Events

Recent Events

Fashion in Focus

The Vision of Children Foundation hosted its first “Fashion in Focus” event on Thursday, August 29, 2024, at Isola Boutique in Rancho Santa Fe.  Event Co-Chairs Nancy Burney, Amy Myers, Kirstjen Nielsen, and Vivian Hardage, along with VOC’s outstanding Advisory Board, hosted this new event, with many attendees requesting it become an annual occurrence. The event welcomed a sold-out crowd of over 80 guests who enjoyed ‘sipping, shopping, and supporting’ at Isola Boutique with 15% of sales donated to the VOC.

Sip to See Springtime Tea

The Vision of Children Foundation hosted its Annual “Sip to See, Springtime Tea” on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at a private club in La Jolla.  Event Co-Chairs Kristi Pieper, Donna Vance, and Vivian Hardage, along with VOC’s outstanding Advisory Board, hosted this year’s event, which raised over $140,000.

A Night For Sight with The Beach Boys

The Vision of Children Foundation recently held its “A Night For Sight” fundraising event at The Sound at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The charity, whose mission is to cure hereditary childhood blindness and other vision disorders and to improve the lives of visually impaired individuals and their families, raised over $700,000 toward finding a cure for genetically caused vision disorders.

Past Events

Ann Romney, breast cancer survivor, health advocate and dedicated supporter of vision health spoke about the critical need for medical research to cure breast cancer and vision diseases.

The fundraising event included a Holiday High Tea, Live Auction, Opportunity Drawing and Informal Modeling of Holiday Fashions. 

The Vision of Children Foundation’s “Visions of Success” - Holiday High Tea

The Vision of Children Foundation’s Jeep Raffle

As part of our Holiday High Tea fundraising event, VOC raffled off a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee! The Jeep was generously donated by Midway Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge and Ram of San Diego. The raffle winner, Beth Jupp, is pictured left.

Beth also won a Jeep-load of toys and one week's stay at a cabin in Big Bear as part of the grand prize. Thank you for supporting research for hereditary vision disorders and rare and aggressive breast cancer! And Thank You to Midway Jeep Chrysler Dodge & Ram for their generous donation!

The Vision of Children Foundation’s “Indigo's Vision of the Future”

Indigo Salon and Spa is graciously hosted a fundraising event for VOC. There was local art, a fashion show, and a silent auction. Hor d'oeuvres and desserts were provided by local restaurants.

We greatly appreciate the efforts of Indigo to raise support and awareness for VOC. All donations from this event supported The Vision of Children Foundation.

The Vision of Children Foundation’s Race for Sight

Nearly 100 participants maneuvered and raced high-speed GO-Karts around gut-wrenching twists and turns as part of a fundraiser for three vision-related organizations.

The event, called Race for Sight, benefited Vision of Children, the Delta Gamma Foundation, and the Braille Institute (San Diego) — all charities that fund vision-related research or services.

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Missed the Event?

If you were unable to attend a recent event, you can still make a donation!