The Vision of Children Foundation hosted its annual “Sip to See, Springtime Tea” on May 7 at a private club in La Jolla.Event Chairs Kristi Pieper, Zarah Meyer, and Vivian Hardage, along with the Foundation’sdedicated Advisory Board, welcomed more than 180 guests to an elegant midday gathering. This sold-out event’s proceeds will groundbreaking research to cure genetic vision disorders and assist affected children and families, according to a news release.
Attendees enjoyed a traditional full tea service, boutique shopping, a beautifully curated silent auction, and exciting opportunity drawings. This year’s program featured an engagingpresentation of fun facts about tea by Juliann Ford of Manners Prep, and an enlighteningpresentation from Dr. Greg Ostrow, VOC Board of Directors member and director of Pediatric Ophthalmology at Scripps Clinic.
The most moving moments of the program came from VOC Advisory Board member Zarah Meyer, who shared a heartfelt personal testimony alongside her 4-year-old daughter Rosie. Diagnosed with a genetic vision disorder at just two months old, Rosie has been under the care of Ostrow, who has helped guide the Meyer family through the challenges of her diagnosis.
Zarah recalled the family’s first meeting with Ostrow. It was then they learned about the potential for gene therapy to cure genetic vision disorders if treatment begins before the age of 10. Zarah emphasized the urgency of VOC’s mission to find a cure for hereditary vision disorders, explaining that critical research could not happen without the continued generosity of donors and ers, the news release stated.
“We are immensely grateful for the incredible generosity of everyone who ed us this year,” said Sam and Vivian Hardage, co-founders of The Vision of Children Foundation, in the news release. “Every contribution helps bring us closer to the day when no child will have to grow up with vision loss caused by a genetic disorder.”
Learn more at www.visionofchildren.org
