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PERSPECTIVE<br />
Midwest eye-Banks’ RepoRt to the CoMMunity<br />
July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007
This is an exciting time to be a part of Midwest<br />
Eye-Banks’ history and, more importantly, its future.<br />
Let me take a few moments to bring you up to date.<br />
Florence Johnston, who served as our President and<br />
Chief Executive Officer from 1998 until 2004, reprised<br />
her role in 2007, when Susan Mozena moved on to a new<br />
career in ministry. With Flo’s re-retirement in the fall, our<br />
Board of Directors appointed a new management team that<br />
included myself as President and CEO, Charles Pivoney<br />
as Chief Operating Officer, and Brad Tennant as Senior<br />
Vice President. Flo was named President Emeritus, and<br />
continues to support the Eye-Bank in an advisory capacity.<br />
Throughout the recent changes in our leadership, Midwest<br />
Eye-Banks has remained as stable as its long, successful<br />
history would suggest. During 2007, we celebrated 60<br />
years of service at the Illinois Eye-Bank in Chicago, 55<br />
years at our Watson Gailey facility in Bloomington, and<br />
50 years in Michigan. In addition, the Lions Eye Bank<br />
of New Jersey, which joined our family of eye banks in<br />
2005, is nearing its 40th anniversary. Our commitment to<br />
our core mission – the restoration of sight – is as strong<br />
as ever, and we continue to embrace new opportunities to<br />
achieve that mission.<br />
Later in this report, you’ll read about groundbreaking<br />
advances in corneal transplantation and information<br />
technology that have challenged us to strengthen our<br />
own clinical, staff and IT resources. In that way, each<br />
new challenge has become an opportunity for us to<br />
provide something more to the many people we serve.<br />
We couldn’t be more pleased with the results, but we<br />
know there’s still a lot of work ahead of us.<br />
The President’s<br />
Perspective<br />
Kevin W. Ross, MS, MPH<br />
President and Chief Executive Officer<br />
Much of that work lies in the realm of community<br />
engagement. Through a variety of educational programs<br />
and outreach initiatives, we’re stepping up our efforts to<br />
inform and engage people from all backgrounds in the<br />
areas we serve. Our Board members, serving both Midwest<br />
Eye-Banks and the Lions Eye Bank of New Jersey,<br />
have become directly involved in carrying out our<br />
community outreach objectives. Further, we’re committed<br />
to revitalizing our historic relationship with Lions Clubs<br />
throughout Illinois, New Jersey and Michigan.<br />
These are aggressive plans of action, for which we continue<br />
to need your help. Financial contributions, including<br />
support for facilities, research grants, provision of<br />
tissues for research and training, and public engagement,<br />
are essential in the fulfillment of our mission. But the most<br />
important gifts will always come from eye, organ and tissue<br />
donors and their families, who generously consent to give<br />
gifts that offer renewed sight and life. That’s why my<br />
staff and I are making a commitment to a Donor Registry<br />
campaign, to be launched at each of our eye banks in the<br />
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008. Our support of state<br />
donor registries in Illinois, New Jersey and Michigan will<br />
help to ensure that no one will be denied the gifts of sight<br />
and life in the years to come.<br />
I can’t wait to see what we will accomplish together.<br />
Thank you for your continued support of our mission.<br />
Kevin W. Ross, MS, MPH<br />
President and Chief Executive Officer<br />
Kevin Ross has worked with Midwest Eye-Banks since 1990<br />
and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in<br />
November, 2007. He holds Master’s degrees<br />
in Computer Science and in Public Health from the<br />
University of Michigan, and is an active member of the Ann<br />
Arbor Host Lions Club. Kevin and his wife Suzanne reside<br />
in Ann Arbor, Michigan with their two children.
