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New Insight Blog Post
Dr. Vincent Hau is a vitreoretinal surgeon from California who, upon hearing NPR's Peter Sagal talk about guiding on Team With A Vision on the radio, felt inspired to do so himself.
Dr. Hau ran the Boston Marathon on the Team this year, serving as a sighted guide for Richard Hunter along with fellow guide Dan Streetman.
Hear Dr. Hau's unique perspective on the event as an eye surgeon and learn why his military veteran teammates gave him the call sign "Scalpel" (hint: not just because he's a surgeon!) by reading the full article here.
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United In Stride
Feeling inspired by Team With A Vision? MABVI and Richard Hunter have launched a new online resource to connect sighted guides with runners, walkers, and joggers with visual impairment.
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Volunteer
Sign up to become a one-on-one volunteer and lend your eyesight to an individual with visual impairment in your community. Even an hour or two a week can make a huge difference in someone's life.
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Donate
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Team With A Vision Conquers the Boston Marathon 2015!
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Team With A Vision runners competing in the Boston Marathon (left to right: Randy Pierce, Peter Houde, Greg Hallerman, Kyle Robidoux, Michelle Becker, and Christine Houde)
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Not even the cold and rain on Boston Marathon Monday could dampen the spirit of MABVI's Team With A Vision! Not only did every runner finish the course, many completed in their personal best time! This year proved to be one of our best ever, as 72 blind and sighted athletes gathered in Boston to prove that with the right support, anything is possible. In addition to their personal accomplishments, this year Team With A Vision rallied to raise over $125,000 for the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired so that we can continue to provide high-quality services to those who need it. Picking a highlight from this year's team would be an impossible tasks: from ultrarunner and New York Times bestseller Scott Jurek and host of NPR's "Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!" Peter Sagal running with us as sighted guides, to fielding the most international team to date (with runners coming from Canada, the U.K., France, and Hong Kong), to three of our team members placing in their division, this year's Boston Marathon was a rousing success and gave everyone involved memories to last a lifetime.
Learn more about Team With A Vision at the Boston Marathon in our Boston Marathon 2015 Race Report.
Thank you to all who helped make it such a wonderful experience!
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MABVI Volunteer Appreciation Brunch Honors Outstanding Volunteers
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| Volunteer Coordinator Jen Buchanan and her guide dog Keating present the Jane Falk Award to Dave Couture alongside Ken Bowles and his guide dog Finnegan |
On April 19th at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, MABVI held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Brunch, in which we recognized the hard work and dedication of those who participate in our Volunteer Program, generously offering their sight to those who need it. Speakers at the event included Boston City Councillor
Tito Jackson and NPR's
Peter Sagal.
Certificates were presented for "Years of Service" milestones, in addition to the Jane Falk Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service, awarded to
Dave Couture, the Family Volunteer Award, given to
Allie Dagg and her parents
David Dagg and
Stacey Sacks, and the Volunteer Community Partner Award, which went to the
New England College of Optometry (NECO) for all their support of MABVI's Volunteer Program.
To learn more about this event and the wonderful articles published about our award winners, visit our website here:
MABVI Volunteer Appreciation Brunch
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Blindfold Challenge Raises Funds and Awareness at the B.A.A. 5K
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| Kevin Hoe and guide Emily running in the Blindfold Challenge |
Congratulations to all who participated in the
Blindfold Challenge at the Boston Athletic Association 5K on Marathon Weekend! In this event, teams of two - one runner blindfolded, the other guiding - competed to raise funds and awareness for MABVI as well as the Carroll Center for the Blind, Perkins, and National Braille Press.
We are immensely proud of all the runners who competed this year. In total, they raised
$11,226 for the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired!
For runner
Kevin Hoe, who raised $2,230 of that total along with his guide Emily, our cause is close to his heart.
"In eighth grade," he explains, "I was diagnosed with glaucoma and have had several surgeries since then to manage my sight. Fortunately my vision is stable thanks to the support from exceptional doctors, family, and friends."
In addition to running the Blindfold Challenge, Kevin is also a dedicated one-on-one volunteer with MABVI's
Volunteer Program.
View photos from this year's event on the Blindfold Challenge Facebook page
here.
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About Us:
The Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a program of MAB Community Services. MABVI has been
creating opportunities for blind and visually impaired individuals since 1903. Our experience allows us to forge strong community partnerships to meet the pressing need for high quality services and transform lives.
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