Eye Donation Month is an annual observance raising awareness about cornea donation and transplantation, honoring the gift of sight given by selfless donors and their families, celebrating corneal transplant recipients, and educating about eye donation and encouraging individuals to register as donors.
This year's theme, "Everyday heroes," celebrates how nearly anyone can be a cornea donor and therefore a superhero by giving the gift of sight. It also honors all the “everyday” superheroes who help restore and preserve sight: donors and their families, eye bank staff, corneal surgeons, champions of eye donation and more.
Phil Hester's Story
Check Out Our Comic Book
Download our special Comic Book! The cover features "Cornelia," our Iowa Lions Eye Bank mascot drawn by Phil Hester!