(Hong Kong - China) Finished in 4:17:58 - Walter Cheung is well aware that Jesus healed people with impaired vision, showing concern for both physical and spiritual blindness. This is Walter's first effort to help the visually impaired and his first fundraiser through a marathon outside China. This public relations professional hopes the needs of people who are blind will touch the hearts of those who do and do not run. Walter has run 23 marathons in the past eight years, and hopes to help others and further enrich his running experience through his participation in the Boston Marathon. A former journalist and freelancer, Walter will share his valuable experience by contributing articles to newspapers in China.

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(Redwood City, CA) Finished in 4:46:32 - Gianna Driver lives in Redwood City, CA and helped raise funds for educational initiatives for children and adults who are blind. Being legally-blind in one eye herself, Gianna values the gift of vision and wants to spread awareness about how we can help the visually impaired lead more meaningful lives. Gianna is particularly intrigued by the low Braille literacy rate and is doing what she can to increase it. Gianna is involved in several community organizations in California, and is the founder and CEO of GIANNA (www.weargianna.com) an organization that creates life-changing opportunities for severely disadvantaged artisans in the developing world. The company’s community involvement includes sponsoring annual eye camps in several rural artisan communities abroad.

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(Newton, MA) Finished in 5:24:03 - John Geraci was introduced to Perkins when he enrolled his son in Perkins’ infant toddler program. John’s son was born at 24 weeks with ROP and is legally blind. John’s son is now 7 years-old, in public school and has a vision teacher who was trained at Perkins School for the Blind. John is so proud of what his son has accomplished!  In honor of his son and in support of Perkins, John ran the 2010 Boston Marathon.

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(Watertown, MA) Finished in 5:07:21 - Mike has worked at Perkins School for the Blind for nearly 10 years and feels privileged to be able to assist people in reaching their goals in life. Mike ran the 2010 Boston Marathon in honor of two of his aunts. His aunts taught him to persevere in the face of adversity and the importance of doing for those who cannot do for themselves.  In running the marathon for Perkins, it was Mike’s goal to contribute to a school he feels has blessed his life.

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(Leominster, MA) Finished in 3:58:02 - Erich Manser is 37-years old and lives in Leominster, MA with his wife Lisa, 4yr old daughter Ellie, 16-month old daughter Grace, and Border Collie (and running partner!) Charlie. Diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at age 3, Erich has experienced a gradual loss of eyesight, which he feels makes him more adaptable than he might otherwise be. He works full-time from a home office for Hewlett-Packard, and is also working independently on the development of a new assistive technology for use with visual media and entertainment. As Erich likes to say, "You don't need eyesight to have vision!" Erich was thrilled to have been a part of the Perkins 2010 Boston Marathon team!

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(San Diego, CA) Finished in 4:37:29 - Richard Muscio learned about Perkins when he lost his vision in 2001.  Richard regained partial sight 15 months later and found his passion for running.  He plans to run 7 half marathons in 5 months prior to the 2010 Boston Marathon! Richard lives in San Diego where he is actively involved in fundraising and charities. He is on the Board of Trustees for the Monterey Museum of Art and is the Founder of the Oceanside Turkey Trot, a Thanksgiving morning 5k run that benefits physical fitness programs for Oceanside city school students.  Richard is also founder of the Virginia Ann Scheunemann Memorial Fund, a San Diego charity that assists low-income and uninsured women with cancer in acquiring cancer care products.

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(Dedham, MA) Finished in 5:34:42 - Jenn Musso ran in honor of her 11-year-old nephew Kevin Lagzdins.  Kevin was born prematurely with detached retinas resulting in blindness. Kevin is thriving in a mainstream classroom with the support of vision teachers and orientation and mobility specialists trained at Perkins. Jenn is a novice runner, but has run the Vision 5k for the past 5 years. Last year, Kevin joined her!

