What is a Microlane?

What is a Microlane?

What is a micro-lane? Guest post by half Helen board member, Dr. Daniel Brinchman.   Imagine leaving your primary care clinic, visiting the grocery store, or even having your child’s eyes examined right outside their school doors in a clinic that is equipped with all...
optical Prime Ribbon Cutting

optical Prime Ribbon Cutting

half Helen Blog From left to Right: Carissa Stengel, Amy Einhorn, Megan Odell, Stephanie Collins, Chelsea Elliott, Seth Rau, Meghan Jones   Meet optical Prime! Three years in the making and optical Prime is finally here! On Saturday, June 5, optical Prime debuted...
Pops of Color!

Pops of Color!

half Helen Blog Pops of Color! We have been steadily moving ahead with progress on optical Prime. Over the last couple weeks we’ve gone from an empty shell to something that is beginning to resemble a working clinic. We still need to install some of our optometric...
New Wheels

New Wheels

half Helen Blog Ready to go! Check out our new wheels! How do you move a tiny house from school to school? With a Ford F350, that’s how! Mobility probably isn’t the first word that comes to mind when you picture a tiny house. Sure, while these units are efficient and...
Goodbye, Friend!

Goodbye, Friend!

half Helen Blog Goodbye, Friend,  If you follow us on Facebook and Instagram, you saw that we recently said goodbye to one of the half Helen team members. Launched in Fall 2019, Optical Prime Jr. was our first step we took to provide children in need with eye care and...
Why a tiny house?

Why a tiny house?

half Helen Blog Why a Tiny House? Vision impairment has been on the rise for many years. When the pandemic struck, it became even more important for us to launch our mobile vision clinic, Optical Prime, in early 2021 to help give students the tools they would need to...