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For the most recent news from your eye bank, check out our latest issue of Eyebeam. |
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2012 Gift of Sight Charity Golf Classic Planning is underway for the 18th Annual Gift of SIght Charity Golf Classic and by popular request, we are returning to historic Radnor Valley Country Club. Join us for the day; there is something for everyone. Not a golfer? Come to the dinner buffet or auction and bid on items contributed by local sports teams and our other partners.
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2011 PID Gene S. Polgar Fellowship Brunch The 2011 Fellowship Brunch was held November 20, 2011 at the Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, PA. |
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LEBDV Helps Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Recycle Eyeglasses 
"It was serendipitous," says Ivy Fenton Kuhn, Nurse Practitioner at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Pediatric Ophthalmology Department. Ivy was describing her good fortune in placing a call to the Lions Eye Bank of Delaware Valley. She wanted to hold a collection drive for discarded eyeglasses after reading a magazine article about the vision needs of children around the globe. Her colleague, Amanda Fonash, an Ambulatory Social Worker, recalls how she and Ivy discovered long ago that they had a shared interest in the same project. After recently finding an old pair of eyeglasses at home, Amanda decided, "Now is a good time to implement our idea." Ivy thought she was calling a Lions Club to get information on how to obtain collection boxes. Instead, she dialed LEBDV where a number of staffers are members of Lions Clubs. They thought it would be a great idea to donate collection boxes to the CHOP initiative. Jim Quirk, President and Chief Operating Officer of LEBDV, knows the importance of eyeglass recycling. A Lion for over a decade, Jim's Club regularly donates glasses. "After learning about their passion for the project and how it aligned with our relationship with Lionism - we were founded by Lions -- we wanted to help CHOP raise awareness as well as increase eyeglass donation." Ivy thoughtfully says, "Just knowing that someone will be able to see because of this project is a good feeling and an extension of what we do here at CHOP." The CHOP eyeglass recycling initiative is in high gear and will end December 1st. To learn more about eyeglass recycling, please visit www.njlerc.org |
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Donate Life New Jersey Committee Receives Grants For Tablet Computers
LEBDV is a member of the Donate Life New Jersey Committee which works on initiatives to increase registered donors primarily through on-line State motor vehicle registries. It is part of the network of Donate Life Committees across America under the umbrella and objectives of Donate Life America. The national and State level committees are hard at work advocating on behalf of the 112,000+ individuals who are currently in need of life-saving organ transplants and the thousands more needing cornea and tissue transplants to improve their sight and mobility. The facts are sobering: every 10 minutes another name is added to the organ transplant waiting list; 90% of Americans support donation but only 30% take the steps to be a donor; each day 18 people die waitng for a transplant. Recently, tablet computers were granted from New Jersey Lions to Donate Life New Jersey. After initiating the idea, LEBDV President Jim Quirk submitted five grant requests to New Jersey Lions from Districts 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D and 16E through their respective Charitable Foundations. "Using mobile technology to increase donor registration will take our Committee's outreach efforts to new heights," said Jim Quirk. "Because of New Jersey Lions, six tablet computers are now deployed throughout the state. We can take our message and mission to wherever people gather. Many thanks to New Jersey Lions leadership for helping us meet our objectives." |
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Celebrate National Eye Donor Month March 2012 is National Eye Donor Month honoring donors and their families. |
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54th Annual Business Meeting- June 11, 2011 The 2011 annual business meeting of the Lions Eye Bank of Delaware Valley was held on Saturday, June 11, 2011, at The Graycliff in Moonachie, New Jersey. PCC Victor Graziano was installed as the 2011-2012 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Eye Bank. PCC Graziano has been a Board of Trustees member since 2000, and he is a member of the Fairview, New Jersey Lions Club. He serves on the Executive, Personnel, Constitution & By-Laws and Ways & Means Committees. |
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Leadership Changes at Regional Cornea Transplant Bank PHILADELPHIA, April 1, 2011— Award winning veteran of Eye Banking Gene S. Polgar led the Lions Eye Bank of Delaware Valley’s (LEBDV) cornea transplant program for over 30 years. On July 1, 2011, Polgar, who is also a past Director of the International Association of Lions Clubs (LCI), will transition to a new role of leading the organization’s targeted development efforts. |
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