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A Brief History of the Michigan Eye-Bank
The Michigan Eye-Bank was organized in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1957 as a joint project of the Ann Arbor Host Lions Club and the University of Michigan Medical Center. In 1963, the Eye-Bank became a founding member of the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA). In 1971, the Eye-Bank was accepted as a State Project of Michigan Lions and, in 1973, the Eye-Bank was incorporated as a Michigan not-for-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) status.The entire state of Michigan is served by the Michigan Eye-Bank with the incorporation, in 1971, of the Eye Bank at Wayne State University's Kresge Eye Institute and, in 1989, of the former Upper Peninsula Lions Eye Bank in Marquette.Time has passed, but our commitment to sight restoration remains the same. The Eye-Bank provides corneas for transplant, promotes public education and supports eye and vision research. We do all of this to achieve a single purpose - to give the Gift of Sight.
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