Eye Donation Month 2023: Catch Up with Alexis!
Alexis Zorrilla was the “face” of Eye Donation Month 2022. Here she catches us up on what’s been going on in her life for the past year, and her continued […]
Eye Donation Month: Meet Todd Deloplaine
Todd Deloplaine is the son of Jack ‘Hydroplane’ Deloplaine, a former Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steeler and cornea donor whose story is the centerpiece of Eye Donation Month 2023. In […]
Veterans Day 2023: Karen Rohrback
Karen RohrbackUT Southwestern Eye Bank – Technical SupervisorStaff Sargeant, U.S. Air Force Karen Rohrback grew up in a military family which was always supportive of her desire to serve. Her […]
Veterans Day 2023: Julian Evans
Army Veteran Gives the Gift of Restored Eyesight Julian EvansCW5 Warrant OfficerU.S. Army “At first I couldn’t stand him,” Josie Evans laughs as she describes meeting the man she would […]
Eye Donation Month 2023: Meet the Deloplaine Family!
Kathy, Ryan, and Todd Deloplaine are a donor family and the “faces” of Eye Donation Month 2023. Their Story A little more than a year ago, the Deloplaine family lost […]
2023 Share Your View Photo Contest
Eye Donation Month: Share Your View Photo Contest This Eye Donation Month (November) we continue the theme: A New View! As we celebrate the new perspective on life that corneal […]
National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month
August is National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month (also referred to as National Minority Donor Awareness Month.) It is a collaborative initiative of the National (Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation) Multicultural […]
EBAA 2023 Annual Meeting Recap
#EBAA2023 was held on June 21- 24 in Dallas, Texas. More than 300 individuals attended the EBAA 2023 Annual Meeting. Taking place over four days at the Fairmont, Dallas Hotel, […]
Pride is a Place to Belong
Kerry HalladayCommunity and Professional Relations CoordinatorRocky Mountain Lions Eye BankPronouns: Any/Name Preference June is Pride Month. Invariably, it is also the month where discussions over what “Pride” really is or […]
Pride Month: A System Designed to Hate
Dylan TurnerThe Cincinnati Eye Bank Recovery Technician EBAA has long advocated for reducing or eliminating FDA’s 5-year exclusionary period for cornea donation for MSM. Navigating a system that was designed […]
