The end of March marks Gerard Person’s official retirement from Miracles In Sight as a surgical recovery specialist, having spent 20 years making an immeasurable difference in the lives of others throughout a career that began one night in Raleigh, NC, many years ago.

Gerard was moonlighting as a security guard at Rex Hospital in Raleigh when he met a recovery technician from what was then known as the North Carolina Eye Bank. The technician was called to the hospital to recover donated corneal tissue. (more…)

Our very own Mike Tramber shares his story and experiences with mistrust of the medical establishment in a blog for the EBAA. He outlines the deep history of racial injustice, conflicting opinions on his profession, and his drive to continue shaping the medical world into an informed, safe, and unbiased system.

 

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Justice Sheaffer, a Senior at Mifflin County High School, was able to raise $2,500 by organizing a spaghetti dinner fundraiser to bring awareness for #MiraclesInSight. Honoring her late uncle who donated his corneas in 2004, Sheaffer wanted to dedicate her senior project to something personally impactful.

We’re so grateful for her dedication to “Creating Miracles with Each Bite” and her commitment to raising awareness for cornea donations.

Read the full article here: https://loom.ly/HA09Hgc

Eye Donation Month is held each November to help bring awareness to the importance of eye donation. All month long, Miracles In Sight, (with the help of the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA)) will help generate awareness about the need for eye donation, common misconceptions about the process, and life-changing opportunities that are created when recipients regain their sight through corneal transplants. This year, the theme is “A New View”– this theme celebrates the new perspective on life that corneal transplant recipients experience after having their sight restored, and the change in viewpoint donor families express when the pain of a loved one’s death is at least partially mitigated by the opportunity to share the gift of sight with someone in need of a transplant.

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Miracles In Sight is gearing up for Eye Donation Month 2022!

To help us spread awareness about the importance of eye donation and honor our donors, we have created custom MIS outdoor and garden flags for our partners to display. We’re taking orders for these custom flags from now until September 9^th, to be distributed in the month of October by our team.

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Innovation is the science of delivering ideas that are both meaningful and unique, and there is a myth that only for-profit companies with tens of millions of dollars can be innovative. However, Miracles In Sight and similar nonprofits continue to demonstrate that creative organizations armed with motivation and collaboration can bring meaningful change to operating rooms across the world.

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Miracles In Sight (MIS) is proud to have participated in the Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring (MOM) program’s Student Engagement Weekend during AAO 2021, the annual conference of the American Academy of Ophthalmology that was held in New Orleans, November 12-15.

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Eye Donation Month is held each November to help bring awareness to the importance of eye donation. All month long, Miracles In Sight, (with the help of the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA)) will help generate awareness about the need for eye donation, common misconceptions about the process, and life-changing opportunities that are created when recipients regain their sight through corneal transplants. This year, the theme is “A Community of Compassion”– the many people working together in various roles, driven by collective passion to #restoresight. The intention is to inspire individuals to register as donors, and highlight the mission of EBAA member eye banks to #restoresight worldwide.

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