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VisionWalk raises money to fight blindness

Louisville VisionWalk held its first ever event at Waterfront Park Saturday. Money raised, goes to the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Since 2006, the program has raised over $10 million for sight-saving research.

Diseases such as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and Usher syndrome affect more than ten million Americans.

The Foundation Fighting Blindness is the largest non-governmental source of funding for retinal degenerative disease research in the world. Diseases such as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and Usher syndrome affect more than ten million Americans.

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