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As your dedicated partner in vision restoration, we offer solutions that work for you.

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Our Impact in 2021-2022

Saving Sight is helping more people see clearly each day. Learn more about the impact we had in our community this past year!

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Autologous Serum Made Easy

Saving Sight is an official partner of Vital Tears®, a custom-made solution for your patients.

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Our Mission

Saving Sight is a nonprofit organization with a mission to change lives by saving sight. We were founded in 1960 as an eye bank in central Missouri. Today, we have grown to become one of the nation’s leading eye banks, focused on providing outstanding service and convenience for our partners

Our Services

Saving Sight provides corneal tissue for transplant to help surgeons restore sight to their patients. In addition to tissue for PK and LK procedures and precut lamellar tissue for DSAEK, DMEK and ALK, we also offer preloaded tissue for DMEK and DSAEK.

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We serve physicians in our local area, across the US and around the world in a partnership to restore vision. Saving Sight provides the highest quality corneal tissue, impeccable service, and convenience so you can focus on what matters most: restoring vision to your patients.

Make a Gift to Save Sight

Join us in the fight to save sight for others. Your generous gift to Saving Sight helps us provide the gift of sight to those waiting for a transplant. Give a one-time financial gift or join our monthly giving program to save others from the heartbreak of vision loss.

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Meet Our 2026 Lion Ambassador of the Year Nominees!

Each year, Saving Sight is honored to recognize Lions who go above and beyond in their dedication to service and to our shared mission: We change lives by saving sight. The 2026 Lion Ambassador of the Year nominees represent the very best of Lionism—individuals whose...
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The Heart of Giving: Jeremy’s Story

Jeremy was the kind of person who made everyone feel welcome the moment they met him. He was friendly, warm, and a steady presence in the lives of those who knew him. With his big red beard, sky blue eyes, and even bigger smile, he had a way of drawing people in....
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Calling All Lions — Nominate Your Ambassador of the Year!

Every year, we have the privilege of celebrating the remarkable Lions and community partners whose service truly embodies our mission: “We change lives by saving sight.” In 2025, we honored Lion Leon Hove as our Lions Ambassador of the Year, a lifelong Lion whose...
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From Both Sides of the Gift: Jim’s Story

For nearly 15 years, Jim has lived with chronic eye disease. At 39 years old, during a training in Middle Tennessee, his vision suddenly changed. “All of a sudden, my vision got digitized, it was scary,” he recalled. Within days, he learned his eye pressure was...
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Love in Action: The Power of Donation and Conversation

Organ and tissue donation plays a vital role in saving and healing lives. One generous decision can restore sight, improve quality of life, and offer second chances to individuals and families who may have been waiting for hope. Behind every transplant or tissue...
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Welcoming New Leadership to the Saving Sight Board

Saving Sight is proud to welcome four new members to its Board of Directors. Each brings unique experiences, professional expertise, and a shared commitment to service that will help guide our mission of changing lives by saving sight.VCC Rachel Harper VCC Rachel...
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First Gift – Expanding Our Mission to Change More Lives

Saving Sight is proud to highlight First Gift, a new division within our organization that strengthens our ability to change lives through donation. First Gift represents an important step forward in expanding our impact beyond corneal transplantation and into new...
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Honoring Esther’s Legacy of Love and Giving

Esther grew up on a small dry-land farm in rural central Kansas, where hard work and family values shaped the life she would go on to live. She married her high school sweetheart, a farmer, and together they built a life rooted in love, resilience, and community. For...
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Honoring a Life of Service: 2025 Lions Ambassador of the Year

This year, Saving Sight is proud to recognize Lion Leon Hove as the 2025 Lions Ambassador of the Year, a title that reflects not only his decades of service but also his enduring passion for helping others see more clearly. Leon first became involved with the Lions in...
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Supporting Vision: Celebrating the Impact of Saving Sight’s Charitable Grants in 2025

In 1960, Saving Sight began its journey of restoring vision through charitable vision programs, showing a commitment to community needs and a spirit of generosity. While the delivery of our programs has evolved, our legacy of giving continues to thrive through our...
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A Father’s Legacy Lives on Through the Gift of Sight

When Dustin received a letter in the mail about his father’s cornea donation, he paused. The logo at the top was instantly familiar: Saving Sight. For years, Dustin has worked with the organization as its financial advisor—helping manage retirement plans and guiding...
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Restored by the Kindness of a Stranger: Sieglinde’s Story

For months, Sieglinde had been living with excruciating pain and blurred vision in her right eye. “It got so bad I could hardly see straight out of my other eye,” she recalled. Sieglinde endured six months of deteriorating vision and persistent discomfort, trying...
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Join us in changing lives by saving sight! You can help us reach more individuals in need of a sight-saving gift by volunteering to share your story, making a financial donation or by joining the organ and tissue donor registry.

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