A
fundraiser
for
the
Centre
for
Sight
Enhancement's
'Share
the
Gift
of
Sight'
program
A study conducted by the Canadian Council for the Blind found that loss of vision is the disability that Canadians fear the most, and more than 25% of Canadians have a friend or family member with significant vision loss. The Centre for Sight Enhancement (CSE) in the Optometry Clinic at the University of Waterloo wants people to know that vision loss doesn’t have to lead to loss of independence. Comprehensive vision rehabilitation can improve quality of life.
The Centre’s Share the Gift of Sight program offsets the cost of comprehensive vision care by providing financial assistance to people with financial need to cover the costs of low vision assessments and devices.
This fundraiser features faculty members from the renowned Beckett School of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University’s prestigious Faculty of Music. The Beckett School’s Marlin Nagtegaal, an accomplished organist, and Music Director at St. John’s Anglican Church in Kitchener, has created an exciting programme featuring his faculty colleagues from The Beckett School.
Featured
musicians
include
guitarist
Dan
Beackock,
pianists
Rebekah
Jordan Miller,
Nichole
Robertson,
Marnie
Van
Weelden,
and
Peter
de
Sousa,
percussionist
and
vibraphone
player
Dave
O’Neill,
and
Danielle
Beck,
who teaches
saxophone,
flute
and
clarinet.
Established
in
1984,
the
Centre
for
Sight
Enhancement
is
a
clinical,
teaching and
research
unit
within
the
School
of
Optometry
&
Vision
Science
at
the
University
of
Waterloo.
In
the
Centre’s
Low
Vision
Clinic,
clinicians
and
staff work
with
patients
to
improve
visual
function
through
the
effective
use
of
assessment,
training,
counselling,
and
assistive
devices. Learn
more
at
uwaterloo.ca/sight-enhancement.
Questions? Contact Kristin at 519-888-4567 ext. 36282 or kdsnell@uwaterloo.ca