KidCheck Quotes

One of my goals is to make our children in this state healthier because if they are healthier children they will be healthier adults.  The Sight Savers America KidCheck Program is an innovative approach that builds partnerships between Alabama school systems, college nursing schools, state agencies, and nonprofits to bring free health screenings and important follow-up treatments to K-12 school children in Alabama.  KidCheck is an award winning program that is rapidly expanding across Alabama and has the potential to become a national model for improving children’s healthcare.
— Governor Robert Bentley

There is nothing more important than taking care of our children and the KidCheck Program is providing new levels of access to care for tens of thousands of Alabama children each year.  Through early detection and treatment, KidCheck is an investment in our children that will pay dividends for a generation.  In three short years, KidCheck has quickly become a model program receiving state and national attention.
— Governor Bob Riley, Former Alabama Governor

We know that childhood obesity is a national epidemic associated with many health risks.  Alabama public schools are committed to promoting healthy habits, exercise, and good nutrition that our students will carry with them for a lifetime.  Healthy and well-nourished children are better able to learn.  KidCheck health screenings are a valuable service to over 30,000 Alabama students annually.  We appreciate Sight Savers America’s leadership of KidCheck and its strong success in building collaborative partnerships to improve the health of our school children.
— Dr. Joe Morton, State Superintendent of Education

We are very proud to support the Sight Savers America KidCheck Program, which is helping to address disparities in the access to quality healthcare for children in rural Alabama.  Supporting programs that use technology to improve access to healthcare is among Verizon’s top priorities.
— Jeff Mango, President, Georgia/Alabama Region, Verizon Wireless

I am extremely proud that KidCheck, a program that we began through the Governor’s Alabama Rural Action Commission, is thriving and is now a department of Sight Savers America.  I know firsthand the impact the program is making by providing comprehensive health screenings to school children in rural Alabama who may otherwise go undetected.  KidCheck is driven at the local level and I encourage communities to come together to support screening events in your local schools.
— Senator Gerald Dial, Alabama State Senate

As a school nurse coordinator for the Blount County Board of Education, I strongly support Sight Savers America’s KidCheck Program as a way to identify potential health problems which may be a barrier to learning.  KidCheck provides a vital opportunity for schools, communities, and schools of nursing to promote a high level of wellness; therefore, creating better learners and a brighter future for all.
— Barbara Robertson, School Nurse Coordinator,
Blount County Board of Education

The Bibb County School System and The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing have implemented school-based health screenings for over 15 years and provided the model for the Sight Savers America KidCheck Program.  It is service learning for nursing programs at its finest.  The ability for nursing students to provide quality health assessments and screening to K-12 children is what nursing is all about.
— Dr. Marsha Adams, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Programs, Professor, University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing