[nagdu] Carolina Eye Partners With Mira Foundation

Thu Jun 3 17:35:27 UTC 2010

And how many of the teams are successful and happy? Hard to define but
I'd like to see that stat too.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Marion Gwizdala
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 6:59 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Carolina Eye Partners With Mira Foundation

    This just goes to show that some will do anything they need to raise

fund, including promulgating myths about blindness!

"With the complete loss of vision - and the resulting heightening of the

other four senses - Dining in the Dark will be an extraordinary
adventure."

Not to mention that it will create more barriers to our full
participation 
in society by causing peple to believe we are extraordinary because we
can 
do something as simple as eat without being able to see! BTW, I would
also 
like to know more about the Mira Foundation. How young are the people
they 
work with and how many guide dogs have they placed?

Fraternally yours,
Marion

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Toni Eames" <eeames at csufresno.edu>
To: <gdui-friends at yahoogroups.com>; <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 12:57 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Carolina Eye Partners With Mira Foundation

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>
>Carolina Eye Partners With Mira Foundation
>
>
>
>Wednesday, May 5, 2010
><http://www.thepilot.com/news/2010/may/05/carolina-eye-partners-mira-fo
undation/>http://www.thepilot.com/news/2010/may/05/carolina-eye-partners
-mira-foundation/
>Mira Foundation USA, a nonprofit dedicated to providing guide dogs to 
>children in need, announces Carolina Eye Associates as one of the 
>organization's founding corporate partners.
>
>Mira USA is the only nonprofit providing guide dogs to visually
impaired 
>young children in the United States. The two organizations both share
the 
>same concern and commitment to providing young children with the 
>resources - and companions - that enable personal independence and the 
>freedom of mobility.
>
>Carolina Eye is also the headline sponsor of Mira USA's upcoming
"Dining in 
>the Dark" fundraiser event taking place May 14 at the Country Club of
North 
>Carolina in Pinehurst.
>
>"Mira USA is an organization close to all our hearts, and we admire the

>passion with which they've tackled the huge job of providing these 
>specially trained guide dogs to young children across our country,"
said 
>Dr. Greg Mincey, of Carolina Eye Associates. "We are proud to be a part
of 
>Mira USA's mission for improving the lives of children in need of a
guide 
>dog and invite other companies and organizations nationwide to join us
in 
>supporting their effort."
>
>"Dining in the Dark" is one of many community activities held to raise 
>awareness and funds to support the work of Mira USA. The concept began
in 
>Germany and has spread to cities where restaurants offer a unique twist
on 
>a normal dinner out: guests gather to wine and dine in darkness. With
the 
>complete loss of vision - and the resulting heightening of the other
four 
>senses - Dining in the Dark will be an extraordinary adventure.
>
>"This is the first time such an event has been presented in North 
>Carolina," said a spokesman. "Reserved seats are filling quickly for
this 
>dinner as the community has embraced both the novelty of the event and
the 
>mission of Mira USA."
>
>"We are grateful to have the support of the distinguished team at
Carolina 
>Eye Associates," said Robert Baillie, Mira USA founder and chairman.
"There 
>are over 57,000 visually impaired young children in the United States
and 
>ours is a big undertaking to begin to serve this largely overlooked 
>population by providing specially trained service dogs. I've
experienced 
>how the dog can provide a bridge between the child and the community, 
>diminishing the stigma often associated with disabilities, and with the

>support of the public and organizations like Carolina Eye, we will give
as 
>many children as possible this tremendous gift of independence and 
>companionship."
>
>MIRA Foundation USA Inc. is dedicated to enriching the lives of the
largely 
>overlooked population of young children living with disabilities by 
>providing specially trained service dogs. Mira USA was established in
2008 
>by Robert Baillie. Having suddenly lost his sight and realizing the 
>life-changing difference his guide dog Devon made for him, Bob set out
to 
>improve the experience of individuals living with blindness. These
special 
>dogs and services are given to children free of charge. Although Mira
USA 
>will provide dogs to all who qualify, its main focus is on children 11 
>years of age and above. Mira USA believes everyone should have access
to 
>the tools and resources that enable personal independence and freedom
of 
>mobility, and invites you to be a part of it. Learn more at 
><http://www.mirausa.org>www.mirausa.org or (910) 944-7757.
>
>Carolina Eye Associates is one of the largest eye-care practices in the

>Southeast, with eight regional eye-care centers in North and South 
>Carolina. Carolina Eye was established in 1977 in Pinehurst/Southern
Pines, 
>N.C., by Dr. Robert Gale Martin and Dr. George Tate Jr. Since then, 
>patients from across the United States and more than 20 foreign
countries 
>have come to Carolina Eye for eye care needs. For more information,
please 
>visit <http://www.carolinaeye.com>www.carolinaeye.com.

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