Sightlife

Programs: Founded in 1969, the sightlife eye bank is the organization's most recognized program. To date, sightlife eye bank has provided corneal tissue for approximately 100,000 sight-restoring transplants and has become prominent as a leader and partner within the eye bank community. As one of the leading eye banks in the world, it provides recovery and replacement of corneal tissue for transplant, donation services, research support and family support programs. It also is a significant provider of whole eye globes and sclera for research into eye diseases. This program also includes sales of devices for corneal delivery services. Sightlife is the world's largest provider of corneal transplant tissue, working to make the elimination of treatable corneal blindness a reality.

the global eye bank development initiative leverages our expertise and resources to address worldwide cornea blindness by promoting the growth of professional eye banks around the world that are scalable, sustainable and of high quality. Established in 2009, this initiative provides strategic, technical and financial assistance to eye bank partners in developing countries. As of december 31, 2016, sightlife has entered into eighteen global eye bank partnerships. During 2016, these partnerships collectively produced corneal tissue for approximately 17,000 sight restoring transplants.

the northwest lions foundation (nlf) is an operating unit of sightlife. Nlf oversees the lions community service programs. These programs include the lions health screening unit, the lions hearing aid bank, and project support & patient care grants. Within 2016, more than 30,000 individuals, primarily schoolchildren, were screened for sight & hearing loss along with other potentially life threatening health problems. Additionally, the nlf provided many others with financial access to medical procedures and hearing aids. Nlf sponsors various fundraising initiatives to support these programs.

audient, llc facilitates the distribution of new low-cost hearing aids. This program includes leading hearing aid manufacturers and suppliers, licensed audiologists and dispensers across the country. It provides for people who have some means to pay for hearing aids but cannot afford full market price. Since 2010, audient has partnered with epic, a third party organization, to manage, organize and administer the audient program.