Welcome to RP International - Serving The Visually Impaired
WHERE YOUR DONATION GOES...
- HUMAN SERVICES
- EDUCATION
- RESEARCH
- CHILDREN
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.
"We've found the cure... Now you can fund it!" TM
Start your own online fundraising campaign NOW! It's Easy!
Donate $25 to enter the FREEDOM FROM BLINDNESS CAMPAIGN to win a Lasik Eye Surgery
valued at $6k. (Scroll down for details.)
"Top of the Ticket" - Political commentary from Andrew Malcolm
December 22, 2010 | 7:04 am
According to many over the years, "It's a Wonderful Life" is a wonderful holiday movie. But millions of Americans who are visually impaired can only hear the dialog of Frank Capra's 1946 black-and-white classic.
No longer. This year former President George H.W. Bush (No. 41) has recorded an oral description of the entire movie. He was the president who signed the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990.
So this Friday evening, which just happens to be Christmas Eve, as NBC broadcasts the film nationally, anyone can click on the SAP channel and hear the one-time commander in chief's grandfatherly narration on simulcast. (It has the same happy ending.)
It's part of a national fundraising effort by RP International to help save the School for the Blind in Van Nuys, Calif. According to RPI, only 7,500 people each donating only $10 would enable it to reach the financial goal. Donations possible right here.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/12/george-h-w-bush-wonderful-life.html