"Turning the Corner: From Laboratory Studies to Clinical Trials"

Dallas, TX – On February 23, more than 500 guests joined the Foundation Fighting Blindness to honor one of Texas’ first ladies, Ebby Halliday, with A Roast & Toast for her 100th birthday.

More than 300 leaders from Washington, D.C.’s political and lobbying communities came together March 29 to honor two visionaries and benefit the Foundation’s mission to drive retinal research. At the 9th Annual ‘For the Love of Sight’ Visionary Awards dinner, U.S. Senator John Boozman from Arkansas and Smith W. “Smitty” Davis, partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, were honored for their accomplishments and strong Foundation support.

The Foundation Fighting Blindness hosted its 5th Annual Orange County Dining in the Dark Visionary Awards Dinner on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at the Fairmont Newport Beach.  This year’s Dinner honorees, J. Andy Corley, Co-Founder, eyeonics, Inc., Surgical Strategy Advisor, Bausch + Lomb Incorporated and Baruch D. Kuppermann, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering, Chief of the Retina Service, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine were honored for their commitment to the advancement of science and technology that drive the vital research towards treating and preventing retinal degenerative diseases.

On Wednesday, January 19, more than 350 guests arrived at The Plaza Hotel in New York City for the Foundation Fighting Blindness’ Banking on a Cure New York Visionary Awards Dinner.

What an incredible day we had on Saturday, October 23rd for the 2nd Annual Louisville VisionWalk! The setting was great, the weather was perfect, and we had nearly 300 participants with great dedication, enthusiasm and energy! You brought in over $9,000 on walk day, which brings our total up to over $23,000!

What an incredible day we had at Butler University on Saturday, October 2nd for the 4th Annual Indianapolis VisionWalk! We had a great turnout even with the rain pouring down on us - over 500 participants with great dedication, enthusiasm and energy! We hope you were able to join us and enjoy the activities, food and friendship.

On Saturday, November 13th, we welcomed over 250 walkers out at Freedom Park in Charlotte for the 4th Annual Charlotte VisionWalk. Thanks to the support of the Charlotte Commnity, we’ve raised over $62,000 for our fight for sight.