Joseph Fantozzi, president and COO of Allegiance Retail Services (ARS), will receive the Visionary Award from The Foundation Fighting Blindness at its annual Night For Sight gala on May 14 at Guastavino’s in New York City.
The Visionary Award recognizes honorees for exemplary values, visionary leadership and philanthropic impact on the community. Fantozzi will be honored alongside Cameron Taylor, managing director of global healthcare investment banking, life sciences at BofA Securities and Vision Source.
$1 million raised over 15 years
Allegiance Retail Services has partnered with the Foundation Fighting Blindness through the New York Night for Sight for nearly 15 years and has raised more than $1 million in support of the foundation’s mission to drive research for treatments and cures for blinding diseases.
“For nearly 15 years, Allegiance Retail Services has partnered with the Foundation Fighting Blindness through the New York Night for Sight and has raised over $1 million in support of our mission to drive research to provide treatments and cures for blinding diseases,” said Jason Menzo, CEO of Foundation Fighting Blindness.
Fantozzi said the recognition is meaningful to the organization. “I am truly honored to receive the Visionary Award from the Foundation Fighting Blindness,” he said. “Supporting the Foundation’s mission is deeply meaningful to our ARS family, and we are proud to help advance sight-saving research that brings hope to so many.”
Partnership began with member’s personal story
Allegiance Retail Services has been involved with the foundation since 2011, initiated by ARS member Jason Ferreira, CEO of Ferreira Foodtown. Ferreira is a longtime foundation member and supporter, motivated by his family’s story. At birth, Ferreira’s son was diagnosed with Leber Congenital Amaurosis and remains legally blind.
Ferreira, Fantozzi and their colleagues at Allegiance Retail Services remain dedicated to funding sight-saving research through their longstanding partnership with Foundation Fighting Blindness.
The Night for Sight Gala is Foundation Fighting Blindness’s signature fundraising event, bringing together leaders from the finance, food and fashion industries to support the foundation’s mission of moving treatments from the laboratory to patients. Foundation Fighting Blindness drives research needed to end blinding retinal diseases and restore hope to millions facing vision loss.
Ticket and sponsorship information for this year’s Night for Sight is available at Give.FightingBlindness.org/NewYorkNightforSight.
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