# Lions Eye Bank

Lions Eye Bank is the designation given to the various non-profit eye banks operated by member chapters within the Lions Clubs International service organisation. The banks store and prepare donated corneas for transplantation. Corneas may be stored for up to fourteen days before being distributed to an ophthalmic surgeon for transplantation.
There are over 60 Lions Eye Banks around the world, supported as ongoing projects by Lions service clubs.

## Australia
### New South Wales and Victoria

    The Lions NSW Eye Bank in Sydney provides over 350 grafts to the people of NSW each year.
    The Lions Eye Donation Service Melbourne is a collaboration between The Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, the University of Melbourne, and the Lions Clubs of Victoria and Southern New South Wales.

### Western Australia

    The Western Australian Lions Eye Bank was established in 1986 and is housed at the Lions Eye Institute in Perth, Western Australia. It is the only facility of its kind in Western Australia, and coordinates the collection, processing and distribution of eye tissue for transplantation. The Bank also maintains a waitlist of patients who require corneal graft operations. About 100 corneas are provided by the Bank for transplant each year. Corneal transplants have a high rate of success, but Western Australia has a shortage of donated human eye tissue.

## Brazil
### Goiás

    The Fundação Banco De Olhos De Goiás is a project of the Lions Club of Greater Goiânia.

## Canada
### Manitoba and Ontario

    The Lions Foundation of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario established the Lions Eye Bank of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario, located in Winnipeg, in 1984.

### Saskatchewan

    The Lions Eye Bank of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon has existed for more than 25 years and operates in partnership with the Saskatchewan Transplant Program.

## Germany
### Baden-Württemberg

    The Lions Eye Bank BW is part of the University Medical Center Freiburg.

### North Rhine-Westphalia

    The Lions Eye Bank NRW was established in 1995 and is part of the Universitäts-Augenklinik Düsseldorf.

## Indonesia
### Jakarta

    The Lions Eye Bank Jakarta (LEBJ) operates in collaboration with the Indonesia Lions Foundation and JEC Eye Hospitals and Clinics, the first eye hospital in Indonesia to achieve Joint Commission International accreditation. Established in November 2017, LEBJ has facilitated over 125 corneal transplants to date.

## United States
### Arkansas

    The Arkansas Lions Eye Bank & Lab is located in Little Rock.

### Colorado

    The Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank is located in Aurora and provides tissue for over 2,500 cornea transplants each year to recipients in Colorado and Wyoming.

### Florida

    The Florida Lions Eye Bank is located in Miami.

### Hawai'i

    The Lions Eye Bank of Hawai'i is located in Honolulu and is a project of the District 50 Lions Club.

### Idaho

    Envision, located in Boise, is a project of the District 39E Eastern Idaho and District 39W Western Idaho Lions Clubs.

### Indiana

    VisionFirst, also known as the Indiana Lions Eye Bank, is the largest eye bank in Indiana and provides over 2,000 corneas annually for transplant. It is located in Indianapolis.

### Iowa

    The Iowa Lions Eye Bank is located in Iowa City and is affiliated with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

### Kentucky

    The Kentucky Lions Eye Bank is located in Louisville.

### Minnesota

    Lions Gift of Sight, located in Minneapolis, is part of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences at the University of Minnesota, and provides over 1,000 corneas annually.

### Mississippi

    The Mississippi Lions Eye Bank is located in Flowood.

### Nebraska

    The Lions Eye Bank of Nebraska is located in Omaha and was established in 1960.

### New Mexico

    The New Mexico Lions Eye Bank is located in Albuquerque and is operated by CorneaGen.

### New York

    Lions Eye Bank for Long Island
    Lions Eye Bank at Albany
    Lions Eye Bank at Rochester

### Ohio

    Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank
    Lions Eye Bank of West Central Ohio

### Oklahoma

    Oklahoma Lions Eye Bank

### Pennsylvania

    Lions Eye Bank of the Delaware Valley
    Lions Eye Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania

### Puerto Rico

    Lions Eye Bank of Puerto Rico

### South Dakota

    Dakota Lions Sight & Health

### Tennessee

    East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank

### Texas

    District 2-E1 Lions Tissue and Eye Bank
    Lions Eye Bank of Texas
    Great Plains Lions Eye Bank
    Western Texas Lions Eye Bank Alliance

### Utah

    Utah Lions Eye Bank & John A. Moran Eye Center

### Virginia

    Lions Medical Eye Bank & Research Center of Eastern Virginia

### Wisconsin

    Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin