We need your help.
- One person becomes blind every 5 seconds.
- One child becomes blind every minute.
- 10 million people worldwide could have their vision restored through corneal transplants.
Your help is crucial and requires a small investment on your part in time and money. Donating your corneas costs you or your family nothing -- only a generous end-of-life decision to help the blind. However, your financial contribution today can have an immediate impact in supporting the work of continuing sight restoration in Alabama and other places across the nation and world that need your help. Please help today!
Tissue Donations
Becoming an eye donor is an easy and simple process. Once you have decided to make a difference in someone's life by giving the gift of sight, simply download and complete the consent form below. After you complete the form, call the Alabama Eye Bank at our toll-free number (1-800-423-7811) to inform us of your decision to become an eye donor. One of our friendly and knowledgeable staff members will guide you through the rest of the process and answer any questions you may have.
Download the Eye Donation Consent Form (PDF)
You can also complete this process online by using Legacy's organ and tissue donor registry. To use Legacy's online service, click here.
Financial Contributions
The Alabama Eye Bank recognizes that because of certain medical conditions or personal preferences, you may not choose to become an eye donor However, you can still make a difference by helping us pay to make miracles happen. To donate to the Alabama Eye Bank, contact us toll-free at 1-800-423-7811 or click on the button below to make a donation online using JustGive.org.
Tissue Requests
If you are a healthcare professional and need to make a request for tissue, please contact us at 1-800-423-7811 or e-mail at tissue@alabamaeyebank.org. Please have the following information avaiable when you call:
- Name of physician/researcher
- Type of tissue
- Date and time needed
I am so grateful to the efforts of the Alabama Eye Bank whose research and public education helps bring this wonderful gift to people all over Alabama.
Kenneth Hayes, R.Ph.
Transplant Recipient