Summary
Organization name
Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank
other names
RMLEB
1982
Tax id (EIN)
84-0890204
Category
Health Care
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
1675 Aurora Court Mail Stop F751Aurora, CO 80045
Adams County, CO, US
Help us to restore sight by fulfilling the wishes of eye donors and their families to help another overcome blindness through transplantation and research.
Stories of Hope & Healing
"Thank you for giving my brother’s death meaning. Brian would have wanted you to receive the gift of sight he left behind. Because of you, his eyes are not closed forever."
Debbie, sister of donor
"I wish to extend my very sincere sympathy and condolences for the loss of your loved one. The cornea I received has been a genuine blessing. I’ve been out on disability due to eye and back problems, but now I am able to study from home in order to get re-certified and return to work. Not only has the cornea donation repaired my damage, but it is enabling me to hopefully to re-trained and back to work again instead of being on disability. Thank you again and again."
Nat, cornea recipient
Mission
The mission of the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank is to fulfill the wishes of eye donors and their families to help another overcome blindness through transplantation and medical research.
Background Statement
The Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank (RMLEB) was established as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization on August 11, 1982, by a group of concerned civic leaders who believed the Colorado community needed to serve children and adults whose blindness can be cured through transplantation and that we must do something to help them become active members of society. For the last 40 years, it has been the mission of RMLEB to help another overcome blindness through transplantation and research.
RMLEB is also very proud to increase eye, organ and tissue donation awareness, engage in advocacy and secure and provide resources for anyone to "Share the Circle of Light" through eye donation. The eye bank has carried out this wish of over 61,000 eye donors in Colorado and Wyoming by facilitating more than 58,000 sight-restorative transplants locally, throughout the U.S. and the world. Another 15,000 tissues have been used in valuable medical research to overcome blindness.
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Organization Data
Aurora, CO 80045