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Joseph G. Carbone, left, president, CEO and founder of Eye Care 4 Kids, speaks during a mobile unit unveiling at Martinez Elementary School, 350 Judson Avenue, in North Las Vegas Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Philanthropist Elaine Wynn partnered with Eye Care 4 Kids to bring a mobile eye care clinic to Las Vegas. She is helping make this venture possible with a $1 million donation.(Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Optometrist stands inside an Eye Care 4 Kids mobile unit during an unveiling at Martinez Elementary School, 350 Judson Avenue, in North Las Vegas Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Philanthropist Elaine Wynn partnered with to bring a mobile eye care clinic to Las Vegas. She is helping make this venture possible with a $1 million donation.(Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Joseph G. Carbone, right, president, CEO and founder of Eye Care 4 Kids, and wife Jan during a mobile unit unveiling at Martinez Elementary School, 350 Judson Avenue, in North Las Vegas Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Philanthropist Elaine Wynn partnered with Eye Care 4 Kids to bring a mobile eye care clinic to Las Vegas. She is helping make this venture possible with a $1 million donation.(Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Eye Care 4 Kids mobile unit pictured Tuesday, June 17, 2014 during an unveiling at Martinez Elementary School, 350 Judson Avenue, in North Las Vegas. Philanthropist Elaine Wynn partnered with Eye Care 4 Kids to bring a mobile eye care clinic to Las Vegas. She is helping make this venture possible with a $1 million donation.(Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Entertainer Clint Holmes holds an article of Joseph G. Carbone, founder of Eye Care 4 Kids, in People magazine while speaking during a mobile unit unveiling at Martinez Elementary School, 350 Judson Avenue, in North Las Vegas Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Philanthropist Elaine Wynn partnered with Eye Care 4 Kids to bring a mobile eye care clinic to Las Vegas. She is helping make this venture possible with a $1 million donation.(Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Joseph G. Carbone, left, president, CEO and founder of Eye Care 4 Kids and wife Jan during a mobile unit unveiling at Martinez Elementary School, 350 Judson Avenue, in North Las Vegas Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Philanthropist Elaine Wynn partnered with Eye Care 4 Kids to bring a mobile eye care clinic to Las Vegas. She is helping make this venture possible with a $1 million donation.(Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A display of glasses on display inside an Eye Care 4 Kids mobile unit during an unveiling at Martinez Elementary School, 350 Judson Avenue, in North Las Vegas Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Philanthropist Elaine Wynn partnered with to bring a mobile eye care clinic to Las Vegas. She is helping make this venture possible with a $1 million donation.(Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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By YESENIA AMARO LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
June 17, 2014 - 10:49 pm
 

An eye care mobile unit, that will provide free services to low-income and underserved children in Southern Nevada, was unveiled Tuesday morning at Martinez Elementary School in North Las Vegas.

The mobile was made possible with a $1 million donation from the Elaine P. Wynn and Family Foundation.

Eye Care 4 Kids, the organization that will operate the unit, already has eye clinics at three different schools — Grant Sawyer Middle School, Robert Taylor Elementary School and Brinley Middle School. But the mobile unit will travel to various other schools and provide free eye exams and glasses in partnership with the Clark County School District and Communities in School of Nevada.

The three clinics have served about 3,000 children and the hope is that the mobile unit will serve thousands more.

Eye Care 4 Kids also has a mobile unit in Salt Lake City, Utah, that travels to the rural areas to provide free eye care.

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