Utah Eye Bank

12/09/2025

As we embrace the season of giving, eye and cornea donations can restore sight and transform lives, making it a powerful gift. Let's encourage discussions around this noble act and raise awareness about its significance. Together, we can make a difference.

When someone thinks about donating an organ, it typically refers to a heart or a kidney. Donating one's eyes and/or cornea is another way people can help tho...

11/18/2025

November is Eye Donation Month!
Check out the great story by Spencer Joseph celebrating the gift of sight and raising awareness about the importance of eye donation.
https://www.fox13now.com/community/gift-of-hope/how-a-donated-cornea-gave-one-utahn-back-his-vision-and-his-purpose

11/16/2025

This November, communities of faith honor the lifesaving and life-restoring gifts of donation.
For those with corneal blindness, the gift of sight is especially profound -restoring independence, connection, and hope.
This National Donor Sabbath, we celebrate the healing power of eye & cornea donation, and the generosity of donors and their families.

11/13/2025

Eye Donation Month 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 restore sight: donors and their families, eye bankers, corneal surgeons, champions of eye donation and more. It's never been easier to register to be an organ, eye and tissue donor! It only takes a few minutes to enter in your information into the website. Simply open the QR code and fill out the form.

11/11/2025

Veteran ULEB donors include Utah's Gail Halvorsen, known worldwide as the "Candy Bomber" pilot of World War II's Berlin Airlift. "My Father focused on helping others during his life and he realized donating eye tissue was another way to continue to do that, even in death, said Halvorsen’s daughter, Denise Williams.

“Whatever a donor’s age and whatever the quality of their vision, each and every donation to research makes a difference in our efforts to translate scientific discoveries into treatments for blinding eye diseases,” says Gregory S. Hageman, PhD, director of the SCTM.
“Colonel Halvorsen did incredible things with his life. He gave and gave, and then when he passed away, he gave once again. We could not be more honored that he chose to donate to the ULEB and SCTM.”

11/10/2025

World Keratoconus Day is observed on November 10 every year. Barbara Wesley has Keratoconus and relies on her vision to create her finely detailed glass art pieces. Keratoconus causes the cornea to become thin and develop a cone-like bulge. "By the time I was 40, my vision had gotten really bad," Barb says, "I saw double and everything was blurry. I was fortunate enough to get a transplant from Dr. Olson at the Moran. It changed my life. I remember driving home from the university and I saw trees on the mountains - it was amazing and I am forever grateful."

11/06/2025

Phil Hester, Comic Book Artist

11/06/2025

11/01/2025

November is Eye Donation Month! We thank Leonard Heise Award Honoree, Chris Hanna, Executive Director of the Utah Lions Eye Bank, for his excellent leadership!

09/02/2025

National DMV Appreciation Month recognizes DMV and Driver License Partners (DLPs) as vital partners in saving and healing lives!