17th Annual Los Angeles VisionWalk | DonationMatch

17th Annual Los Angeles VisionWalk

Walk/Run for Foundation Fighting Blindness
Oct 28, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Deadline: October 20, 2023

Who's Going
Fundraising Goal $110,000
Expected Attendance 300
Reach 1,000
Ticket Price $0
Metro Area Los Angeles, CA
Exempt Status 501(c)(3) (IRS Form 990 Filed)
Nonprofit Category H - Medical Research
Attendee Gender Ratio 50% Male, 50% Female
Potential Item Uses Silent Auction
How Donors Promoted Website Email Blast
Attendee Ages 0-4 Years 5-11 Years 12-17 Years 18-24 Years 25-34 Years 35-44 Years 45-54 Years 55-64 Years 65+ Years
Attendees' Children's Ages 0-4 Years 5-11 Years 12-17 Years 18+ Years
Description

Dear Friend:

 

On behalf of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, I would like to request your support for our 17th Annual Los Angeles VisionWalk on Saturday, October 28, 2023. This annual fundraising event helps light a path in the darkness for the people who are losing, or have already lost, their vision. The event will feature an amazing silent auction, live entertainment, family-friendly activities, and a 5k walk at Crescent Bay Park in Santa Monica.

 

The Foundation Fighting Blindness is the world’s leading private funder of retinal disease research and is dedicated to finding treatments and cures for macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases that together affect more than 10 million Americans and millions more throughout the world. Since its founding in 1971, the Foundation has raised over $891 million to fund promising research which has resulted in discovering the building blocks for cures through novel treatments like gene therapy, pharmaceutical therapy, nutrition, drug delivery, and retinal cell transplantation.

 

I am reaching out to you in hopes you will support our Los Angeles VisionWalk by donating a gift certificate or item for our silent auction.

 

Our auction plays a crucial role in raising the necessary funds for the Foundation to provide a beacon of hope for those affected with blinding diseases and will help drive groundbreaking research that provides preventions, treatments, and cures. Our goal through the VisionWalk program is to grow and spread awareness, raise funds, and unite the community at large. Each in-kind donation is tax deductible with the Foundation’s Federal Tax ID #23-7135845.

 

Please visit our Los Angeles VisionWalk web page to learn about more ways you can participate. Give.FightingBlindness.org/LosAngelesVisionWalk.

 

Thank you so much for considering our request. Please feel free to contact me at 310-569-0893 or MGoldfarb-Shapiro@FightingBlindness.org if there is any additional information that we can share with you or if you have any questions. Together, we’re winning!

 

Crescent Bay Park
2000 Ocean Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90405