Join the Perkins Team for Vision 5K Walk and Run
Walk! Run! Cheer! Show your support at this year's Vision 5K race with Perkins students, staff and friends - including President Steven Rothstein, who will be running blindfolded!
The 2008 Vision 5K Run and Walk is Saturday, June 7, 2008. Come and be part of a truly UNIQUE community event that brings together blind and sighted runners and is the only 5K championship race in the country for blind athletes! Show solidarity with blind runners by running blindfolded with a sighted guide! Visit the Perkins Team page on the Vision 5K website.
WHAT: A unique 5K run and walk where blind and sighted participants run or walk side by side. Join sighted and blind athletes, world-class runners and weekend walkers, and a remarkable partnership of five organizations that serve the blind and visually impaired. You've never seen an event like the Vision 5K!
WHEN: Saturday June 7, 2008; 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. (Race starts at 10 a.m.)
WHERE: Roberto Clemente Field on Park Drive in the Back Bay Fens
WHY: To raise awareness and funds for the blind and visually impaired.
HOW IT HELPS: Funds raised will benefit:
The Carroll Center for the Blind
MAB Community Services
National Braille Press
Perkins School for the Blind
New England Eye Institute
Want more of a challenge? Read about the Blindfold Challenge, CEO Challenge, and USABA Championships.
Read about Sponsorship Opportunities.
For more information, contact Jennifer Volpe at Jennifer.Volpe@Perkins.org or call (617)972-7667 or visit www.vision5K.org