(Darien, CT) Did Not Run Due To Injury -Burt Palmer lives in Connecticut and is a distant relative of Samuel Gridley Howe.  This relationship made him more curious about Perkins, which led him to take a tour of campus.  The tour of the school, from a historical perspective, and experiencing its employees enthusiasm for the students motivated him to run the 2010 Boston Marathon for Perkins.  Burt’s hobbies and passions include fishing, boating, golf, and marathons (running Boston has been a life long dream of his!) as well as mission work both domestically and internationally.

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(Watertown, MA) Finished in 5:00:11 - Mike has been teaching physical education in Perkins’ Deafblind Program for seven years and this is his second year running the Boston Marathon for Perkins. "My students have taught me about having strength when you are against the odds, to have courage when you're scared to try new things, and to have commitment to keep working when you're tired, sore, and frustrated. My students have taught me so much about how to be a man and how to live a peaceful life."

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(Reading, MA) Finished in 4:32:54 - Tom lives in Reading, MA and his youngest daughter, Ali, is a 2008 graduate of Perkins. Tom says that he and his wife can’t say enough good things about Ali’s experience and the staff at Perkins and therefore was happy to run the Boston Marathon in support of Perkins.

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(Watertown, MA) Finished in 3:16:27 - Chris Rife is an avid runner and lives steps from the Perkins School for the Blind campus.  His wife, Dorinda, works at Perkins and Chris enjoys running at the campus track once or twice a week, and other times along the Charles River.  Chris has run seven marathons, including the Boston in 2004, and was kind enough to offer his guidance and expertise in running to some of the more novice runners on the team.

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(Hopkington, MA) Finished in 4:41:50 - Michelle is a mom, a wife, an employee, and a runner.  Michelle ran the 2010 Boston Marathon to accomplish a lifelong goal, support Perkins and to show her children, niece and nephew (who has ocular albinism) that with hard work, commitment, and perseverance, they can achieve anything.

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(Bedford, MA) Finished - Bill Schawbel,a member of the Perkins Trust Board, ran the 2010 Boston Marathon to celebrate his seventieth birthday.  Bill was astonished to learn that braille literacy rate among the blind stands at only 12 percent, and he wants to do his part to increase that percentage.  He ran the Boston Marathon thirty years ago, and again twenty years ago and was happy to run in this year's in support of Perkins.

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(Boston, MA) Finished in 4:15:38 - Julia Shaw is a recent graduate of Wellesley College, where she was captain of the Varsity Crew team. Julia can't think of a better way to honor her great-great-great grandfather, Samuel Gridley Howe, and the incredible institution he started years ago. She completed her first marathon on Monday the 19th!

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(Wareham, MA) Finished in 5:09:09 - Howard works at a group home with 4 wonderful deafblind young adults. The gentleman he works primarily with, Michael, receives low vision assessments at Perkins and enjoys the digital talking books he borrows from Perkins. When Howard is not at work, he enjoys running with the Gateway Running Club at the Gleason Family YMCA. Last June, he received a cardiac pacemaker. Since then, he has been dedicated to getting in the best physical condition he can. Howard’s employer offers the Healthy Lifestyle program and he attributes his ability to run a marathon to that program. Without encouragement from his wife, and the efforts of the program’s employees, Howard would not be where he is now.

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(Watertown, MA) Finished in 3:52:00 - Adam has been determined to run the Boston Marathon since childhood. Adam grew up in Western Colorado and is an avid mountain bike racer, runner and ice hockey player.  He works in the Perkins International program. Not particularly a fast runner, qualifying for Boston was something of a dream for Adam. By running the 2010 Boston Marathon for Perkins, it was Adam's perfect opportunity to help children with visual impairment and additional disabilities around the world while fulfilling a life goal of his as well.  Adam is honored to have had the opportunity to support Perkins with his training and commitment to run.

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(Maryland, NY) Finished in 4:14:50 - Steve’s son, Willie, is a 2008 Perkins graduate.  Steve has not always been a runner, but was inspired by something he witnessed on his first visit to Perkins School for the Blind in 1999.  Steve had just started running and a few laps around the local school track was his latest accomplishment.  That day at Perkins, Steve saw a young man using a cane to guide his run.  This motivated Steve to continue running and to this day he has completed 9 marathons, including the 114th running of the Boston Marathon!

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