VISIONWALK 2016 – OCTOBER 22, 2016 (The Great Lawn at Heinz Field, North Shore Drive at Three Rivers Park Walkway)
 
When:  OCTOBER 22; registration 9:00 am; stage presentation 10:00 am; start time 10:30 am
Where:  Heinz Field – Great Lawn
Who:  UPMC Eye Center Team
 
VisionWalk is the national signature fundraising event for the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Since its inception in the spring of 2006, the program raised over $37 million to fund sight-saving research.  As promising treatments move into critical human studies, the need for research funding is greater than ever before.  Join the tens of thousands of people who have taken important steps toward a cure by participating in this year’s VisionWalk.   We need you!
 
Let’s cure blindness together!  We invite you to join our team and help us save and restore sight to the 10 million Americans living in darkness.  While participation was great last year, we still didn’t have enough of you on our team. Register your spouse, significant other, kids --- make it a family affair.  There will be Chinese auctions, music, and other surprises as well.   All those registered to  walk will receive a free raffle ticket for the Chinese auction.
 
Registration is simple – just email your name and the names of those who will be walking with you to wallyl@upmc.edu and we take care of the rest.  No forms to fill out -- it’s that simple!  

Once registered, you can track your personal donations and pledges right on the website.  The website for our team is http://www.fightblindness.org/site/TR/VISIONWALK/VisionWalktr?fr_id=5754&pg=entry&AddInterest=1561#.V7W6ulsrKHs

If you cannot participate, but would like to make a donation, please make checks payable to the Foundation Fighting Blindness, and give to Lauren.  Of if you would like to make an on-line donation, please use the web address above.

Once again, the UPMC Eye Center is a community champion for this walk, further strengthening our commitment to help with the fight against blindness.  Drs. José Alain Sahel, Ian Conner, and Jenny Will will be medical chairs.
 
We need each and every one of you to be part of our team.  Will you accept the challenge?  We hope so.
 
See you on October 22.   We hope you will join us in supporting this worthwhile cause.  Any questions, please contact Lauren Wally at 412-864-3283 or wallyl@upmc.edu