The purpose of the Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss is to strive to improve the well-being of adults experiencing vision loss:

• Through a representative national membership organization primarily of older adults who are blind or visually impaired;
• By advocating for the improvement of the social, economic and cultural status of adults, and especially older adults, with vision loss;
• By providing support, information and consultation to adults, and especially older adults, who are blind or have low vision;
• By supporting education awareness and adult rehabilitation programs for adults, especially older adults, who are blind or have low vision;
• By cooperating with public and private institutions and agencies of and for people who are blind or who have low vision;
• By providing for the free exchange of ideas, opinions and information relative to matters of interest to adults, and especially older adults, with vision loss, through the publication of an accessible newsletter and other types of material;
• By encouraging adults, especially older adults, losing vision to realize their potential and assume their role as valued members of the community

The above is excerpted from the AAVL By-Laws.  You can download the AAVL By-Laws here.