Dear Friends and Family,
I recently signed up to run in the Vision 5K on Father’s Day-June 20, at Boston College and I am asking you to join my team. My daughter Emily will be my sighted guide, and I have committed to pushing her pace beyond her expectations. This is an exciting race that is for blind and visually impaired elite runners from around the world. They will be running along side weekend runners and walkers just like Emily and I.
This unique event raises money for four charities here in Massachusetts, that touch the lives of thousands of men, women, and children. The funds aid in supplying greatly needed services in literacy, daily living skills, mobility, and independent strategies to help blind people become contributing members of their communities. Emily and I, along with my co-team captain Alicia Caswell, will be running on behalf of the Carroll Center for the Blind located in Newton, Massachusetts.
As many of you know, I have been totally blind since 1988, and I left my position with the state in August of 2007. After leaving state employment, and un-sure of my future, I went to the Carroll Center for the Blind for eight weeks of unique intensive computer training by highly specialized staff. The training I received from the Carroll Center has widened my scope of possibility, enabled me to form my own company, and to design and manage a website, Directcomplaint.com.
As a member of my team, you can help me by making a tax deductable donation to my team (The Jonny G Runners), asking others to make donations, and/or signing up to join my team and run or walk along side me. If you have a family or children, please consider participating in this event, and asking your family to contribute to our team in the spirit of Father’s Day.
On behalf of my team, and the Carroll Center for the Blind, I would like to thank you in advance for your support and your tax deductible contribution.
If you would like to make a contribution or learn more about my team and this wonderful event, just go to http://www.vision5k.org/goto/jonathangale and learn more.
