Plus, learn about three critical research studies aimed at improving corneal care, Eversight’s 2025 Eye & Vision Research Grant recipients, and more.
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Vol. 3, Issue 2

In January, 859 donors and their families selflessly gave the gift of sight. 959 tissues were provided for sight restoring transplants and 235 tissues were donated for research and educational purposes.

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Tissue offerings & services  

Explore innovative offerings like amniotic membrane, BrightMEM™, haloÂŽ, KeraNaturalÂŽ, Vital Tears™ to help treat complex and advanced eye diseases in your patients. 

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2025 Eye & Vision Research Grants awarded 

The Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research has awarded four grants to investigators at Loyola University Chicago, University of Houston, University of Illinois Chicago and University of Michigan to advance promising eye and vision research. 

See the proposals

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Eversight Orbit: Transforming loss into light 

Behind the incredible act of donation is a network of compassionate people working tirelessly to ensure a donor’s legacy lives on. Learn how partnership and collaboration honored a young donor’s gift & helped a mother in her time of grief in New Jersey. 

Read their story

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Young boy discovers the joy of color & life 

Born with impaired vision, Oliver once struggled to make sense of the world around him. The details many of us take for granted—the stripes on a zebra, the brightness of a loved one’s smile—were lost in a blur. Thanks to the incredible gift of corneal donation, Oliver can now embrace life’s simplest beauties. 

Experience his journey

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Grant supports three critical research studies in Cleveland 

The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation has awarded Eversight an $80,000 grant to support innovation studies aimed at improving corneal transplantation, finding cures for various ophthalmic diseases and enhancing eye banking technology. 

Learn more

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Become a Sustainer for Sight & change lives  

Your monthly gift can transform lives. Meet the Sustainers for Sight who are helping Eversight restore vision, support donor families and advance sight-saving research—all for as little as $10 a month. Read their inspiring stories and consider becoming a Sustainer for Sight.

See the change

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Eversight’s mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness through the healing power of donation, transplantation and research. Our vision is a world without blindness. 

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