Great Job Ft. Wayne!

What a fantastic day on Saturday, June 12 to enjoy our 4th Annual Ft. Wayne VisionWalk! We are still collecting donations and we have until June 30 as we are pretty close to our goal of $75,000! There were 595 participants who enjoyed a beautiful day at Headwaters Park  - Germanfest Grounds to celebrate our fundraising efforts in support of the Foundation and the critical research it funds.

Check back here for walk photos and updates on the totals (and if you have any photos, please e-mail them to me so I can post them on the website).

It's never too late to donate to the Walk. Let's keep the thermometer rising! Please send any checks to:

Foundation Fighting Blindness
1580 S. Milwaukee Avenue, Suite 606
Libertyville, IL 60048
Attn.: Ft. Wayne VisionWalk

We want to give special thanks to our Walk Chair, Anne Palmer; Volunteer Coordinator and Chapter President, Rick Dahlstrom; and our committee Jim Platzer, Jeremy Curry, and Sarah Thelen. Also thank you to our great emcee, Kent Hormann, and our Honory Chairs, Dr. Cathleen McCabe, Dr. Gohar Salam, and Mark Critchfield. Thank you Miss Hoosier Heartland, Madison Siefert, for a great Warm Up!

We would also like to thank our sponsors: Cataract & Laser Institute, Walmart, Germanfest, Sweetcakes Comedy Entertainment, Lions Club, Republic Services, Diskey Architectural Signage, Ft. Wayne Endocrinology, GW Micro, Pain Management Associates,  Shoaff Park Lions Club District 25-B, Fifth Third Bank, Northeast Ophthalmology, Grossnickle Eye Center, Peerless Machine and Tool Corp, Low Vision Center of Ft. Wayne, Vision Care Associates, and Thrush Co., INC. Also, a special thank you to the many community sponsors and in-kind donors who made Saturday such a great day for so many.

Special thanks to DJ Krazy Kris for playing entertaining music for our guests to enjoy.

A HUGE thank you to all the Team Captains, walkers, and volunteers! Your support, dedication, and energy made the day a true success.

We also want to highlight the top Ft. Wayne VisionWalk teams and their captains, 8 of which raised more than $1,000 each. Congratulations!
Cataract & Laser Institute (over $29,000!)
What's Up Doc? ($3,500)
S.O.S. ($3,300)
Team Thelen ($2,000)
Leash on Love ($1,900)
In-Sight ($1,500)
Designed to Suceed ($1,400)
Time Corners Lions Club "IC Freely's" ($1,400)

With your help a cure is in sight!
Jessica Perkins Miller
Events Manager, Midwest Region
Foundation Fighting Blindness
1580 S. Milwaukee Ave., Suite 606
Libertyville, IL 60048
(847) 680-0100 Phone