Amie Price: I recently moved to San Francisco and was looking for volunteer positions. My grandma had glaucoma, and when I researched glaucoma on the volunteer websites in San Francisco, the Glaucoma Research Foundation popped up.

At home I’m a management consultant, so I’ve got quite a lot of skills to offer. And in order to occupy my time whilst I was here, I wanted to give something back and volunteer for a number of charities — and also choose charities that are relevant to personal circumstances, so glaucoma was something that I was interested in.

I’ve worked for a number of small charities in the UK, and I think the Glaucoma Research Foundation Benefit was the biggest charity event I’ve ever been involved in. From talking to the people in the office initially I didn’t realize how big and grand it was going to be, and I think it was a fantastic event. A lot of hard work went into it and the night was extremely successful.

My main responsibility was to manage the registration desk. There’s a group of sorority ladies who volunteer every year on the registration desk. I helped them manage the registration desk ensuring that everything went smoothly and dealt with any problems that arose.