Midtown donates 5% of profits annually to Rainforest Trust and supports Santa Cruz through beach cleanups, local free clinics, and volunteer eye-care trips.
Taking care of Santa Cruz includes the places and people beyond our exam rooms. We donate 5% of profits annually to Rainforest Trust. We also take part in local cleanups and volunteer in community eye-care clinics.
Our coast, our responsibility
Our team’s beach cleanups are a way to care for the coastline we enjoy with our families. Past events include Twin Lakes Beach and the San Lorenzo River. We pick up litter, spend time together outdoors, and help protect the spaces that make this community home.
We donate 5% of profits annually to Rainforest Trust. Rainforest Trust works with local partners and communities to protect threatened habitats, safeguard wildlife, and conserve tropical forests. Read about Rainforest Trust and why we support its work.
Eye care that reaches further
Dr. Craig Fellers has participated in two VOSH service trips and volunteered at multiple local free clinics. These efforts have included eye examinations, glasses, and attention to eye-health concerns for people who face barriers to care.
Midtown Optometry volunteering at a local community clinicMidtown Optometry volunteering at a local community clinic
Our archive records community health fairs, donations, and a free clinic day hosted at Midtown. These stories document past volunteer events. Contact us for current appointment options. Read about a local clinic or our 2022 free clinic day.
Clinic stories from Aptos and Salinas
See Dr. Fellers and fellow volunteers at work in two community clinics. Our photo stories follow eye examinations, prescription checks, and the people helping the day run.
Dr. Craig Fellers at a portable examination station during a volunteer clinicDr. Fellers checking a glasses prescription with a portable phoropterDr. Fellers checking a student’s vision at a volunteer eye clinic in Salinas.Students looking at frames at the clinic’s eyewear table
What makes Midtown feel like Midtown
Time for questions. Familiar faces. A thoughtful conversation about your eyes and your options. Our doctors and optical team aim to make care understandable and help you choose eyewear that feels like you.
Our opticians bring experience in frame selection, fit, lenses, and coatings. We care for children and adults, coordinate medical eye care, and keep showing up for our community.
Stellest lenses combine a central prescription zone with surrounding lenslets designed to slow myopia progression. They are Midtown’s primary option to discuss for…
In July 2025 our Midtown Optometry team took our passion for eye health outdoors. Instead of spending the morning behind phoropters and slit‑lamps, we donned gloves and reusable b
Use readable text, reduce reflections, and place screens at a comfortable distance. Take breaks that fit your work, blink fully, and keep vents from blowing toward your…
Myopia often increases as a child’s eye grows. Specialized spectacle lenses, selected contact lenses, and 0.05% atropine can slow progression in appropriate patients.…
Dry eye can involve too little watery tear production, excessive evaporation, inflammation, or a combination of problems. Burning, grittiness, fluctuating blur, and…
On September 1, 2022, Midtown Optometry will be offering a free community clinic during regular business hours. We strive to provide high quality eyecare to everybody in…
Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the optic nerve. Eye pressure is an important risk factor and treatment target, but glaucoma can occur at pressures within the…
Presbyopia is the age-related loss of the eye’s ability to focus up close. It commonly becomes noticeable in midlife, but the timing and the correction that helps are…
You may have noticed that Midtown Optometry was shut down this Tuesday morning. The entire staff was out at Twin Lakes Beach doing a trash pick day. It is one of our favorite thing
AREDS-type supplements are for selected people with intermediate age-related macular degeneration, or late AMD in one eye, to lower progression risk in an eligible eye.…
Color vision deficiency means some colors are harder to distinguish. Most affected people do not see only in black and white. Inherited differences are often recognized in…
Children’s glasses should fit comfortably, support the prescribed vision correction, and suit the activities they actually do. Include your child in choosing a frame from…
Every sport has its own unique visual demands with regards to both vision and eye protection. Without the right pair of sports sunglasses or goggles, you could adversely…
While named after Frank Lloyd Wright, the complex at 550 Water Street was, in fact, designed Mr. Wright’s by his protege, Aaron Green in 1962. The complex is home to 400,000 square
Ultraviolet radiation is different from visible blue light. Excess UV exposure can injure the eye surface; long-term exposure is associated with some cataracts and other…
Conjunctivitis is inflammation of the thin tissue covering the white of the eye and inner eyelids. Viral and bacterial forms may spread between people; allergic…
Redness can come from dryness, allergy, infection, inflammation, injury, or a pressure problem. Appearance alone is not enough to choose treatment. Pain, light…
Do you know your dominant eye? Is it even possible to have a dominant eye? We are sure you have heard the term ‘dominant eye’ but you might not be sure what it means.…
Children use vision for many classroom and play activities, but there is no reliable universal percentage of learning that is “visual.” Learning difficulty has many…
We ask when symptoms began, whether one or both eyes are affected, about recent illness or exposure, and whether you wear contact lenses. The examination checks the cornea…