Festival to help fight blindness
The Global Blindness Prevention Division at Truhlsen Eye Institute is this year’s charity partner for the 7th Annual Great Nebraska Beer Fest, to be held on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Werner Park in Papillion. (To see a KMTV report on the event, click here.)
The event, which features more than 50 craft brewery stations, will donate a portion of every purchased ticket toward funding surgeries for patients presently living needlessly blind throughout the world. An unfunded arm, the Global Blindness Prevention Division relies on donors to support their international efforts. Every $20 gives the Gift of Sight through the Truhlsen Eye Institute’s sight-restoring surgeries on patients in Addis, Ethiopia in February 2016.
The event starts at 2 p.m. and runs until 6 p.m. With paid admission to the event (and a valid ID that proves you are 21 years of age), you receive a banded bracelet and 4 oz. tasting glass that allows you to roam and receive 2 oz. pours at the participating craft brewery stations.VIP tickets and designated driver tickets also are available.
For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.For additional information about Global Blindness Prevention or to donate directily to the Global Blindness Prevention Division, click here or contact Jessica Feilmeier.
James Temme helps open National Golden Age Veterans Games
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The games, held in Omaha this year, are the only national multi-event sports and recreational seniors competition program designed to improve the quality of life for all older veterans, including those with a wide range of abilities and disabilities. They are open to veterans age 55 or older who receive health care from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Temme reported that he placed fourth in table tennis.
“That was an accomplishment,” he said. “But it was just great getting to meet so many fellow vets from all over the country.”
College of Allied Health Professions ‘Steps Across Nebraska’ for fitness challenge
Forty faculty and staff from the College of Allied Health Professions took part in the college’s summer “Step Across Nebraska” fitness challenge. In walking — virtually — to Valentine, Neb., the college collectively took more than 22 million steps. That’s more than 10,000 miles, or across Nebraska 22 times. Thirty-seven of the 40 participants walked all 61 days of the contest.
“This challenge kept us all moving right up to the very end,” said CAHP Wellness Committee chair Geri Finn. She wasn’t kidding — on the last day, Cody Sasek, assistant professor of physician assistant education, realized he was some 27,000 steps short of the final goal and went on to rack up 27,564 steps that day.
Almost two-thirds of participants took the 580,000 steps needed to make it to Valentine. Kevin McGuire and Marnie Imhoff, both of clinical laboratory science, each took more than a million steps.