Help Fight Retinal Disease

Dear Friends,

We do need your help.

Many of you have been very kind in supporting our efforts from research to patient care. We need your help in the following areas:

1. Patient Care

You can help our low vision patients by providing rides. Many of our patients with low vision are older and often alone, with no way to get rides. Or they are too concerned with burdening others by asking for rides...if you are able to give occasional rides, please sign up...we and the patient would be most grateful.

Many of our patients with poor vision are unable to afford the low vision aids which are prescribed for them. Your donations can help provide these patients with valuable tools to help them enjoy some vision.

3. Research

Research is a key role of the foundation. We need your help in providing ongoing support for the following research areas:

• Retina and Macula Regeneration
• Tissue engineering
• Stem cell research
• Biohybrid therapy
• Gene transfer
• Sporelike cell transplantation

Our goal is to fund a $25,000 grant which is given annually to the individual leading investigators whose research we support

4. Education.

The need to bring change to physicians involves education. We ask your help in supporting the many programs that we give throughout the year for doctors who are in training in eye disease.

5. Volunteers

We will be arranging our first foundation fund-raising in the spring of this year. We need volunteers to help us put this event together and help with the event. We would also appreciate names of friends or family who might like to attend in order to support the event.

The New England Retina Research and Education Foundation is a newly created, not-for-profit 501 (c) 3 organization that encourages and supports research for developing new treatments for retinal disease and promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to eye care that assures proper management of retinal diseases through diagnosis, treatment and counseling. Plans include conferences, seminars and other educational events devoted to furthering new treatment discoveries.

Donations and contributions are welcome and are tax deductible as allowed by the Internal Revenue Service. Gifts may be arranged in memory or honor of a special person. Arrangements can be made to include the Foundation in a Last Will and Testament.

For more information, or to make a donation, please contact Donna Connerton and the Foundation directly at (203) 288-2020 or send your tax deductible contribution to New England Retina Research and Education Foundation, 2200 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518.