\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Foundation Fighting Blindness is expanding its push to find treatments and cures for vision loss, hosting the 21st annual Orlando VisionWalk this weekend.Families, supporters and advocates gathered Sunday morning at Cypress Grove Park for an event centered on community, awareness and action. The walk featured entertainment, games and activities, all aimed at raising funds and supporting research into diseases that cause blindness.Organizers said more than 60 potential treatments are currently in clinical trials, underscoring the urgency of continued public support.For participants like Dan Day, the mission is deeply personal. Day said he has a rare genetic eye disease, and at least 10 members of his family are affected by various stages of vision loss.\u201cThis is what we are driving \u2014 finding treatments and cures, getting them through human clinical trials and getting them to the finish line with FDA approval,\u201d Day said.He added that progress in recent years has been encouraging.\u201cIt\u2019s been a really amazing journey for me with the Foundation Fighting Blindness because we are at the point where cures are really, really close,\u201d he said.Over the past two decades, VisionWalk events across the country have raised more than $74 million to support research efforts.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The Foundation Fighting Blindness is expanding its push to find treatments and cures for vision loss, hosting the 21st annual Orlando VisionWalk this weekend.<\/p>\n
Families, supporters and advocates gathered Sunday morning at Cypress Grove Park for an event centered on community, awareness and action. The walk featured entertainment, games and activities, all aimed at raising funds and supporting research into diseases that cause blindness.<\/p>\n
Organizers said more than 60 potential treatments are currently in clinical trials, underscoring the urgency of continued public support.<\/p>\n
For participants like Dan Day, the mission is deeply personal. Day said he has a rare genetic eye disease, and at least 10 members of his family are affected by various stages of vision loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what we are driving \u2014 finding treatments and cures, getting them through human clinical trials and getting them to the finish line with FDA approval,\u201d Day said.<\/p>\n
He added that progress in recent years has been encouraging.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a really amazing journey for me with the Foundation Fighting Blindness because we are at the point where cures are really, really close,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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