CCLVI’s Dr. Samuel Genensky – Carl Foley Memorial Magnification Award Program
This annual award program offers persons with low vision an opportunity to receive a magnification device. Applications are taken each year and 3 to 5 qualified applicants are chosen to receive one of the donated magnification devices.
Apply now for The Samuel Genensky – Carl Foley Magnification Award.
CCLVI has 3 iPads to award to individuals with low vision.
This annual award is in honor of Samuel Genensky, an innovator in low vision technology who was the founding president of CCLVI, and Carl Foley, a very caring distributor of magnification devices, who attended many ACB conventions, and took great care in providing the correct magnification device for each person he served. Please read more about Dr. Samuel Genensky here.
The iPad can be used as a magnification device , and would allow for more independence in every day magnification and as a portable CCTV with the built in camera and a free downloadable app called Mag Light.
To be considered for this award applicants must have low vision, need the device to magnify print for educational, work, or independent living purposes, and be familiar with Apple products or demonstrate the ability to learn the technology required in order to utilize magnification available on the iPad.
Applications are being accepted from Saturday, March 16th through Friday, May 3rd 11:59pm Eastern Time. Potential recipients should be prepared to participate in an interview via zoom in order to determine eligibility. Applicants selected to receive a magnification device are required to submit a current eye report no later than 30 days after they are chosen.
Applications for this award program are made available on March 16, 2024 and will end May 3, 2024 at 11:59PM
- Applications are completed online.
- An interview with the Genensky Award Program Committee is also part of the award decision making process.
Device Award for this Year – iPAD
For 2024, the Dr. Samuel Genensky – Carl Foley Magnification Award device will be a brand new 10.2” iPad.
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- A new iPad 10.9-inch Retina display, powerful A13 Bionic chip, front and back camera, 64 GB storage, Bluetooth compatible, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, up to 10 hours of battery life, iOS 15.
Application Period Closed
To contact the Genensky-Foley committee send email to:
Magnification award application page
Support the Award!
Help persons with low vision who need a magnifying device! To support the funding of the Genensky Magnification Award project, click the “Donate” button below. (If you use a screen reader, the button will be read as “PayPal, the safer, easier way to pay online.”) The next screen will display CCLVI’s name, specify donation, and this Award project.
After clicking the appropriate “Donate” button, please complete and submit the form on the PayPal site. We greatly appreciate your gift.