Dear Friends:

The Cizik Eye Clinic was founded 29 years ago on principles which remain the same today:

	To provide the best eye care possible in a personalized setting
	To act as a center for the referral of difficult cases
	To care for indigent patients with serious eye problems
	To teach ophthalmology at all levels
	To be innovative in diagnosis and treatment
	To make a flexible environment capable of adapting to change
	To develop basic and clinical research programs
	To provide patient education, rehabilitation and social counseling
	To be fiscally responsible

Funds were contributed by numerous individuals and foundations enabling the Eye Center to open in 1977. Since then, the Center has resided within Memorial Hermann Hospital; however, now the hospital needs our space for patient rooms. Plans are underway for the Eye Center to move to a new location in the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza being developed across Fannin Street from the hospital. The new Eye Center will provide easy access with convenient parking and be designed specifically to serve eye patients, support research and train ophthalmologists.

The Vision for the Future campaign intends to raise $8.5 million.

	One and a half million dollars to build-out and furnish the new facility
	Five million dollars will be dedicated to underwrite the cost to continue and expand our mission of indigent care, teaching and research
	Two million dollars to endow a new position of Director of Clinical Research in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

I am proud of our accomplishments over the last 29 years. I hope you will share our Vision for the Future and consider a generous gift so that the Eye Center can continue to be a world leader in ophthalmology, vision research, patient care and education.

Sincerely,
Richard S. Ruiz, M.D.
President, Hermann Eye Fund