Birmingham VisionWalk photos are now available! Click here to view our photo album.

Walk Information:

Congratulations Birmingham on the success of the inaugrual VisionWalk at Homewood Central Park on Saturday, November 21st!

The weather was absolultely perfect  – as 30 Teams and over 300 walkers enjoyed a great day at the park. 

Many thanks to our Walk Chairs, Scott and Gina Smith for a fabulous first year event. We couldnd't have done it without you!

So far the Walk has raised over $52,000. But we will keep an eye on that thermometer over the coming weeks, as it will continue to rise!  We will continue to accept donations throughout the next few weeks so please continue to mail them in.

Congratulations to all of our Teams!!  The top 5 Teams as of Walk Day are as follows:

The Von Waters Family Sightsters
Team Looney
Team Smith
Joey's Messengers of Hope
Holloway-Beckers-Colbert

Congratulations to all of our highly spirited teams! We had some great competition for the top Team Spirit award and team Delta Gamma was announced the winner after a Cheer-Off with Team Hayden and the Birmingham Southern College Women's Lacrosse Team.

A special thanks to our sponsors whose support helped to make this event a success:

Northwestern Mutual
Schaeffer Eye Center
Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital
International Retinal Research Foundation
ProAssurance
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Schambeau Dental Care
St. Vincent's Health System
W & H Investments
Birmingham Council of Clubs
Laser Cutting Service

A HUGE thanks goes out to all of the Delta Gamma volunteers for helping us with all the logistical details of the event. We could not be more appreciative.

Don’t forget that even though the Walk is over, we are still accepting donations!  So please continue to reach out to everyone who said they were going to donate and get them to put their checks in the mail to us at:

Foundation Fighting Blindness
Birmingham VisionWalk
5310 NW 33rd Avenue, Ste. 219
Fort Lauderdale, FL  33309

Once again, many, many thanks to all who participated towards the success of VisionWalk!!

2009 Walk Photos are now available! Click here to view our fabulous pictures!

For more information please contact:
Keytia Ortiz, Events Manager
(954) 308-5555  e-mail KOrtiz@FightBlindness.org
               or
Katie VanBenschoten, Assistant Events Manager
(866) 782-7330  e-mail KVanBenschoten@FightBlindness.org