Sight for Serenity

Sight for Serenity

For this year’s annual student-lead service project, Pine River National Honor Society (NHS) is proud to announce they are teaming up with the Leadership Class and the Youth Advisory Council (YAC) and other local organizations to fundraise for fellow Pine River student, Serenity Aug. Serenity is a fifth grade student that suffers from Oculocutaneous Albinism, a disease that severely limits her vision to 20/200. This means what the average individual sees at 200 feet, she can only see at 20 feet. Not only does this disease drastically reduce her sight, there is a possibility that it may worsen throughout her life.                      

There is now hope for Serenity through incredible technological advances that will allow her to finally see with near perfect vision. The Canadian company, eSight, has designed cutting edge glasses that help those with vision loss in restoring their eyesight; however, with this technology, also comes a hefty price tag. To acquire these glasses for Serenity, it will require a $15,000 fundraising effort to obtain enough for the glasses.  Since the goal of this group is help raise as much of the 15,000 needed, its members are working on a variety of projects in the local community, such as a spaghetti dinner, a silent auction, a magic show, and a color run in the spring.

If you are willing to or able to help, we would greatly appreciate it. You can find out more about eSight by visiting their page at www.esighteyewear.com. To make a donation for Serenity you can go to http://giving.esighteyewear.com/serenity-aug or send a check to Pine River Area Schools ℅ NHS, 17445 Pine River Rd. LeRoy, MI 49655.

For more information on how you can help, please contact Mason Powell, NHS President (mpowell@pineriver.org), Spencer Haskel, NHS Secretary (shaskel@pineriver.org), or Alexis Beebe, Leadership President (abeebe@pineriver.org).  Thank you all for reading and, in advance, your help and support.