Political Quotes

“Mr. President, March 2012 marks the 29th annual National Eye Donor Month--a month devoted to honoring eye donors and corneal recipients, and increasing awareness of the need for eye donations. Since President Ronald Reagan declared the first National Eye Donor Month in 1983, the Eye Bank Association of America, EBAA, and its 97- member eyebanks have used National Eye Donor Month to educate the general public about the donors and their families who provide life- changing corneal transplants for over 50,000 people annually. Of the EBAA's 97-member eyebanks, four are located in Ohio, and they possess a deep-rooted commitment to restoring sight by providing corneas for sight-saving transplant procedures. In 2010, charitable eye donations made by Ohio residents allowed our State eyebanks to provide more than 1,000 corneas to help their friends and neighbors regain sight, and an additional 1,000 eyes and corneas for additional surgical procedures, as well as for research and educational purposes. These selfless efforts have not gone unnoticed, changing the lives of thousands of Ohioans through the selfless gifts of donors and their families. The Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank in Columbus, serving 45 counties, has made possible over 12,000 corneal transplants since 1973. In the past 10 years, the Cincinnati Eye Bank for Sight Restoration, located in the southern part of our State, gave the gift of sight to nearly 6,300 individuals through transplantation.…”