FISCaL YEaR IN REVIEW<br />
The past fiscal year was a period of remarkable growth<br />
for Midwest Eye-Banks, in terms of both its size and its<br />
capabilities. Midwest had acquired a new building and<br />
a new member eye bank during its previous fiscal year,<br />
and it sustained that momentum in 2006-07 with more<br />
new community outreach initiatives, new facilities, new<br />
technologies, a larger staff, expanded clinical capabilities<br />
and an ongoing commitment to its core mission:<br />
the restoration of sight.<br />
Despite the rapid pace of growth and change to meet<br />
evolving demands on its services, Midwest Eye-Banks<br />
has remained strong and stable. The Illinois Eye-Bank<br />
completed a successful relocation to its new quarters on<br />
the sixth floor of Chicago’s Metra building, allowing a<br />
long-overdue expansion of its laboratory and office space.<br />
Meanwhile, the Michigan Eye-Bank established connections<br />
in the Detroit area through its popular Night for Sight event<br />
at the Detroit Institute of arts. The Lions Eye Bank of New<br />
Jersey established an ambassador volunteer program and<br />
strengthened its ties to the community through successful<br />
events like its Open House during Lions Eye Bank Week,<br />
and Visionary of the Year celebration.<br />
Meeting new CliniCal Challenges<br />
a groundbreaking new surgical procedure, known as<br />
Descemet’s Stripping automated Endothelial Keratoplasty<br />
or DSaEK, has created a need for specially-prepared<br />
corneal tissue. Instead of replacing the patient’s entire,<br />
full-thickness cornea, in the traditional manner of a<br />
cornea transplant, only the innermost layer of the cornea<br />
is transplanted into the patient’s eye through a tiny<br />
incision. although DSaEK isn’t an option for all patients<br />
who require a transplant, it does offer faster recovery and<br />
better results when it can be performed as an alternative<br />
to a full-thickness graft. The procedure is less invasive and<br />
doesn’t require suturing. However, it is extremely delicate<br />
and requires the surgeon to undergo highly-specialized<br />
training. It also means that the corneal tissue being implanted<br />
must be prepared to exacting specifications, to ensure patient<br />
safety and to achieve the best possible results.<br />
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new Milestones<br />
in inforMation teChnology<br />
Midwest Eye-Banks developed and deployed<br />
a comprehensive information system that can<br />
meet the unique requirements of eye bank<br />
data management. Midwire is a progressive,<br />
flexible system that allows for growth and<br />
expansion in the years to come. It replaces<br />
the Eye-Bank Information System (EIS), which<br />
Midwest developed specifically for its own use<br />
in the early 1990s.<br />
Released in April, 2007, Midwire is designed to<br />
enhance clinical outcomes by reducing the<br />
possibility of adverse reactions due to inaccurate<br />
information, and to offer multiple-system<br />
integration – both within the Eye-Bank and<br />
among its partner organizations.<br />
“We believe that our previous system was the<br />
best available in eye banking,” says Kevin Ross,<br />
who was the Eye-Bank’s Vice President for<br />
Information Systems prior to his appointment as<br />
President and CEO in late 2007. “Midwire will<br />
strengthen our ability to integrate with other<br />
transplant organizations and provide a higher<br />
quality of clinical service.”
technical director Michael o’Keefe demonstrates dsaeK tissue<br />
preparation techniques to a group of visitors from the<br />
hanover-horton lions Club.<br />
at first, many surgeons were preparing corneal<br />
tissue for DSaEK themselves, using their own<br />
facilities and equipment. To streamline the patient<br />
care process, Midwest Eye-Banks began during 2006<br />
to prepare corneal tissue for DSaEK. To do this, a<br />
substantial investment was made in the specialized<br />
equipment, procedures and training needed to offer<br />
DSaEK corneal tissue to surgeons performing the<br />
new procedure. Both the Michigan Eye-Bank in ann<br />
arbor and the Illinois Eye-Bank in Chicago were<br />
outfitted with the necessary equipment, and staff<br />
members at both locations were trained to perform<br />
the delicate procedure of precision-cutting a thin layer<br />
of corneal tissue for the surgeon to implant. By using<br />
DSaEK tissue provided by Midwest, surgeons gain<br />
the advantage of the Eye-Bank’s process control and<br />
quality improvement measures.<br />
Midwest Eye-Banks is one of a limited number of eye<br />
