Please Join Us For A Special Benefit Dinner at Sugarbush Resort In Vermont
The Himalayan Cataract Project invites you to take part in a celebratory evening with co-founder Dr. Geoff Tabin.
Acclaimed climber and ophthalmologist Dr. Geoff Tabin, returns to Vermont for a special Night for Sight benefit dinner at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont to celebrate 20 years of life-changing cataract surgeries.
Dr. Tabin, the fourth person to climb all seven summits, started the Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) to eradicate needless blindness while working at the University of Vermont Medical Center in 1995.
Dr. Tabin will share his personal adventures mountaineering and how his love to conquer mountains led to his quest to conquer unnecessary blindness throughout the Himalayas and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness globally and can be cured with a 10-minute surgery with material costs of just $25. The World Health Organization estimates 18 million people remain blind in both eyes from cataracts, most of them in developing countries.
EVENT DETAILS
6:00 PM Wine Reception
7:00 PM Dinner (Featuring Locally Grown and Produced Vermont Fare)
Presentation by HCP Co-Founder Dr. Geoffrey Tabin
8:00 PM Live Auction
8:30 PM Second Suns Book Signing \| Books Will Be Available For Sale
ABOUT SECOND SUNS
From the author David Oliver Relin comes the inspiring story of two very different doctors – one form the U.S. and the otherfrom Nepal – united in a common mission: to rid the world of preventable blindness. Second Suns is the moving, unforgettable story of how Drs. Geoff Tabin and Sanduk Ruit shared a dream and came together to change the world, one pair of eyes at a time.
"Second Suns portrays heroic health care delivered under harrowing conditions.” – The Washington Post
Benefit Dinner ticket holders will receive a 20% discount on Sugarbush Resort lodging, simply mention the Himalayan Cataract Project when making your reservation. Also, if you would like to hit the slopes, a $70 lift ticket rate on will be offered and 50% of the ticket rate will be donated to the Himalayan Cataract Project.
SEATING FOR THE BENEFIT DINNER IS LIMITED. PLEASE CONTACT ROGER CLAPP TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION TODAY:
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