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Prevention of Blindness Society
of Metropolitan Washington

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                              
November 15, 2009                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                  
Contact:
Jennifer Heilman
Director of Communications
Phone: (202) 234-1010
E-mail: jheilman@youreyes.org
 

3rd ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE RAFFLE TO BENEFIT PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON

Win one of five decorated Behnke Nurseries Christmas trees

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Behnke Nurseries Company will be sponsoring the Potomac/Bethesda area Girl Scouts of Service Unit 33-3 as they decorate and raffle five Christmas trees to benefit the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington (POB) and Girl Scouts Council of the Nation's Capital, Friday, December 4 - Friday, December 11 at Westfield Montgomery Mall.

More than 60 local Girl Scouts from five troops are creating decorations to adorn the five trees. The trees will be decorated and on display at Westfield Montgomery Mall near the Macy's Home Store beginning Friday, December 4 at 4:30 p.m. The Westfield Montgomery Mall will also be hosting a gingerbread-decorating workshop at this kick-off event.

Raffle tickets can be purchased at the Westfield Montgomery Mall concierge booth or Behnke Nurseries in Potomac, Md., beginning Friday, December 4. Raffle tickets are $5 each or five for $20. Each raffle ticket also includes a $5 coupon off any one cut Christmas tree from either Behnke Nurseries locations in Beltsville or Potomac, valid through December 24, 2009.

The five winning raffle tickets will be drawn on Friday, December 11. Winners need not be present to win. Unclaimed trees will be donated to a local charitable organization.

About the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington:
Founded in 1936, the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington (POB), the largest local prevention of blindness agency in the United States, is dedicated to the improvement and preservation of sight by providing services, education, advocacy and innovation. POB screens more than 7,500 children annually for vision loss and strabismus and 5,000 adults for glaucoma. POB also serves nearly 8,000 low-income and homeless persons at its eyeglasses clinic. POB sponsors the Aging Eye Network, the Macular Degeneration Network and the Stargardt’s Network. For more information on vision problems or about POB programs and services, please call (202) 234-1010, or visit POB on the Web at www.youreyes.org.

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