FIFTYTWO4MOM
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Target demographics: Everyone
Direct beneficiaries per year: Unknown
Someone who had 3 hours of volunteer time could: Volunteer for our annual Spikes-4-Sight Volleyball Tournament, Run at the Farm 5k, or one of our 4 local Charity Poker Events.
Geographic areas served: National
Mission:
To increase AWARENESS about optic nerve disorders to the general public; to fund RESEARCH into causes, treatments and cures; and to build PROGRAMS to assist individuals who suffer from optic nerve disorders.
Results:
This year we were able to donate to research at the Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles, the Bascom Palmer Institute in Miami, the Foundation Fighting Blindness, and the International Foundation for Optic Nerve Disorders. We also helped fund VI runners at the Cherry Creek Sneak in Denver, and guided runners at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon and California International Marathon.
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Deb C.
05/01/13
Fiftytwo4Mom has made it possible for 2 years in a row for a total of 36 visually impaired individuals to participate in the Cherry Creek Sneak 5K (Denver, Colorado) by funding registration fees with Lending SIght. This event has 10,000 participants each year. This year we had 32 pairs of visually ...
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Celeste4
04/26/13
Brian is great at inspiring people and leading this wonderful organization. I had the pleasure of being Brian's guide runner while he wore a mask to simulate the level of blindness with which his mom sees every day. He has done a wonderful job in raising money for the organization and participating ...
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