Ninth-grade students at Miami Senior High School were treated to free eye screenings recently as part of Marlins Ayudan – the signature outreach initiative of the Miami Marlins – to help improve the overall health of students, increasing regular school attendance and school success.
Earlier this week, Marlins Ayudan (Spanish for “help”) visited two other partner schools to provide dental and eye screenings for all students at Lenora B. Smith Elementary and Booker T. Washington Senior High schools. The Marlins partnered with the Florida Heiken Children’s Vision Program of the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired to provide the free eye screenings, and with Spodak Dental Group for the free dental screenings.
The Marlins Ayudan goals are to work with partner schools in identifying areas of greatest need, develop a measurable game plan to address those needs, implement the game plan by utilizing Marlins Ayudan teams’ individual and collective strengths and leave a lasting legacy at each partner school.
