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RP (Retinitis Pigmentosa) International has been helping counsel and comfort the visually impaired and their families for approximately 40 years.

RPI is providing education and spreading the word regarding the millions of people who have retinal degenerative diseases like Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), Macular Degeneration and Usher's Syndrome.

Our research advisory board invites funding requests from prestigious research centers and awards the most promising. RPI has contributed over $8 million to medical research and is behind the first successful retinal transplant.

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) strikes people of all ages. Unfortunately, children are the most commonly diagnosed. We are determined to stop RP within this generation.

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KABC-TV: Van Nuys School for Blind needs donations

Van Nuys School for Blind needs donations

December 24, 2010

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A local school for the blind is making a desperate plea for donations.

The Van Nuys School for the Blind needs $75,000 by New Year's Eve or it might have to close its doors. Founder Helen Harris, who is legally blind herself, says the school is a crucial resource for those with degenerative eye disease. Harris says public funding has dried up and donations have plunged more than 50 percent.

"And that affects us in two ways, with our medical research for RP, and for day-to-day school that we have for the blind. It's going to close," said Harris.

The school is launching a last-ditch fundraising campaign this weekend.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7863232

LA Daily News: Fundraising campaign eyes $75K for survival of Van Nuys School for the Blind

FACING CLOSURE - Fundraising campaign eyes $75K for survival of Van Nuys School for the Blind

By Bob Strauss, Staff Writer

Posted: 12/22/2010 07:50:11 PM PST

The Van Nuys School for the Blind may be facing its end. But the folks who run the facility - which provides classes, assistance and, perhaps most crucially, a social outlet for the city's visually impaired and others in need - won't be going down without a fight.

The school, also known as the Visually Handicapped Adults of the Valley program, will launch a campaign this weekend in the hope of raising $75,000 to keep its doors open past Dec. 31.