To learn more about the Gift of Sight visit our website at:http://www.lebli.org Enroll in the New York State Donate Life Registry today!
08/26/2025
Celebrating a bright future for sight! ✨ On July 21st, the Lions Eye Bank for Long Island held its Installation Dinner, welcoming our incredible new Board of Directors. A huge thank you to all our dedicated members for their commitment to restoring sight and giving the gift of vision. Join us in congratulating our new leadership and board members. See image for our full list of dedicated board members! Special shout-out to our new Chair, Deborah Harrison, and the rest of the executive team!
08/18/2025
Last week, the Lions Eye Bank for Long Island had the pleasure of hosting LC Athens Secretary, Alexandros Georgiadis for a tour of our facility and meet and greet with our Board of Directors. It was a wonderful visit and we wish Lion Alex the best in his endeavors with the Athens Eye Bank!
08/18/2025
Celebrating the future-
Congratulations to Lions Eye Bank for Long Island Scholarship Recipients:
Victoria Chiarovano and Mason Rosenbaum
Best of luck in your academic endeavors🎉
07/24/2025
A picture is worth a thousand words, and this one tells the story of improved vision for Long Islanders! Our Board of Directors recently donated a Kona Corneal Endothelial Camera to Nassau University Medical Center’s Department of Ophthalmology. This vital equipment will help doctors like our Medical Director, Dr. Henry Perry and Residency Program Director and Chairman of Dept. of Ophthalmology Dr. Marcelle Morcos, provide even better care to patients in need of corneal transplants. Learn more about our life-changing work at www.lebli.org.
07/16/2025
7th Annual Women’s Symposium
Eye bank Board members Catherine Corrado-Lodi and Eileen Austin
Chairperson and Committee member
Congratulations on another outstanding event!
05/20/2025
05/05/2025
Donate life Month at Glen Cove
Celebrating former Donor Champion Andrea Takahashizsikla and the staff of 1 South
04/11/2025
Celebrating National Donate Life Month with a flag raising on Blue & Green Day! Thank you to all who came and braved the chilly weather with us! And congratulations to LIJVS ED for their hard work helping facilitate the process for two donors who were successfully transplanted recently.
04/07/2025
Celebrating Donate Life Month Brooklyn Health
03/13/2025
Honoring our very own! 🎉 Lion Brian Freier, Chair of the Long Island Lions Eye Bank board, received special recognition from International President Fabricio Oliveira. The award was presented by Lion Caryn Krauss-Feldman (pictured). Brian’s dedication to the Lions Eye Bank for Long Island and the Melville Lions Club, where he is an active member is truly inspiring. Thank you for your service, Brian!
03/10/2025
Lions Eye Bank Director, Kristen Conte and Program Liaison, Dr. Susan Zarola-Cohen were recent guest speakers at New Hyde Park North Lions Club meeting. Thank you for the opportunity to share information about the eye bank and cornea donation. Special thanks to Eye Bank Board member, Lion Marie Scandura for facilitating.
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The Lions Eye Bank for Long Island was established in 1986 as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fighting corneal blindness
As part of the Northwell Health System, the Lions Eye Bank coordinates all of the activities necessary to recover, process, medically screen, and distribute donated eye tissue for transplantation, research, education, and the advancement of medical technique.
The Lions Eye Bank for Long Island is registered with the FDA, licensed by the New York State Department of Health, and fully accredited by the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA).
A huge part of the Lions Eye Bank’s success has been its partnership with the many Lions Clubs of District 20-K2 (Nassau), 20-S (Suffolk), and 20-K1 (Brooklyn and Queens). As a service organization with a central mission involving sight restoration, the Lions have been instrumental in enabling the Lions Eye Bank to fulfill its central mission of providing safe, high quality tissue for transplantation.
To date, the Lions Eye Bank has provided over 13,000 corneas for sight restoring or sight preserving transplants both on Long Island and in the entire New York City metropolitan area. In fact, the reach of the Lions Eye Bank has extended far beyond this region as corneas recovered from this area have restored sight for individuals living in areas throughout our globe.
For all of our successes, however, our program depends on the kindness and generosity of those individuals and families who choose to donate the Gift of Sight. There is no substitute for a human cornea. We urge you to take a moment to consider how you can completely transform someone’s life by donating the precious Gift of Sight. Join our crusade against corneal blindness by signing up on the New York State Donate Life Registry today.
