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Saving Sight Volunteers Promote Donor Designation at State Fair

Saving Sight volunteers teamed up with the Governor’s Organ Donation Advisory Committee and Donate Life Missouri to raise awareness of organ and tissue donation at this year’s Missouri State Fair. Over six days at the State Fair, a total of thirty-eight...

Celebrate National Eye Donor Month 2015

Americans will receive approximately 48,000 cornea transplant surgeries this year to preserve or restore their vision. With healthy vision, these people will be able to lead joyful, independent lives. March is National Eye Donor Month, so Saving Sight encourages you...

Second Misko Scholarship Winner Attends EBAA Technician Education Seminar

Almost two years ago, Jachin Misko, Regional Director of Clinical Services, passed away. He was a pivotal leader in establishing Saving Sight’s DSAEK cutting lab and procedures, an achievement that improved Saving Sight's ability to provide eye tissue for many...

Winner of 2015 Jachin Misko Memorial Scholarship Announced

Congratulations to Katie Higgins, an eye bank technician at the Georgia Eye Bank. Higgins is this year's winner of the Jachin Misko Memorial Scholarship for Technical Advancement in Eye Banking, which means she will receive funding for expenses related to attending...

AmazonSmile: Help Us Grow Our Programs This Holiday Season

Saving Sight now participates in AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is a fundraising program that enables you to direct a portion of your online purchases to Saving Sight, at no added cost. This holiday season and beyond, shop at AmazonSmile and 0.5% of your total will be...