Visually Impaired Bikers Riding with Team Lighthouse Guild in TD Five Boro Bike Tour

May is Healthy Vision Month: Bikers Riding to Raise Awareness of Eye Health

New York— Bikers who are visually impaired, family members, friends, and staff, will be biking with Team Lighthouse Guild in the 2023 TD Five Boro Bike Tour on Sunday, May 7, to increase awareness about the importance of eye health. A participating charity partner in the bike tour, Team Lighthouse Guild, will gather at 6:30 a.m. at the corner of Worth & Broadway, and will be in the 7 a.m. starting line-up.

Over five million Americans are blind or visually impaired and millions more are at risk. Team Lighthouse Guild’s goal is to raise awareness of the importance of early identification and prevention of vision loss. Team Lighthouse Guild’s riders will also be raising funds to support the programs and services of Lighthouse Guild.

The TD Five Boro Bike Tour is the largest cycling event in the country and one of the most popular athletic events in New York City. Team Lighthouse Guild will be among the expected 30,000 participants riding through the five boroughs of New York City.

Lighthouse Guild Lighthouse Guild provides exceptional services that inspire people who are visually impaired to attain their goals, offering coordinated care for eye health, vision rehabilitation, technology, and behavioral health as well as related services. The Lighthouse Guild Technology Center provides people with vision loss access to the latest assistive devices and state-of-the-art technology. The Lighthouse Guild podcast series, “On Tech & Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts,” offers information and insights about technological innovations that are tearing down barriers for people who are blind or visually impaired.

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Source: Lighthouse Guild

Contact: Bryan Dotson, Manners Dotson Group 917-796-8632, bdotson@mannersdotson.com