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Resolve to Make a Difference in 2016

For many, the New Year means new resolutions. Some resolve to spend more time with family, while some resolve to live healthier. Others might resolve to make a difference in 2016. At Saving Sight, we change lives every day. It’s easy for you to join us in our mission...

Saving Sight & EBAA Award 2016 Jachin Misko Memorial Scholarship

The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) and Saving Sight awarded the 2016 Jachin Misko Memorial Scholarship for Technical Advancement in Eyebanking to Kelly Odell, a processing technician at Lions VisionGift in Oregon. The scholarship will support Odell’s...

Saving Sight Works with Local Hospitals to Honor Eye Donors

On January 1 each year, millions from around the world ring in the New Year by tuning in to watch the annual Tournament of Roses Parade broadcast from Pasadena, California. Floats featured in the parade are covered completely with natural materials, each containing...

Donor Medical Records May Hold Key to Enhancing Stewardship of Donated Tissue

New research could help Saving Sight and other eye banks more easily identify donated tissue which may be better suited for research than transplantation simply by examining donor medical records. A recent study of 12,703 cornea donors found use of certain topical...

Family in Raymore to Remember Eric Roach and Support Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation through Memorial Softball Tournament on Saturday, September 20th

Kansas City, Mo. (September 16, 2014) – Eric Roach, an ironworker from Raymore, died on July 25th at age 22 from a work-related injury. Through organ, eye and tissue donation, Eric’s tragedy resulted in hope for others in need of transplant and solace for his family....