Lions Eye Institute Foundation and Prevent Blindness Florida formally invite you to stimulate your senses and help people who are blind or visually impaired. The "American Idol-style" evening will feature Tampa Bay culinary students in a head to head chocolate competiton, judged by local pastry chefs and guest.

Guests are invited to sample the entries, vote for their favorite chocolate creation and help determine the "fan favorite". "Celebrity judges" will be from well known restaurants in the Bay area.

Friday, February 12, 2010
7:00-10:00pm
Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research
1410 N. 21st St.
Tampa, FL 33605

Individual Ticket - $35* ($40 at the door)
Couples Ticket - $50 ($60 at the door)

Live music, wine and beer, passed hors d'oeuvres, magicians, and caricatures.

Click here to register online!

From: www.preventblindnessflorida.org:

Our Mission - Prevent Blindness and Preserve Sight

Prevent Blindness Florida, an affiliate of Prevent Blindness America, is a
non-profit organization offering over 50 years of vision education and services. Our focus is promoting a lifetime of healthy vision care through advocacy, education, screening and research. You can help Prevent Blindness Florida by donation when you renew your vehicle registration and driver license.


Our Vision - Florida’s Leader in Preserving Sight

Advocacy - we work with government officials at the local, state and national levels to make eye health and safety a local as well as national priority. We advocate for sound public policy and adequate funding for initiatives that prevent blindness and save sight.

Education - we create awareness about the importance of vision care for all ages through seminars, vision screening, special events, public service announcements, brochures and our website. Our message is simple…have a regular eye exam.

Screening - we check the eyes of thousands of children and adults each year. Our vision screenings help preschoolers at risk of vision loss from lazy eye, school children who depend on good vision for learning, and adults threatened by glaucoma and other serious vision problems.

Research - we support the work of scientists who will find tomorrow's cures for the eye diseases that threaten Americans with vision loss and blindness. We recently funded a vision study being conducted at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, in collaboration with Scripps Florida, led by Stephen G. Schwartz, MD.


Prevent Blindness Florida
1112 East Kennedy Boulevard
Tampa, Florida 33602
Phone: (800) 817-3595 ext. 112
Fax: (813) 226-3745
E-mail: jtobin@preventblindnessfl.org

From: www.lionseyefoundation.org:

About the Lions Eye Foundation:

Founded as a non-profit, charitable organization by Tampa Bay area Lions Clubs in 1973, Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research (LEITR) has provided the gift of sight to more than 30,000 men, women and children through cornea transplantation and provided 50,000 eyes for research worldwide. LEITR is leading the fight against blinding eye diseases through the recovery, evaluation, and distribution of eye tissue for transplantation, research, and education.

Click here to learn more!