iWalk for Vision - Saturday April 25th - UIUC Campus

On Saturday, April 25th, the Hope for Vision student organization at University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana will be holding the first annual iWalk and 5K Run for Sight.  Click here for more information, to register or to make a pledge of support.

What makes this event particularly interesting is that you can register for "The Experience" - a way to gain first-hand experience of what it is like to to have a retinal degenerative disease.  If you register for the Experience as a "visually impared" walker, you will be given a special pair of glasses to simulate the low-vision due to a retinal degenerative disease.  Or you could register as a "guide" and walk with an "impaired person" through the whole course.

The walk is spearheaded by Ashley Soriano, a UIUC student who has retinitis pigementosa.  You can check out Ahsley's personal iWalk fundraising page by clicking here.

There are already over 70 participants walking or running and a wonderful day of great food and entertainment planned.  Registration is $15, and you can set up your own personal fundraising page on the iWalk website.  Click here to get started.