Way to go South Florida VisionWalkers!
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park was the setting for the 7th Annual South Florida VisionWalk on Saturday, November 10, 2012. Over 250 people came out on a cool, comfortable day to show their support of the work of the Foundation Fighting Blindness and the over 10 million people affected by blinding retinal diseases.
Twenty-four teams raised over $28,000 and are continuing their fundraising efforts. We had two new teams sign up on Walk day and 10 new teams total at this year’s walk.
Our top five fundraising teams and Walk All Stars are:
- The Katie Starr Team, Team Captain: Lori Weinstock
- Comprehensive Home Health Care, Team Captain: Jackie Silva
- Retinal Transformers, Team Captain: Amy Trodick
- Eyescream Gang, Team Captain: Tim Schoen
- Team DiMaggio, Team Captain: Joyce DiMaggio
We had some amazing sponsors as well. Thank you to:
- National Corporate Partner: Walmart
- Community Leader: Holy Cross Hospital
- Community Partners: Regeneron, Genentech, Retina Group of Florida, and Tri-County Ophthalmic Personnel
- Community Supporter: Low Vision Institute
Thank you so much to Pepsico and Krispy Kreme for their generous in-kind donations and to all of the people who worked so hard to make this event a success. VisionWalk would not be what it is without an amazing group of people supporting it as fundraisers, walkers, volunteers, and donors.
Special thanks goes out to Mr. Thomas Nicosia – Director, Jim Moran Heart and Vascular Center at Holy Cross Hospital – for Chairing the VisionWalk this year. Tom, Ana – his wife, and Zach – his son, were invaluable to the walk and we look forward to many more years of working with them.
You can keep up with the VisionWalk throughout the year by accessing the website at www.FightBlindness.org/SouthFloridaVisionWalk or by contacting Natalie Linton, Events Manager, at (919)781-8014 or
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The 2013 South Florida VisionWalk is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, November 9, 2013. |
