Lions Clubs & The Eye Bank

 The Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin is assisted by numerous dedicated volunteers from Lions, Lioness, and Leo Clubs throughout the State of Wisconsin. There are approximately 22,000 Lions Club Members across the State of Wisconsin ~ 1,500 of these individuals transport eye tissue each year. These members bring surgically removed eye tissue to the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin laboratory in Madison where further evaluation and preparation of donor corneas are conducted.

In addition, Club financial support for the Eye Bank provides needed resources in the effort to restore sight and prevent blindness. Without this dedicated and generous activity, cornea transplants,vision restoration, and research into diseases causing blindness would be most difficult.

Club members who volunteer to transport eye tissue from the Lions Eye Bank to various hospitals and clinics in the Milwaukee area.

Our club is one of the state wide clubs who participate in the transporting relay program.