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Chapter speaking engagements
The Baltimore Chapter had the opportunity to speak to several groups: The Diamond Plan of Coventry Health Group; Wicomico County school nurses and the Delta Gamma Sorority of American University, educating them about retinal disorders, the FFB and VisionWalk. A special thank you to Mr. Ben Shaberman from the FFB, who spoke to the Wicomico school nurses and aids.
Chapter presentations
The November Speaker series was a success! We had approximately 30 attendees. Dr. Janet Sunness from GBMC’s Hoover Low Vision Center spoke about retraining your brain for better vision. Erin Piesach, a registered Dietician with Shop Rite of Timonium gave a presentation on “Eat Right for Good Sight”. You can view her presentation here.
Matthew Lipsey’s interview with The Jewish Times
Matthew Lipsey was interviewed by the Jewish Times about living with Stargardt disease and his trip with the 2012 Global Explorers Leading the Way program to the Grand Canyon. Read the article here.
The Day’s interview for the film with a link to video
Board member Christine Day and her family were interviewed for a video that will be shown at Dining in the Dark events nationwide. Christine, her husband Doug and their two children, Derrick, 6 and Meredith, 4 speak about living with visual impairment. Watch the video here.
RP discussed in the Baltimore Sun
Chapter Leader Scott Soldan weighs in on the impact of RP for a Baltimore Sun article. Read it here.
Celebrating Excellence
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Dot and Steve Dutterer (front right) with
"Team Lancelot" at the
2012 Baltimore VisionWalk. |
Baltimore VisionWalk leaders Dot and Steve Dutterer were presented with the Foundation’s Member Excellence Volunteer of the Year Award for the Mid-Atlantic Region at the VISIONS 2012 national conference in Minneapolis in June. The honor recognizes their excellent service in support of the Foundation’s mission in 2011. The Dutterers’ “Team Lancelot” has been instrumental to the success of the VisionWalk, reaching out through a passionate letter writing campaign each year. Since 2001, they’ve raised over $270,000 for sight-saving research through the walk and other Foundation fundraising events. Despite Steve’s vision limitations, the Dutterers are often found cruising the globe, where they share their story and determination to support research with fellow travelers, raising awareness and engaging new support for their VisionWalk team. Congratulations Steve and Dot!
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