Caring for Our Community
Giving back to the community we serve is a part of the fabric of who we are. For over 40 years, Heaton Eye Associates has actively sought out ways to give back and serve our community.
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Heaton Eye Charitable Fund
Restoring Sight. Renewing Hope. Reaching the World.
For more than 40 years, Heaton Eye Associates has operated with compassion at the core of its mission—serving not only our local communities in East Texas, but also extending that care across the globe. It’s this purpose that inspired the creation of the Heaton Eye Charitable Fund.
Our Mission
To enhance the quality of life—both locally and globally—by providing reassurance, improving and maintaining vision, and preventing blindness through access to treatment and education.
Globally, it’s estimated that more than half of all cases of blindness are preventable with early diagnosis and treatment. That’s where our team steps in.
How the Heaton Eye Charitable Fund Works
Our mission is twofold:
- To restore sight for individuals at risk of blindness who would otherwise go untreated due to financial or geographic limitations.
- To support global ophthalmic education and research, equipping others with the tools to fight preventable blindness in underserved areas.
Our physicians partner with the Foundation by volunteering their surgical expertise and donating professional services, both at home and abroad, reaching patients around the world.
How You Can Help
Sight is fundamental to how we experience the world—and yet, millions live without it. When eye disease threatens this vital sense, the ripple effect touches families, communities, and futures.
Your support makes it possible to provide life-changing treatment to individuals who would otherwise face a lifetime of challenges.
If you would like to be part of this mission, please consider donating using the “Support Our Mission” button below.
Heaton Eye Charitable Fund is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Our Impact in Action
We partnered with CASA For Kids of East Texas, and with the help of our amazing patients, we were able to deliver a TRUCKLOAD of toys to local kiddos for Christmas! We have the best patients ever!!! Thank you to all who donated!
In 1996, Dr. Charles Heaton combined his passion for tennis and helping people by starting the Heaton Hope Open Tennis Tournament and has continued giving generously of his time and finances to help a local non-profit charity, Living Alternatives.
The Heaton TEAM wore pink and donated to Susan G. Komen fund to help fight breast cancer.
Career Day at Christian Heritage with Dr. Risner, inspiring future eye doctors in the making!
CASA for Kids of East Texas Toy Drive
In 1996, Dr. Charles Heaton combined his passion for tennis and helping people by starting the Heaton Hope Open Tennis Tournament and has continued giving generously of his time and finances to help a local non-profit charity, Living Alternatives
Longview & Tyler TEAMs wore red to help create awareness about cardiovascular disease and raise money to save lives.
Thank you for our TEAM for showing your support and helping promote awareness and making a donation to the Susan G. Komen foundation in hopes of finding a cure.
Great time at St. Mary’s Health Camp learning all about eye safety for National Sunglasses Day
Jeanette Cobb of Spring Hill ISD won FREE All-Laser LASIK in our Teacher Appreciation Event.
Congratulations to Tiffany Dorsey of Jack Elementary, our 2nd winner of FREE All-Laser LASIK with Dr. Heaton.- At Heaton Eye Associates, our mission is to improve and maintain vision and prevent blindness through treatment and education. We donated $7,935 to Light House for Christ to fight blindness. We love giving back to our community, especially when it comes to eyes…the windows to the world.
Thanks to everyone who donated toys for CASA for Kids of East Texas to make the holidays brighter for so many East Texas littles.
