Tallahassee, FL - Nov. 3, 2011 - PATLive, a provider of automated and live phone call management services, announces its visionary sponsorship of the "Magnolia Farm Hoe-Down" on Saturday, November 5th from 3 to 9 p.m. at Magnolia Farm, which is located at 4465 Whispering Oaks Drive. Tickets are available for purchase online. All proceeds will benefit the Foundation Fighting Blindness, the leading organization in the field of retinal research.
The Magnolia Farm Hoe-Down is an afternoon and evening full of country pleasures, including a barbecue dinner, sporting clays, horse rides, mechanical bull rides, a greased pole climb, a greased pig chase and hayrides. Tom & the Cats, a local band, will also perform followed by a grand fireworks show.
Sharyn and Glen Davidson, co-chairs of the Hoe-Down, have hosted the event at their farm for 11 years to raise money and awareness for the Foundation Fighting Blindness and its efforts to find treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases, such as macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Retinal eye diseases currently affect over 10 million Americans, and are expected to increase by 50 percent in the next 10 years.
The Davidson family hopes to have 500-1000 people in attendance and raise over $90,000 for research, as this is a very personal mission for the family. Sharyn witnessed her mother go completely blind from RP over 20 years ago. Sharyn and her three brothers were also diagnosed with RP, as well as two of the four Davidson children.
"When we began fundraising over 10 years ago, there had been very few breakthroughs other than the identification of a few genes that caused some of these diseases. We thought it very improbable that there would be treatments in time for Sharyn and her brothers' generation, but surely there would be something before our children were seriously impacted," says Glen. "However, in recent years, the research has moved at an incredible pace, and we are confident that there will be treatments and cures in the next 10 years. Viable treatments are waiting for the funding to get from the lab to the people who have been desperately waiting for them. With the help of our friends and community, we can be a part of making that happen."
Come out to Magnolia Farm and join us for a toe-tappin', belly rubbin' good time in support of a great cause. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Kim Marlow at (954) 308-5555 or kmarlow@FightBlindness.org or visit the event’s page on the Foundation Fighting Blindness website or on Facebook.
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About PATLive
PATLive, headquartered in Tallahassee, FL, is a provider of hosted phone numbers, voicemail, auto-attendants, Internet fax accounts, and other telephone answering services. PATLive's services are easily configured to meet the needs of any business. Automated systems deliver the latest technology in call routing, tracking, and reporting while live receptionist services answer 90% of calls within 20 seconds. PATLive's customer care representatives are available 24-hours a day. More information is available at www.patlive.com.
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PATLive contact:
Victor D'Aurio
President & CEO
Phone: 800.833.9260
Email: victor.daurio@patlive.com
Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc.
The mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome, and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases. The Foundation is the largest private funder of retinal research in the world and has raised over $425 million.
Foundation Fighting Blindness contact:
7168 Columbia Gateway Drive
Suite 100
Columbia, MD 21046
PH: 1-866-782-7330
www.FightBlindness.org