banks able to offer this service to surgeons. as a result,<br />
demand for DSaEK tissue exceeded the Eye-Bank’s<br />
initial expectations. “We weren’t going to provide the<br />
service until we knew we could do it with the same level<br />
of quality our surgeons have come to expect from us,”<br />
explains Bradley Tennant, who served as the Eye-Bank’s<br />
Vice President of Clinical Operations for many years<br />
before his appointment as Senior Vice President in late<br />
2007. “So far, the response has been overwhelming.<br />
We’ve seen consistent increases in the number of<br />
requests for this service, and we continue to handle<br />
those requests in a prompt, professional manner.”<br />
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Tennant credits the success of the Eye-Bank’s DSaEK<br />
tissue service to the skilled laboratory staff members<br />
who work to prepare the tissue at all hours of the day<br />
and night to meet the growing demand. He also credits<br />
the corporate tissue distribution team members, who<br />
work directly with surgeons and surgical facilities to<br />
ensure smooth, timely distribution of corneal tissue.<br />
eye health and safety initiatives<br />
Midwest Eye-Banks knows that the best way to<br />
preserve vision and promote healthy eyesight is to<br />
prevent the kinds of injuries that can lead to vision<br />
loss. In that way, its mission has expanded beyond<br />
sight restoration to include sight preservation.<br />
In keeping with the mission of the Lions Clubs<br />
who so faithfully support its work, the Eye-Bank<br />
seeks to eliminate preventable blindness in any way<br />
possible. One of the most powerful tools in this<br />
effort is education, and it begins at an early age. To that<br />
end, Midwest Eye-Banks developed an eye health and<br />
safety program designed for younger schoolchildren<br />
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the eye-Bank’s See To It! eye health and safety Program kits<br />
were made possible through a grant from the national eye<br />
institute’s (nei) healthy vision Community awards program.<br />
two hundred kits were produced for Michigan second-grade<br />
classrooms during 2007.
and their parents. The See To It! Eye Health and<br />
Safety Program has now been piloted in Michigan<br />
second-grade classes; it features interactive word<br />
games, puzzles and discussion items for students,<br />
parents and teachers. Its goal is to introduce kids to<br />
preventive behaviors that can protect their eyesight<br />
against numerous risk factors as they grow older.<br />
The program is designed to fit into standard<br />
teaching curricula, and its results will be monitored.<br />
If successful, See To It! can be expanded and released<br />
in other areas as well.<br />
a new hoMe for the illinois eye-BanK<br />
Six decades after its humble beginnings in a<br />
cramped space at Cook County Hospital, the<br />
Illinois Eye-Bank took possession of its new 7,000<br />
square-foot facility on the sixth floor of Chicago’s<br />
Metra Building in the spring of 2007.<br />
The relocation took place only two months after the<br />
Eye-Bank’s successful Gift of Sight Gala fundraiser,<br />
and just as it began preparations for its annual Golf<br />
Outing and its 60th anniversary Celebration. For<br />
many years, the growing staff occupied a small office<br />
and lab inside the River City Building at 800 South<br />
Wells, adjacent to the riverfront and near the western<br />
edge of the Chicago loop. “We had outgrown the old<br />
space at River City quite a long time ago,” explains<br />
Chuck Pivoney, who served as Vice President of<br />
Illinois Operations for many years before being<br />
appointed Chief Operating Officer in late 2007.<br />
“Because of the demands we now face in providing<br />
services to our surgeons and to the community, we’ve<br />
had to increase the size of our staff and add to our<br />
investment in laboratory equipment.”<br />
The new Illinois Eye-Bank facility features a<br />
spacious laboratory, designed in collaboration with<br />
the Eye-Bank’s laboratory staff. It also houses the<br />
new equipment and work areas needed to prepare<br />
eye tissue for DSaEK, and offers considerably<br />
larger meeting and office space for its administrative<br />
and community outreach functions.<br />
the illinois eye-Bank now operates on the sixth floor of Chicago’s<br />
Metra Building at 547 west Jackson Boulevard, near Union station.<br />
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RESEaRCH GRaNT aWaRDS<br />
Midwest eye-Banks has announced that the following researchers and projects will receive funding as part of its annual<br />
