Sightlines Newsletter

Thank you for your continued support! By supporting the Foundation in our mission to restore and preserve sight, you rescue thousands from a lifetime of blindness.

How Your Donation Changed Lives This Year

The numbers are in! Thanks to the support of generous financial donors like you, the Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation and Heartland Lions Eye Banks helped more people than ever before this past fiscal year!

We screened 41,274 preschoolers through our Children’s Vision Screening program, screened 5,659 seniors for glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration, and provided eye care assistance to 141 individuals.

In addition, the Eye Bank gave the gift of sight by providing tissue for 2,375 cornea transplants, helping individuals like Robin whose vision was restored within one day of undergoing surgery...

AUGUST 4-5

SEPTEMBER 8

Back-to-School Children's Vision Screening

10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Saturday
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Sunday
Saint Louis Science Center
St. Louis, MO
The Foundation will host its biggest screening event of the year. To volunteer, contact Tamara Oberbeck at 573-777-8554.

Memorial Transplant Services 5K Run/Walk

7 a.m.
Washington Park
Springfield, IL
HLEB is proud to be a sponsor of Memorial Medical Center's annual Memorial Transplant Services 5K Run/Walk to benefit the Alan G. Birtch, MD Center for Transplant Services' Transplant Fund.

August is Children's Eye Health and Safety Month!

The Foundation is dedicated to helping kids start the school year with better vision. During Children's Eye Health and Safety Month (CEHSM) this August, we're honored to provide free Children's Vision Screenings (CVS) at back-to-school events and schools throughout the month. To find a screening or to schedule a screening in your community, visit www.mlerf.org.

In honor of CEHSM, Amy Summers of the Northeast Missouri Community Action Agency shares how the CVS program impacted the lives of preschoolers in Kirksville, Mo. - in particular, one little girl whose vision loss had gone undetected for years...

Eye Bank Honors National Minority Donor Awareness Day

Approximately 56% of individuals on the national organ transplant list are minorities. Right now, 64,000 minority patients are waiting for life-saving transplants, and thousands more require life-enhancing tissue, bone and corneal transplants.

On Wednesday, August 1, the Eye Bank joined our partners in donation in encouraging individuals to pledge to give the gift of life and sight in honor of National Minority Awareness Day...

Missouri Lions Clubs

Take a look at what we're doing in your community! Review the monthly program stats for your Lions district and the top giving Lions Clubs for 7/1/12 - 7/31/12.

Are you curious to know how the Foundation has served individuals in your own community? Check out our MLERF Impact Maps to see recipient information for your district.

Each Thursday, the Foundation sends out CVS and Healthy Vision Screening (HVS) information for the next two weeks through the Lions Listserv. This is a simple way to find screenings in your area and to volunteer at an upcoming event. If you're not on the Listserv, please contact PDG J.Y. Miller at j.y.miller@sbcglobal.net to be added.