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Message from the President:
Welcome to the Philadelphia Chapter of FFB!
Welcome to the Philadelphia Chapter of FFB! Our goal, as chapter leaders, is to provide education and support for people with retinal degenerative diseases. We also work to provide a sense of community and promise you that if you are a first-time attendee at our meetings, you’ll feel very warmly welcomed and want to come back.
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Chapter Meetings and Events:
Philadelphia Visionary Awards Dinner
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Union League Club
Honoree: Derek Gillman, Executive Director and President of The Barnes Foundation
Dinner Co-Chairmen: Brook Lenfest and Ed Babin
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7th Annual Philadelphia VisionWalk
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Registration: 8:45 a.m.
Walk Start: 10:00 a.m.
Independence National Historical Park
1 North Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106
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Contact Us:
Susan Gloor
National Director, VisionWalk
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7168 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 100
Columbia, MD 21046
Phone: (410) 423-0600
Fax: (410) 872-0438
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Chapter Highlight
The Foundation Fighting Blindness appointed Philadelphia area buisnessman, Ed Babin, to the Board of Directors. To read more, click here.
Featured Volunteer:
Where do I begin? How do I write about something that is so personal yet so universal among those with retinal disease? I’m resisting my deeper thoughts, feelings, and memories about my vision and my life.
The bottom line: I was born with ocular albinism, which from a retinal disease perspective affects the central part of the retina, the fovea. The fovea is responsible for detailed vision and allows us to read small print and see detail in the distance. My fovea is underdeveloped. I have never had 20/20 vision. I have never hit a baseball.
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Congrats! Learn more about this award, or check out all of the Member Excellence winners and other highlights from the Foundation’s VISIONS 2012 conference on the REWIND page.
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