Vitamin Angels Raises $1.1 M at Expo East

BOSTON—More than 350 natural products industry members attended Vitamin Angels’ “Celebration of Angels” fundraising gala during Natural Products Expo East here in October. The group raised $1.1 million to support its endeavors, including Operation 20/20, which aims to eradicate childhood blindness caused by vitamin A deficiency worldwide by the year 2020. Howard Schiffer, founder and president, Vitamin Angels, noted in 2008, the organization will have supported 7 million children with essential nutrients such as vitamin A; it is aiming to expand that reach to 10 million children in 2009.