CLEVELAND, Aug. 26, 2024 – The Henry and Louise Timken Foundation, a supporting foundation of Stark Community Foundation, has awarded Eversight a $10,000 grant to support clinical operations in Stark County.
Eversight recovers, prepares and provides donated eye tissue for more than 7,500 sight restoring corneal transplants every year and is the only nonprofit organization recovering and providing donated cornea tissue for transplant in northeast Ohio.
“The Henry and Louise Timken Foundation’s support will ensure Eversight can continue recovering, preparing and placing generously donated cornea tissue for sight-saving transplant across northeast Ohio,” said Becky Harris, Philanthropy Director, Foundations & Corporations, Eversight.
In 2023, Eversight worked with the families of 117 Stark County residents who gave the gift of sight for transplantation, research and education. In the same year, Stark County surgeons relied on Eversight to provide 20 tissues for safe transplantation for their patients.
“The Foundation’s generous gift will enable up to 18 Stark County donors and their families to give the gift of sight,” Harris said. “Because one person can donate both corneas, this grant may help up to 36 people receive a life-changing cornea transplant.”
The Henry and Louise Timken Foundation is a supporting foundation governed by a Board of Trustees awarding charitable grants primarily for the benefit of the Stark County community and programs of special interest.
“The Henry and Louise Timken Foundation is pleased to support the mission of Eversight to prevent blindness and restore sight through donation, transplantation, and research. This will have a direct benefit for many individuals and families in Stark County," said Jane Timken, President of Henry and Louise Timken Foundation.
Since 1963 when Stark Community Foundation was formed, hundreds of thousands of people’s lives have been changed through the power of philanthropy. Their mission is to partner with individuals, families, businesses and nonprofits to help them achieve their charitable goals.
You, too, can contribute to making vision a reality in your community. Give to Eversight today.
About Eversight
Eversight is a nonprofit organization with a mission to restore sight and prevent blindness through the healing power of donation, transplantation and research. The Eversight network is responsible for recovering, evaluating and providing human eye tissue for transplantation; supporting research into the causes and cures of blinding eye conditions; promoting donation awareness through public and professional education; and providing humanitarian aid to people around the world in need of corneal transplantation. Operating in Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio and South Korea, Eversight works in collaboration with surgeons, researchers, academic medical centers and eye banks across the United States and abroad. For more information, visit eversightvision.org.
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