Lions Club gives $2,000 to eye research group

The Cape Girardeau Noon Lions Club presented the Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation with a donation of $2,000 last week. The donation to MLERF will assist in the funding foundation projects that are dedicated to the preservation and restoration of sight.

Programs that will benefit include free glaucoma detection screening and amblyopia prevention screening; eye care assistance for Missourians without insurance or a means of obtaining eye care; and an eyeglass recycling program that recycles used eyeglasses for transport overseas by humanitarian groups. Additionally, the foundation's largest program, Heartland Lions Eye Banks, restores sight at a rate of five people per day by providing cornea tissue for transplant. The eye bank processes and distributes donated tissue from six facilities located in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois.

For more information visit the Missouri Lions Eye Research Web site at www.mlerf.org.