Purchase Tickets & Donate
Tickets to the event on June 26th from 6:30-8:30pm at East West Living, 78 5th Avenue, 2nd floor in New York City are obtained by making a donation which you can do below on Google Checkout or at the event by cash or check.Any amount will be greatly appreciated. The suggested donation is $50 which automatically enters you into the raffle. If you would like to give more, other giving levels with associated benefits are listed below.
For a secure online donation using Google Checkout please enter in your donation amount below and click on the Donate button. You will then be on Google's secured site where you can complete your transaction.
Once VisionSpring alerts us to your donation, we will send you a raffle ticket immediately and your tax-deduction letter after the event. If you are donating from out of town, you still qualify for the raffle and do not have to be present to win. Click here for a list of prizes.
SUGGESTED DONATIONS
Suggested donation levels are listed below followed by an identical button at the bottom of the list to make your donation via VisionSpring's Google Checkout just like above.
Any donation great or small will be greatly appreciated and will receive a tax donation letter from VisionSpring Foundation.
$108: Launch a Village Eye Care Business
With a donation of $108, in addition to an invitation to the June 26th event and a raffle ticket, you will receive an 8 x 10 photo from the Discovering Ganesh photo collection (selection from five shots.) This donation level provides a Vision Entrepreneur with a "Business in a Bag" kit and all the training that they need to run a successful business providing sight to their neighbors. Equipped with the tools for success, they will provide life-altering glasses to over 120 people per year and will more than double their previous daily income on each pair of glasses they sell.
$500: Bring Sight to a Village
Join together with five friends and enjoy the event together. With a donation of $500, you and any friends will each receive an invitation to the event, five raffle tickets and one 11 x 14 exhibition quality photo from the Discovering Ganesh photo collection (selection from five shots.) Vision Entrepreneurs will host a rural vision campaign. They will work with the mayor of a village to put together a media campaign to educate the villagers who suffer from poor eye sight. The Vision Entrepreneur will screen over 300 people, provide more than 60 people with glasses, and refer more than 60 people for treatment at one of India's top eye care hospitals.
$1080: Provide 108 People with Clear Sight and the Ability to Earn a Living
Join together with ten friends and enjoy the event together. With this donation, you and any friends will each receive an invitation to the event, 10 raffle tickets and one 16 x 20 exhibition quality photo from the Discovering Ganesh photo collection (selection from five shots.) Vision Entrepreneurs will provide 108 eye exams and glasses to people who have lived with blurry vision for longer than they can remember. With a simple pair of reading glasses, a master Indian weaver will be able to set his loom, creating intricate saris and earning a living to put his children through school. With clear vision, a farmer can sort seeds before he plants them and a housewife will sort stones from lentils to prepare the evening meal. Your donation will give 108 people the chance to live full, productive lives, once again.
Raffle: Everyone who donates $50 or more will be automatically entered into the raffle.
Please know that whatever donation you give - great or small - you will be making an enormous impact in the lives of others.
HOW TO PURCHASE A TICKET OR MAKE A DONATION:
For a secure online donation using Google Checkout please enter in your donation amount below and click on the Donate button. You will then be on Google's secured site where you can complete your transaction.
If you'd prefer to mail a check you can send it to Miriam Stone and indicate that you are supporting the Discovering Ganesh Fundraiser:
Miriam Stone
Director of Business Development
VisionSpring
12 Desbrosses Street
New York, New York 10013
Tel: 212-375-2599 x6
Email: mstone@visionspring.org
Website: www.visionspring.org
Upon receipt of your donation you will receive a tax-deduction for your contribution and a raffle ticket for donations of $50 and above.