CLARK, N.J., Dec. 4, 2024 – The Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation (CLERF) has awarded Eversight a $30,000 grant to support research as well as corneal transplantation and donation in Connecticut. This investment will empower Eversight to continue its vital work providing life-changing services for individuals affected by vision loss while advancing critical research to prevent and treat blinding eye diseases.
“Eversight has a long-standing and meaningful partnership with Lions Clubs, whose members contribute invaluable insights, service, and financial support to our mission,” said Becky Harris, Philanthropy Director, Foundations & Corporations, Eversight. “The Foundation’s generous investment will assure thousands of Connecticut residents have access to even better treatments and cures for their conditions in the future by advancing critical research projects.”
In 2023, the Foundation’s support of Eversight helped 312 Connecticut residents receive cornea tissue for transplantation and 376 donors give the gift of sight.
The Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation is a Connecticut based non-profit corporation started in 1956 as a project for District 23. Its mission is the conservation of sight, prevention, and treatment of blindness, and to support programs and projects dedicated to the discovery, treatment, research & cures for eye diseases.
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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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