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Message from the President:
 Dear Friends of the FFB Houston Chapter:
My name is Carley Colton and I am honored and blessed to be your new Chapter President for 2013. We have had an excellent past few years of growth in fundraising, membership and awareness and it is our goal to ensure we continue this momentum in the year 2013.
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VisionWalk Update:
Congratulation on a fabulous VisionWalk! We had a beautiful day on Saturday, October 20, 2012 to celebrate the 5th Annual Houston VisionWalk. With over 450 in attendance, we had a great turnout. Thank you so much to everyone who came out and made the day so amazing. Together we have raised over $75,000 for sight saving research and we’re not stopping there!
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Chapter Meetings and Events:
A big thanks goes out to all who participated and helped make our first Dancing Into the Light event a success! Everyone had fun and helped raise the funds needed for the important research being done to find treatments and cures for blinding eye diseases!
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Save the Date!
The 2013 Houston VisionWalk will be on Saturday, October 5th. More details coming soon!
Contact Us:
Carley Colton
President
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Jenny Lynn
Events Manager, Southwest Region
Foundation Fighting Blindness
5600 Tennyson, Suite 180
Plano, TX 75024
972-378-3555 | Office
469-955-4195 | Mobile
Richard Faubion
Regional Director of Development
1663 Steele Street
Suite 607
Denver, CO 80206
Phone: (720) 207-8362
Fax: (720) 200-9333
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Featured Volunteer:
 Georgi’s Stargardt Stars
By Brenna Thiem
During the summer of 2006, it was time for the kid’s annual eye exams. We always knew Georgi couldn’t see well, but we could have never imagined what was to come. As a parent in the medical profession, I was well aware of that gazing look that I received from Georgi’s pediatric ophthalmologist. She said “something is wrong” in this very calm voice as her eyes started to tear up. Something was different this time; Georgi presented with a bull’s-eye macula which is one of the clinical manifestations of Stargardt disease.
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The VISIONS Experience
Check out the recipients of the 2012 Member Excellence Awards and other highlights from the Foundation’s VISIONS 2012 conference on the REWIND page.
   
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