CLARK, N.J., Feb. 7, 2022 — The Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation in 2021 awarded Eversight $50,000 to continue providing tissue for sight-saving transplants in Connecticut and support research projects.
In Connecticut in 2020, the foundation's support of Eversight helped 180 people receive cornea transplants, 445 donors give the gift of sight, and 192 donors further vision research and innovations.
“Lions Clubs have been foundational and sustaining partners of Eversight’s work since our founding in 1947,” said Jennifer Rosenblatt, Philanthropy Director, Eversight. “In 2020, we were grateful to work with 278 Lions Clubs across our service areas to achieve our shared mission. We are grateful for our continued partnership with the Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation in this critical work to make vision a reality.”
The Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation was founded in 1953 by the Connecticut Council of Governors to fund solutions that fulfill the Lions’ mission to prevent avoidable blindness and improve quality of life for people who are blind and visually impaired.
“It is an honor and a pleasure to continue to support Eversight’s critical research into finding cures for blinding eye diseases,” said Alan Daninhirsch, Lion, Past Council Chairman of Multiple District 23 and Member of CLERF. “Our Foundation is dedicated to advancing research into cures for all forms of preventable blindness. We look forward to seeing the continued impact of Eversight’s important work.”
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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 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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