Local Couple Hosts Unique Dining Experience For A Worthy Cause

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Dinner in the Dark in Turner Valley
On Saturday, September 10th, 2011, join Evan Reichert and Kim Tuck Reichert at the Flare & Derrick Community Hall in Turner Valley, Alberta (131 Main Street NW), for “Dinner in the Dark” - a fundraising event that has guests dining in the dark to mimic being without sight for an evening. All funds raised support the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) and sight-saving research.
Last year, 28-year-old Evan Reichert was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic form of blindness. Evan works as a heavy-equipment operator, and losing his sight to this incurable disease may leave him without the means to support his young family. To better understand the impacts of this condition, Evan and his wife Kim are learning everything they can about retinitis pigmentosa to better adjust their lifestyle to the effects of Evan’s deteriorating sight.
Evan and Kim’s ophthalmologist referred them to the Foundation Fighting Blindness and the innovative research the Foundation funds to find the causes, treatments and cures for retinitis pigmentosa and related retinal eye diseases. Ground-breaking research currently taking place gives hope for cures within Evan’s lifetime.
Dinner in the Dark will feature a silent auction and a delicious dinner in the company of family and friends living in Turner Valley and the surrounding communities. Many of the food items have been donated by local businesses. The silent auction will include such prizes as the Hit-man package, a $500 tattoo gift certificate and a leather jacket.
Tickets for Dinner in the Dark are $20 per person. To purchase tickets and for more information please visit the Dinner in the Dark website: www.wix.com/cuncannr/dinnerinthedark. For more information about the Foundation Fighting Blindness and vision research, please visit: www.ffb.ca.
About the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)
The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Canada’s largest registered charity for sight-saving research, has contributed over $19 million to cutting-edge study of the causes, treatments and cures for retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration and related retinal eye diseases. “A Cure is in Sight” thanks to Foundation-funded discoveries. The Foundation is also known by its signature events: Comic Vision, Cycle for Sight, Ride for Sight and Vision Quest.  Visit www.ffb.ca or call 1.800.461.3331 for the latest news in vision research.