Celebrating Excellence
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National Trustee Scott Burt accepting the Chapter Momentum Award on behalf of the Denver Chapter, from Mrs. America 2011 April Lufriu. |
The Denver Chapter was presented with the Foundation’s Member Excellence Chapter Momentum Award at the VISIONS 2012 national conference in Minneapolis in June. The honor, which recognizes significant improvement of a chapter, acknowledges the group’s momentum and success. Through strong events such as the Colorado 5K VisionWalk, Denver Scramble for Sight golf tournament, and Blind Taste of the Rockies, the chapter has raised nearly $2 million for vision-saving retinal research to date. Chapter leaders have also worked closely with Walmart stores in the area to implement the Save Your Vision Month program, engaging associates in the fight against blindness who are committed to helping their community. Congratulations to all of the chapter leaders and members!
Recent Highlights:
The 2012 Blind Taste of the Rockies and Scramble for Sight
Thank you so much to everyone who attended the Blind Taste of the Rockies on June 20th & Scramble for Sight on the 21st. Because of your support, the events raised over $92,000 to help fund sight-saving research. Including over $44,000 from Arrow & their vendors – WOW!
Not only did everyone enjoy some great food and drinks from the local Denver restaurants, but we also had a great golf tournament (don’t worry, we already requested no wind for next year)! I don’t know about you, but I’m already looking forward to all the goodies that will be served up next year.
Special thanks to Carmen & Scott for their continued dedication and leadership of these events and all of our sponsors including Arrow Electronics, Emerson Network Power, Toshiba, Integro, Advantech, HP, Crucial, RadiSys, Charles Schwab & Tek Systems. And we can’t forget Strange Brewing Company & The Vineyard Wine Shop for providing the beverages at the Blind Taste and all the great food vendors.
See ya next year!
See photos below and find more here.
Outstanding Chapter Award
Scott Burt, Denver Chapter Leader and FFB National Trustee, accepted the runner-up award for Outstanding Chapter at FFB's recent Visions Conference in Baltimore. At the VisionWalk kick-off luncheon at Maggiano's, Scott presents the award to Carmen Swick, Denver Chapter President, who led the chapter to this outstanding achievement. The Denver Chapter was number 32 out of 47 chapters in the country being considered in 2010. Congratulations to Carmen and her chapter leadership team for a job well done! |
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3rd Annual Blind Taste of The Rockies and Auction
The Denver Chapter of the Foundation Fighting Blindness hosted the 3rd Annual Blind Taste of the Rockies event presented by Arrow Electronics. In our third year the event raised nearly $20,000 and played host to more than 40 sponsors and 250 guests. The evening was highlighted with food, beer, and wine sponsors from all over Denver, live music by the Groove, and an auction that featured trips, jewelry, spa packages, sporting events, and much more. Primary underwriters for the event included:Arrow Electronics, The Vineyard at Cherry Creek North, Maggiano's, Strange Brew, Denver Life Magazine, and Haggan Aviation. Thanks to all of our guests, sponsors, and volunteers - we look forward to an even more impressive event in 2012!
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11th Annual Scramble for Sight
Presented by Arrow Electronics
Bear Dance Golf Club Larkspur, CO
This event has raised almost $1,000,000 since its inception and attracts golfers from around the US including many high tech vendors like Microsoft, HP, Teksystems, Fujitsu, Emerson /Motorola, and many others.
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A huge thanks to Arrow Electronics for their generosity
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Thanks to all our sponsors
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June 2012!
Mark your calendars and join us next year at both of these events as a sponsor, volunteer or participant and enjoy the fun!
For more information on the Denver Chapter, please contact:
Carmen Swick
President
(303) 690-1177
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Richard Faubion
Director of Development
(720) 207-8362
Or email us at:
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