For over a decade, Elena and Katherine have been committed volunteer leaders at Perkins. They serve on the Perkins Board of Trustees and co-chair the Perkins Corporation.
Katherine: Perkins helps every child who needs to learn differently receive an accessible education, which leads to a meaningful life.
Elena: Perkins is a dynamic and innovative organization, always ready to tackle new and unexpected issues related to blindness, deaf-blindness, and MDVI. In the last ten years, we’ve witnessed a new form of blindness, Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI), which has quickly become the leading cause of blindness in the world. Perkins is addressing this crisis head-on and has become the center of excellence in the CVI community.
Katherine: We are thrilled to be leading such an enthusiastic and diverse group of donors and supporters. Our goal is to ensure Perkins continues to be a leader for decades to come.
Elena: There are over 6 million blind and MDVI children in the world today. At Perkins, we believe every child can learn. So I hope that I can help connect people to our mission in my leadership role and work with supporters to spread the word about the extraordinary work happening at Perkins.
Katherine: Every time I learn about a young person succeeding with Perkins’ help, it makes me want to do even more. We can all make a difference by giving back, from volunteering to making a donation, introducing Perkins to friends, or just sharing a post on social media.
Elena: An investment in Perkins will impact children locally, nationally, and even internationally for years to come.