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Introducing ONE

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What is an Eye Bank?

Eye banks recover corneal tissue from donors and prepare it to surgeons
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Over 70,000 people received sight-restoring cornea transplants because of
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Facts & Statistics

85,411
Number of corneas provided for transplant in 2018

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68,102
U.S. donors of ocular tissue in 2018

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95+%
Success rate of cornea transplants

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$6.0B
Lifetime economic benefit of cornea transplants performed in 2018

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Maddie
Cornea Donor - Giving New Life to 67 Others

“Knowing Maddie's giving spirit, I am sure she is smiling down on us every day because we allowed her to help someone else.”

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Colton Thompson
Cornea Recipient - Giving Back a Child’s Future

“Today, he isn’t scared to do any of the things he loves, like swimming and riding four-wheelers with his cousins or playing quarterback with his brothers during football.”

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A heart-warming story out of South Africa. Another testament to the #giftofsight, and how important it is to register as a donor. Help #restoresight worldwide by registering at: bit.ly/2kOJTcYOur Corneal Transplant Support Group member Deryck Coetzer of South Africa share this message with us in our private group. Deryck now has good vision from a recent transplant.

He states "It is probably due to Lions Eye Banks that I have regained my vision. I have had many cornea transplants and quite a number of them have been imported from the USA, as corneas are very hard to come by in my country. I am very grateful for the amazing work you are doing."

"Never lose hope. We never know when things can turn around for the better. Many of us have had to give things up due to our failing eyesight. Who knows what the future holds. Never lose hope."

When I retired from my engineering job in 2014, I built a photographic studio with the intention of pursuing a full time photography career. At the time, I had fairly good eye sight in one of my eyes and that was good enough for me. Unfortunately things changed far too soon and by mid-2018 my eyesight in both my eyes had deteriorated to the extent that I couldn't accept any more assignments.

Since my transplant in September 2019 things have slowly improved and yesterday an opportunity came up to do a shoot for a couple with a new-born. It was daunting after such a long time, but things worked out very well and I managed to get some beautiful shots to gift to them.
I don't give up easily, and I am delighted that I have another shot at my photography. The picture below is one from yesterday’s shoot.

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EBAA AND ARVO LAUNCH EYEFIND

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) have partnered to launch EyeFind, a new online tool
that will connect eye and vision researchers with eye banks to more efficiently obtain eye tissue that is critical for their research.

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EYE BANK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA RELEASES 2018 STATISTICAL REPORT

The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) has released its 2018 Eye Banking Statistical Report which includes data from all 57 U.S. and 11 international member eye bank reporting entities for the calendar year 2018.

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EYE BANK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA LAUNCHES NEW OCULAR NETWORK EXCHANGE

The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), a nonprofit member-based association dedicated to the restoration of sight worldwide, today launched its Ocular Network Exchange, also known as ONE, to help member eye banks provide higher quality ocular tissue to surgeons and to find the best possible use for donated corneas.

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