Eversight

11/14/2025

Welcome to Eversight Orbit, a blog series dedicated to highlighting our instrumental partners & employees who play a critical role in making vision a reality. Explore the stories of these remarkable people in Eversight’s network: https://eversight.ws/4oe0xwO.

11/13/2025

Thank you for your partnership and for celebrating with us! We are deeply grateful to all the donors and their families for their incredible generosity. 💙💚

MDOS is a proud partner of Donate Life America and Eversight in Michigan and, as we celebrate Eye Donation Month, commends all the donors and their families who have given the gift of sight. 💙💚

Eye Bank Association of America

11/13/2025

Eversight, Michigan’s only nonprofit eye bank, has received a $5,000 grant from the Michigan Gateway Community Foundation to purchase critical sight-saving recovery supplies. This funding ensures that donor families in Berrien and Cass counties can give the precious gift of sight through corneal donation.

Michigan Gateway Community Foundation awards $5,000 grant to support the purchase of critical sight-saving recovery supplies

11/12/2025

343 training sessions. 918 professionals equipped. By investing in education and training, we are investing in a future where sight-saving care reaches more people, more effectively around the world. Learn more in our 2024 annual report: https://eversight.ws/3L3yjXo.

11/11/2025

👁️ Did you know? The cornea is the eye’s clear front window—it bends light so you can see clearly.

When the cornea becomes scarred, swollen or diseased, vision can blur or dim. In many cases, a corneal transplant using healthy donor tissue can restore sight.

Every transplant starts with a generous eye donor and a family who said “yes” to the gift of sight. Learn more about what to expect before, during and after a corneal transplant during : https://eversight.ws/42XSJqR. 💙

11/10/2025

Barry’s first cornea transplant gave him something he hadn’t had in years—clarity.

“To me it was a miracle, after all those years of not being able to see certain things,” he said.

Five years later, as a senior at the University of Michigan, Barry received a second cornea transplant. Both were successful—and nearly 50 years later, he still has the same two corneas.

“Being able to see individual blades of grass, individual leaves, my wife more clearly, all the little things you take for granted, were amazing to me,” Barry said.

Barry built a career, raised a family and continues to treasure life’s once-in-a-lifetime moments—all because of two selfless donors and their families.

How two corneal transplants restored Barry Casler’s sight, shaped his life and inspired him to give back through Eversight

11/08/2025

When Barry Casler was 14, he began losing his sight.

“I started having difficulty reading books. I had a lot of difficulty with sports. I was playing rugby in Hong Kong and guys behind me were telling me which way the ball was going.”

Diagnosed with keratoconus—a disease that causes the cornea to thin and bulge—Barry soon became legally blind. By the summer of 1978, he was carrying a beeper everywhere, waiting for the call that could change his life. That call came from his doctor at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center.

It was the beginning of a lifetime made possible by the gift of sight. 💙

How two corneal transplants restored Barry Casler’s sight, shaped his life and inspired him to give back through Eversight

11/07/2025

Did you know funeral homes work directly with Eversight to honor donors’ wishes and help facilitate the gift of sight? They are a critical part of the cycle of sight & giving. In Eversight Orbit, learn about these and other remarkable people who help make vision a reality for those in need: https://eversight.ws/4mWFoGk.

11/06/2025

Early in practice and looking to level up? YPG helps you stay current on developments in ophthalmology, refine presentation skills and connect with a national peer community—all in 90 minutes. Thursday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Free to attend with registration: https://eversight.ws/4h8NudN.

11/05/2025

📚 In 2024, we launched Eversight Academy, a curated collection of education, training and professional development offerings for our partner ophthalmologists, vision researchers and allied health professionals. 📖 Explore how Eversight Academy supports professionals in the field in our 2024 Annual Report: https://eversight.ws/3LqO2zH.

11/04/2025

🌍✨ Today, your gift to Eversight can go twice as far!

Thanks to a generous $10,000 GivingTuesday match sponsored by Delta Dental of Michigan, every dollar you give will be doubled now through GivingTuesday (December 2), up to $20,000!

Together, we can:
👩‍⚕️ Train and educate partner surgeons
❤️ Provide charitable tissue for patients who are under- or uninsured to receive sight-restoring transplants
🔬 Fuel research into cures for blinding eye conditions
🌎 Deliver corneal tissue worldwide, where people sometimes wait years for sight

Don’t miss this chance to make double the impact. Give today and help us restore sight for people living in darkness 👉 https://eversight.ws/4qqRjPE.

11/03/2025

When Ben played the drums, you could feel his heart in every beat. In 2015, his life was tragically cut short by a brain aneurysm. But his generosity continues to make a difference through corneal donation and research. Your gift can change lives, too—by advancing research, training surgeons and restoring sight for people in need.

💙 Join us in honoring Ben’s legacy. Give today: https://eversight.ws/4hnHePm.