Opportunities

Throughout the year there are many opportunities to become involved in donor awareness raising activities. The Eye-Bank Ambassador Program is a group of volunteer corneal transplant recipients and donor family members. The main purpose of the program is to provide community based awareness about the Gift of Sight. Since the Ambassador programs inception in 1990, the group has grown to nearly 638 individuals and families interested in helping others learn more about eye donation, corneal transplantation and eye disease research.

Please consider joining other transplant recipients and donor family members at one or more of these events or activities. To learn more about specific events, please visit Volunteer Opportunties in Illinois or Volunteer Opportunities in Michigan or contact the Eye-Bank at ambassadors@mebtc.org.

Choose your own level of activity

Participants in this volunteer program choose their own level of activity based upon personal limitations and interests. Activities include but are not limited to the following:

• Wearing a Gift of Sight pin in public to help spur conversations about the Gift of Sight.
  
  
• Submitting Eye-Bank generated letters to the editor for local publication.
  
  
• Delivering Donor Sabbath packets to local religious leaders.
  
  
• Attending public speaking engagements with an Eye-Bank representative.
  
  
• Attending various public awareness raising events scheduled throughout the year.
  
  
• Delivering Eye-Bank bookmarks to local libraries during Eye Donor Month in March.
  
  
• Receiving Eye-Bank mailings such as newsletters and updates.
  
  
• Agreeing to speak on the phone with individuals who are scheduled for corneal transplant surgery to help them understand what to expect before, after and during surgery.