Canada, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, Spain, and the United Kingdom each May.

This program would not be successful without the generosity of our board certified ACVO® Diplomates who donate their time, staff, and services. We thank our generous name-sake sponsor, Epicur Pharma (a division of Stokes Healthcare), additional sponsors, and non-profit supporters.

Registration for the 2025 Event will open on April 1st.

Additionally, a friendly reminder that the submission deadline for Graduate Council applications is Friday, April 11, 2025, at 11:59 PM Eastern.

Regards,

Melissa Carney
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Community Outreach & Graduate Support Manager