John Lohmeier, Executive Director , Rockey Mountain Lions Eye Bank provided an update at Club meeting. The mission of the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank is to fulfill the wishes of eye donors and their families in order to help another overcome blindness through transplantation and research. The past fiscal year results:
- 2,727 eye donors gave the gift of sight
- 2,514 eye tissues were used in sight restoration transplants and reconstruction.
- 328 eye tissues were used by RMLEB or other research centers to advance surgical techniques and innovations to flight blindness.