Dear friends, Greetings from Retina India.
Retina India solicits your support and participation for the forthcoming Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2011 to be held on 16th of January, 2011. One of the key objectives of Retina India is to create awareness about retinal disorders like Retinitis Pigmentosa(RP),Macular degeneration (MD), LCA etc., and the marathon will help us achieve it. Your participation can also help in collecting funds for the various projects of Retina India besides being a source of motivation for many visually challenged. Registrations for the half and the full marathon have already closed while registrations for the dream run ( about 7 kms.) will start on 1st of September 2010 and usually get full on that day itself. Therefore you are requested to register yourself and your friends on that very day to avoid any disappointment. What you have to do: 1. Register yourself, your family and friends to participate in the event. (Details can be found on their website www.procamrunning.in or you can call their Event helpline number – +91 22 42020200 (Mon to Sat, 10 am to 5 pm). In case you reside out of Mumbai and cannot make it for the run, get your well wishers in Mumbai to run and support the cause. 2. Then inform us about the registration particulars 3. Inform your well-wishers that you are running for the cause and they can send in donations, as much or as little as they want, to support your cause and effort. 4. Run for your cause - run for Retina India. Before the event we shall get in touch with all supporters and inform them about the details like assembly point, volunteers, support etc. Those wishing to volunteer to run with the visually challenged may be required to attend a sensitization cum training session to enable them to do so. Efforts are being made to run the dream run as a group. For sending us your registration particulars or for any specific information or suggestions, write at [email protected] or to Retina India, Ridhi Sidhi Bhavan, 2nd floor, 2/12 Babu Genu Road, Mumbai 400 002. You can also check us on the web at www.retinaindia.org. You can also call Arvind Bhartiya on 022-2205 2308 or 98200 19584. Retina India can achieve its objectives only if you step in for it. So come, lets all run for the support of the cause and for ourselves. With warm regards Arvind Bhartiya -- G. Vamshi PH Res : +91 877-2243861 Mobile: +91 9949349497 E-mail ID: [email protected] Skype: gvamshi81 www.retinaindia.org >From darkness unto light Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
