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2011 St. Louis VisionWalk
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 5th Annual St. Louis VisionWalk at Tower Grove Park – Sons of Rest Pavilion on Saturday, September 24! We had over 500 walkers and 24 energetic teams participate in this year’s VisionWalk to help Foundation Fighting Blindness raise over $98,000 for critical retinal degenerative disease research! We want to give a special thank you to our VisionWalk Co-Chairs, Laura Abrams and Leslie Morris, our Medical Chair, Dr. Nancy Holekamp, our Youth Chair, Geoff Parker and our Honorary Emcee, Maurice Drummond. Thank you to our Sponsors: Centric Group, Dennis & Judy Jones Family Foundation, The Albrecht Family Charitable Foundation, Crawford Taylor Foundation, The Morris Family, Bausch + Lomb, Emerson Electric, Express Scripts Foundation, First National Bank of St. Louis, Lighthouse for the Blind, The Petrofsky Family, Solutia Inc, Transitions Healthy Sight for Life Fund, Lifelong Vision Foundation, Washington University Family Foundation, The von Gontard Family Foundation, Collision Auto Body, Utopia Salon & Spa Thank you to our In-Kind Donors: Maplewood Lions Club, Pepsi, Schnuck's, Starbucks, St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Rams Cheerleaders, St. Louis Firing Squad Beepball Team, Water of America We also could not have had such a wonderful walk day without the support of all of teams, walkers and volunteers who rallied in support of our affected families. Congratulations to our top five fundraising teams: Jackmo’s Joggers, Pete’s Peeper Posse, Team LMBBS, Wash U Department of Ophthalmology and See Captains! Once again a huge thank you for your continued support of VisionWalk and congratulations for all of your fantastic efforts and support! With your help, a cure is in sight! |
