Be a part of the vision.
What's New?
Over 300 sight-restoring surgeries between
July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010
Thanks to the Bellbrook Lions for donating over $4,000 for purchase of new laboratory equipment!
Now you can donate online with your credit card.
2010 Eye Bank Night at the Clippers: Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Pictures from the First Annual Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank
Night at the Columbus Clippers:
Wynton Twitty (transplant recipient, holding the ball) threw out the first pitch
Eye Bank to receive $133,000 for eye research project
Working with researchers at Vision Optimization, the Eye Bank will participate in a project to help develop and use a new instrument for detecting previous refractive surgery in potential eye donors. The grant funding will be received during 2010-12, and support staffing, supplies, and data collection related to the research.
MANY THANKS
to the Following for Recent In-Kind Contributions to the Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank:
Old Trail Printers - Eye Bank Summer 2010 Newsletter
Grange Insurance - Eye Bank Legacy Brochures 2010
New Film Available for Lions Club Presentations
Thanks to the Lions Board, the Lions Eye Bank now has a new film of Lion Shirley Jacobs, sharing her experience as a corneal transplant recipient. To schedule a program and/or showing of the film, please contact Volunteer Coordinator Paul Held at 614/545/2095.
Help us achieve our vision.
The Eye Bank relies on community support to help us fund our vision restoration initiatives. Click here to learn how you can help give the Gift of Sight today.
