Skip to content

News & Stories

Browse by

Posts about: Impact stories (4)

A birthday celebration that gives the gift of sight

In 2005, Franklin Warren was watching a basketball game with a few of his friends when he noticed he couldn’t read the score of the game on …
Read more

A decision that travels the world

Editor’s note: Eversight asked why people chose to join the donor registry, and this is one registered donor’s story. You can tell us why …
Read more

The impact and evolution of eye donation

Editor’s note: Eversight asked why people chose to join the donor registry, and this is one registered donor’s story. You can tell us why …
Read more

Purpose through generosity

Editor’s note: Eversight asked why people chose to join the donor registry, and this is one registered donor’s story. You can tell us why …
Read more

‘The giver’

All her life, Joy Trieglaff was a giver. She sang in her church choir in Wheaton, Ill., volunteered at a Chicago-based adaptive sailing …
Read more

'Heroes don't always wear capes'

At age 17, when Peter DeSarno was playing baseball his junior year of high school, he started noticing he was having some difficulty seeing …
Read more

Eversight-backed medical mission restores sight to eight people in Rwanda

In October 2022, Eversight, along with SEE International and Focus, supported a medical mission to Kigali, Rwanda with one of Eversight’s …
Read more

‘The yellow finch’

When Lee Elmore failed her driver’s test and could no longer see street signs while navigating for her husband, Larry, she knew it was time …
Read more

‘My transplant changed my life’

Connie Neese is not one to shy away from a challenge, but when she learned she would need a cornea transplant, Connie was understandably …
Read more

'What a gift it is'

Vanessa Rubin’s sight was restored with two cornea transplants. In the time of COVID-19, where so many things have been taken away from …
Read more