Charlotte’s Sports Teams Lend Vision Help To Area Students

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – This week more than 80 students at Renaissance West STEAM Academy in Charlotte received their new prescription eyeglasses during a celebratory event. At two action-filled events featuring representatives from the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte Football Club, Vision To Learn and hundreds of students celebrated the announcement of a long-term partnership with The David & Nicole Tepper Foundation that will help tens of thousands of students in Mecklenburg and Charleston counties get eye care – at no cost to the children or their families. With this partnership, The David & Nicole Tepper Foundation has committed $1.5 million over five years to help school children in the Carolinas access critical eye care, exams, and prescription glasses. Tepper joined Carolina Panthers player Trevin Wallace, Charlotte FC player Patrick Agyemang, Panthers mascot Sir Purr, Charlotte FC mascot Sir Minty, and the TopCats Cheerleaders to help kids try on their new glasses for the first time in a hail of confetti and music.