| There are more than 60 Lions Eye Banks
worldwide that provide quality eye tissue for corneal transplants, research and other
medical purposes. District 2-E1 Tissue and
Eye Bank, Inc. Statement of Purpose:
- The District 2-E1 Lions Tissue & Eye bank is organized
and shall exist exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes.
- To devise and carry out ways and means necessary to aid
blind and visually impaired citizens of District 2-E1 in the causes of blindness and to
promote educational programs of the causes of blindness thereby promoting programs of
prevention and correction of impaired sight.
- To foster and develop an eye bank for the use of hospitals,
physicians and eye research in the restoration of sight of persons now blind or partially
blind.
- To promote sight and tissue donation programs and related
transplantation for the citizens of Texas, the United States and the world and to raise
the public consciousness about the needs and benefits of cornea, bone, skin, tendon, vein
and heart valve transplants.
The Eye
Bank Association of America also has a website for further up-to-date information on
eye banking both in the U.S. and Internationally:
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