Your support advances vision research and treatments for vision disorders. Please help the McPherson Eye Research Institute by making a tax-deductible donation today, or considering a future gift.
Donate to the McPherson ERI Fund, which supports the full range of our research, education, and outreach activities.
Support the David G. Walsh Research Fellowship program. The David G. Walsh Research Fellowship Fund supports graduate students and postdocs in vision research through small, targeted research grants.
Participate in McPherson ERI’s Annual Cycle for Sight Fundraiser. Our annual cycling, walking, spinning, and running fundraiser is held at different locations on and off the UW-Madison campus. Visit our Cycle for Sight webpage for further information, to register for the event, or to donate.
Advance research on age-related macular degeneration at the Institute by giving to the McPherson ERI AMD Fund, which funds AMD research projects by multiple McPherson ERI scientists.
To send a gift by mail, the address is:
UW Foundation
U.S. Bank Lockbox
Box 78807
Milwaukee, WI 53278-0807
If possible, please fill out & enclose the linked printable gift form, or please note “McPherson ERI” and the preferred fund on your check.
For more information, including information on electronic funds transfers (ETFs), estate gifts, or qualified charitable distributions from an IRA, please contact:
Michael Chaim, McPherson ERI Gifts Officer
Phone: 608-320-9347
E-Mail: chaim@wisc.edu
Address: McPherson Eye Research Institute, 9407 WIMR, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705
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Supporting the McPherson ERI’s Greatest Needs
Roger and Lynn Van Vreede have been married for 35 years and have also counted 35 years of supporting charitable causes together. Their interests align well—both are lovers of the arts, and passionate gardeners and environmentalists. For the past five years, vision research has topped their list of interests, leading to their recent pledge of $1 million to endow the Van Vreede McPherson ERI Greatest Needs Fund (a pledge that was matched by the Herman and Gwen Shapiro Foundation).
Their interest starts close to home. Roger’s mother Lorraine, who passed away in 2023 at the age of 100, had age-related macular degeneration; as has Lynn’s father, Allen. Lynn herself has suffered from various eye issues over the years, a topic which came up socially with their friends Monroe and Sandy Trout. The Trouts quickly introduced them to the McPherson ERI, and the Van Vreedes were just as quickly fascinated by the range of research taking place at the Institute. “The connections throughout the world were impressive. It’s not just one lab working on one issue; the number of individual studies going on is surprising,” notes Lynn. “You’re studying diseases from many different angles.” They began supporting the Institute soon after and joined the McPherson ERI Advisory Board in 2017. Read more….
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