Finding awareness 17 · Friday, June 1, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Graham Paine / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog Tuesday at White Oaks Secondary School. The event was inspired by Activism & Awareness Club member Molly Burke, and attracted close to 200 people who dined in the cafeteria blindfolded. Here, university students Claire Riley and Matthew Ellies try on goggles that simulate various eye conditions, such as retinitus pigmentosa and macular degeneration, at one of the information booths set up in the lobby of the event. in the dark: Dinner in the Dark, a fundraiser for the Foundation Fighting Blindness, was held Lexie and Liam Evans in Erchless Park, Oakville it all started when my baby stopped breathing... She was only three weeks old when Lexie suddenly stopped breathing in my arms. Within seconds, my beautiful, healthy baby turned blue and I was frantic. Once she was in the emergency department, the doctors and nurses took over and diagnosed Lexie with a respiratory virus. She was in the hospital for a week with monitors and oxygen devices helping her breathe, but today she is a healthy and proud big sister to her brother Liam thanks to the life-saving equipment in our hospital. Each and every year, our hospital needs hundreds of pieces of new equipment that will improve the lives of all of us here in Oakville. Every piece is critical and every piece needs to be funded by our community. It all starts here with your help. Please give generously. OakvilleHospitalFoundation.com Please call 905 338 4642 to make a difference by donating to the Oakville Hospital Foundation. Charitable Registration #: 13145-3490 RR0001 Lemon Love Photography