The nonprofit Vision Of Children (VOC) program launched its inaugural “Spike For Sight” beach volleyball tournament at the South Mission Beach volleyball courts near the jetty on March 24 to raise money and awareness for childhood blindness. “We had a huge turnout for the tournament,” said Karen Readshaw, development director for VOC. “It filled up pretty fast, with a lot of teams signing up at the last minute.” The VOC organization is dedicated to eradicating hereditary childhood blindness and other vision disorders and to improve the lives of visually impaired people and their families. The tournament involved 24 teams of two coed players organized into four five-team pools and one four-team pool. The top three teams in the five-team pools and the top two teams in the four-team pools advanced to a single-elimination playoff round. Prizes were given to the top four teams overall. “We weren’t sure what to expect because this was our first time trying to put on this event,” Readshaw said. “But now that we know how it turned out, we would like to host another volleyball tournament probably later this year and hope to have between one or two each year now.” The VOC San Diego County office is located at 11975 El Camino Real, Suite 104. For more information or to donate, visit www.visionofchildren.org.