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Volunteer at Winter Wonderland with Foundation Fighting Blindness!

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ORGANIZATION: Foundation Fighting Blindness

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
  • 5 people are interested

On Thursday, December 22nd, the Foundation Fighting Blindness has been invited to assist with the Winter Wonderland event at Tilles Park. Through our volunteer work, the Park will donate $500 to the Foundation! This is a great opportunity to be a part of a holiday tradition and generate much-needed funds for our mission. Please see the details below and let me know if you are interested and available. Feel free to share this information with your friends and family as well. It would be a great group project!

What

  • Volunteering with FFB at Winter Wonderland in Tilles Park
  • Taking entry fees and providing directions to guests as they arrive
  • Working exclusively outdoors (there will be a warming hut)
  • You won’t be volunteering alone. You’ll have a team of at least 6 awesome volunteers with you.

Where

  • Tilles Park - 9551 Litzsinger Rd, St. Louis, MO 63124

When

  • Thursday, December 22nd
  • 5pm - 9:30pm
    • Shifts can be as long or as short as your schedule allows
      • If you can work an hour, great!
      • If you can work all night, quadruple great!
Volunteers should report to Tilles Park NO LATER THAN 5:00 pm. Please enter the park from Litzsinger Road and park at Windegger Shelter and walk along the road to the warming hut near the entrance to the park to sign in and meet with the Park Ranger for instructions. If you have volunteers arriving after the event begins, please have them enter off of Litzsinger Road to avoid waiting in line to enter the park. Dress for the weather, as you will be outside. If there is inclement weather and you want to see if the event is cancelled, call Ranger Dispatch at 314-615-8911 after 3 pm.

Check out this video to see what Winter Wonderland is all about!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5vwdY85lk8

Thank you for your consideration and please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions.

Adam Jaschek
Events Manager, Midwest Region
314-852-7223
ajaschek@fightingblindness.org

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About Foundation Fighting Blindness

Location:

6925 Oakland Mills Road, Suite 140, Columbia, MD 21045, US

Mission Statement

The urgent mission of The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc. (FFB) is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), macular degeneration, Usher Syndrome, and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.

Description

Each year, our VisionWalks raise awareness and funds for blinding eye diseases. We are asking for your support to raise lots of great research dollars for retinal degenerative diseases and help our Walk Day run well. Throughout the Midwest, the Foundation Fighting Blindness hosts VisionWalks in every state - walkathon-style fundraisers to support the mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness. The events feature entertainment and family friendly activities.


VisionWalk is a completely free event and we welcome participants and volunteers of all ages to join us! To register for this great event, please visit our website at www.VisionWalk.org or contact our office at (847) 549-1400.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Health & Medicine
People with Disabilities
Community, Health & Medicine, People with Disabilities

WHEN

Thu Dec 22, 2022
05:00 PM - 09:30 PM

WHERE

9551 Litzsinger Road"Tilles Park"St. Louis, MO 63124

(38.61959,-90.36428)
 

SKILLS

GOOD FOR

  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 16
  • You can choose to work anywhere from 1 hour up to 4.5 hours.

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