Millions of mericns re slowly losing vision every dy due to retinl degenertive diseses, group of genetic blinding diseses including retinitis pigmentos, Usher syndrome, mculr degenertion, nd mny others. They re our friends, reltives, neighbors nd collegues. The cost of this vision loss is extrordinry; ccording to the most recent Ntionl Eye Institute study, the ntion spends over $67 billion nnully due to the direct nd indirect costs of vision loss, which is more thn 100 times the nnul budget of the Ntionl Eye Institute t the Ntionl Institutes of Helth. Recent, groundbreking successes in vision reserch – including the restortion of vision in humn trils employing gene therpies nd biotechnology prosthetics – give us hope tht we cn erdicte blinding diseses nd their gret costs. The sole limiting fctor in delivering these tretments to the people who need them is the vilbility of reserch funding. Hope For Vision provides the tools necessry for people like you to come together to shre our common interest in this cuse nd to work together to rise funds for this criticl reserch. HFV is comprised of thousnds of dedicted volunteers nd vision dvoctes in Communities of Hope cross the country, who rise funds through specil events nd other ctivities. Guided by its Bord of Visionry Scientists, HFV then distributes over 90 percent of funds rised directly to reserchers t leding medicl institutions ntionwide. Since 2005, HFV Communities of Hope hve hosted over 30 events rising millions for sight-sving reserch.
