Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin Honors Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation

Advocates at 2019 Crystal Vision Awards

Madison, WI, May 14, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin (LEBW) hosted its annual
Crystal Vision Awards ceremony on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at Noah's Event Venue in Madison,
Wisconsin. Since 2007, LEBW has honored advocates of donation who have shown commitment and
dedication to raising awareness and educating communities on the importance of organ, eye and tissue
donation.

This year, LEBW honored 18 recipients from various categories - surgeons, hospitals, medical examiners,
funeral homes and community partners. The 2019 Crystal Vision Award recipients continue to
demonstrate that commitment and passion by sharing the mission of saving and healing lives through the
gift of transplantation and the support of their community. The following Crystal Vision Award recipients
are:

Surgical Partner(s)
· Dr. Neal Barney
· Dr. Christopher Born

Hospital Partner(s)
· Aspirus Wausau Hospital
· Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center - La Crosse
· Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare - La Crosse
· Crossing Rivers Health - Prairie du Chien
· Reedsburg Area Medical Center
· Froedtert Hospital
· Community Memorial Hospital - Menomonee Falls
· St. Joseph's Hospital - West Bend
· St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac
· Waupun Memorial Hospital
· Ripon Medical Center
· SSM Health St. Mary's - Madison

Medical Examiner Partner

· Waukesha County Medical Examiner's Office

Funeral Home Partner

· Skinner Funeral Home - Cumberland, WI

Community Partner
· Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired

LEBW also presented the second annual Lions Legacy of Sight Award to Dawn Lyons-Wood. Dawn is

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donor family member (mom), LEBW Transporter and volunteer, Beaver Dam Lions Club member and
UW Organ & Tissue Donation volunteer. The Lions Legacy of Sight Award is presented annually to an
individual, outside the professional donation and transplantation community, who has made a significant
impact in educating the public about donation and promoting donor registration on a state or national
level.

In 2018, LEBW served more than 1,000 donors and families, and placed more than 1,500 corneas with
corneal surgeons in Wisconsin, throughout the United States and around the globe. LEBW's purpose is to
support donors and their families during their time of loss and facilitate the recovery of corneas for
transplant, to restore sight to the visually impaired.

Currently, there are over 2,000 people that are on the waiting list for an organ transplant in Wisconsin and
almost 115,000 people domestically. The impact of 1-donor can save up to 8-lives through organ
donation, restore sight for 2-people and save and heal more than 75-lives through tissue donation. For
more information about organ, eye and tissue donation or to register as a donor, visit www.lebw.org.

LEBW is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and team of professional and volunteers, dedicated to the
mission of restoring the gift of sight through recovery and transplantation of corneas, research to advance
the knowledge and treatment of eye diseases, and education to increase donations. Our ultimate goal is to
improve people's quality of life thought the gift of sight.

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Contact Information:
Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin
Michele Brooks
877.233.2354 x250
Contact via Email
lebw.org

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