2015
COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENTS
2,342
PEOPLE RECEIVED A SECOND CHANCE FOR SIGHT
through corneal transplantation with the help of
Eversight Michigan. Of those, 1,427 recipients were
Michigan residents.
EVERSIGHT IS CHANGING THE
FUTURE OF VISION RESEARCH,
OF MICHIGAN ADULTS are
now registered eye, organ
and tissue donors. That’s 4.2
million Michiganders who
are willing to give the gift
of sight!
5
CEREMONIES were
conducted throughout the
state in collaboration with
hospitals and community
partners to honor donors
and their families.
MICHIGAN
RESIDENTS
gave the gift
of sight.
577
introducing a groundbreaking
biorepository that will help find
cures for some of the world’s
most urgent blinding eye diseases.
54%
1,868
TISSUES WERE DONATED to advance
promising eye and vision research.
15
MICHIGAN RESIDENTS received a sightrestoring transplant with aid from our Gift
of Sight program. The program, funded by
charitable contributions, helps patients facing
financial hardship by reducing or eliminating
fees associated with transplant services.
4,423
PEOPLE FOLLOW our social media
channels, including Facebook,
Twitter, and Instagram.
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