2015
COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENTS
1,042
PEOPLE RECEIVED A SECOND CHANCE FOR SIGHT
822
through corneal transplantation with the help of Eversight
New Jersey. Of those, 461 recipients were New Jersey residents.
EVERSIGHT IS CHANGING THE
FUTURE OF VISION RESEARCH,
3,238
introducing a groundbreaking
biorepository that will accelerate
discoveries for some of the worlds
most urgent blinding eye diseases.
34%
OF NEW JERSEY ADULTS are
now registered eye, organ and
tissue donors. That’s over 3
million people who are willing to
give the gift of sight!
TISSUES WERE DONATED in support of
education and promising research into
blinding eye diseases.
15
DONOR FAMILY
CEREMONIES were
conducted throughout
the state in collaboration
with hospitals and
community partners to honor
donors and their families.
56
EVERSIGHT SURGEONS receive tissue
from Eversight New Jersey
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NEW JERSEY
RESIDENTS
gave the gift
of sight.
NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS who could
not otherwise afford the costs of corneal
transplantation were given the gift of sight
thanks to the funds raised through our
charitable support program, which enables
us to waive our normal service fees for the
provision of eye tissue.
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