OHSU Casey Eye Institute’s Elks Preschool Vision Screening Program provides free vision checks to more than 65,000 toddlers, about 15% of whom need glasses. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU Casey Eye Institute’s Elks Preschool Vision Screening Program provides free vision checks to more than 65,000 toddlers, about 15% of whom need glasses. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU Casey Eye Institute’s Elks Preschool Vision Screening Program provides free vision checks to more than 65,000 toddlers, about 15% of whom need glasses. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU Casey Eye Institute’s Elks Preschool Vision Screening Program provides free vision checks to more than 65,000 toddlers, about 15% of whom need glasses. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU Casey Eye Institute’s Elks Preschool Vision Screening Program provides free vision checks to more than 65,000 toddlers, about 15% of whom need glasses. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Derek Lam, M.D., a specialist in pediatric otolaryngology, at a follow-up appointment after a successful surgery to restore 9-year-old Delayza Diazs vocal chords, allowing her to speak for the first time. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Delayza Diaz, a 9-year-old patient at OHSU Doernbecher, with her surgeon Derek Lam, M.D., on the day of her life-changing surgery. Delayza was finally able to speak after undergoing a rare, complex surgery to reconstruct her airway and restore function to her vocal cords. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Delayza Diaz, a 9-year-old patient at OHSU Doernbecher, with her mother at OHSU Doernbecher. Delayza was finally able to speak after undergoing a rare, complex surgery to reconstruct her airway and restore function to her vocal cords, and one of her first phrases was, I love you, Mom. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)