eye and vision research Program for 2007-2008:<br />
howard Petty, Ph.d., Department of Ophthalmology<br />
and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Kellogg<br />
Eye Center, “Time-gated single molecule fluorescence<br />
imaging of human retina ex-vivo.”<br />
$15,000<br />
simon Petersen-Jones, dvetMed, Ph.d., Michigan<br />
State University College of Veterinary Medicine,<br />
“Intravitreal delivery of 9-cis retinal to rescue the<br />
mutant phenotype of a canine model of Leber<br />
Congenital Amaurosis.”<br />
$15,000<br />
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hemant Khanna, Ph.d.,<br />
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual<br />
Sciences, University of Michigan, Kellogg Eye<br />
Center, “Elucidation of cilliary dysfunction in<br />
CEP290/NPHP6-associated Leber<br />
congenital amaurosis.”<br />
$14,861<br />
Christine nelson, Md,<br />
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,<br />
University of Michigan, Kellogg Eye Center, “Genetics<br />
of anophthalmia in a three generation pedigree.”<br />
$15,000
shahzad Mian, Md, Department of<br />
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of<br />
Michigan, Kellogg Eye Center, “Femtosecond laserassisted<br />
keratoplasty.”<br />
$15,000<br />
gabriel sosne, Md, Wayne State University School<br />
of Medicine, “NFkappaB: A novel potential mechanism<br />
of action of thymosin beta 4.”<br />
$15,000<br />
nicolas Cottaris, Ph.d., Wayne State University<br />
School of Medicine, “Characterizing the<br />
temporal precision of retinal ganglion cells<br />
responses induced by prosthetic epiretinal<br />
stimulation with planer electrodes.”<br />
$15,000<br />
Joshua Bartoe, dvM, Michigan State<br />
University College of Veterinary Medicine,<br />
“Do PDE5 inhibitors have the potential to<br />
cause irreversible retinal changes in<br />
heterozygous carriers of PDE6 mutations?”<br />
$15,000<br />
Joshua singer, Ph.d., Northwestern University<br />
Feinberg School of Medicine, “Synaptic physiology<br />
of retinal dopaminergic amacrine cells.”<br />
$15,000<br />
In addition to these research projects, $2,000<br />
stipends were awarded to five students<br />
involved in eye and vision research at the<br />
University of Illinois Chicago, the University of<br />
Michigan and Wayne State University.<br />
This brings the total eye and vision research<br />
and student stipend funding provided by<br />
Midwest to $144,861 for 2007-2008.<br />
Midwest has awarded $2,303,784 in seed<br />
money grants since its Eye and Vision<br />
Research Program began in 1980. Over<br />
the years, this funding has led to important<br />
scientific findings, including the discovery of<br />
a gene that, if defective, can cause early<br />
childhood blindness.<br />
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When David Montross was nominated to be the<br />
Illinois Eye-Bank’s 2007 Man of Vision, he<br />
couldn’t overlook the irony.<br />
He had been told that his nomination was a<br />
reflection of his civic leadership in Chicago as CEO<br />
of UGL Equis, a real estate consulting firm. No one<br />
knew at the time that Montross was a double cornea<br />
recipient, and that his transplants had been performed<br />
by Joel Sugar, M.D., Medical Director of the Illinois<br />
Eye-Bank.<br />
His reaction was one of gratitude and, in his words,<br />
“a sense of shock and awe. I was very pleased to<br />
help the Eye-Bank.”<br />
Montross was born with excellent eyesight. It was<br />
so good, in fact, that he once considered a career in<br />
military aviation. But his vision began to deteriorate<br />
in his early 20s to the point where it became a serious<br />
problem for the young computer programmer.<br />
He originally thought his extended exposure to a<br />
computer screen was ruining his vision.<br />
“at that time, I had already lost the ability to see my<br />
golf shots sail out of bounds,” he recalled during his<br />
David Montross:<br />
Man of Restored Vision<br />
“ I was very pleased to help the Eye-Bank…<br />
It was frightening when my eyesight began<br />
to fail as rapidly as it did.”<br />
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Man of Vision speech to guests at the Eye-Bank’s<br />
2007 Gift of Sight Gala. “It was frightening when my<br />
eyesight began to fail as rapidly as it did.”<br />
Initial exams from an ophthalmologist failed to<br />
identify the problem, which later would be diagnosed<br />
as keratoconus, a progressive condition that deforms<br />
the cornea into a cone shape and distorts vision.<br />
Montross was treated with hard contact lenses, but<br />
the condition worsened, causing corneal ulcers and<br />
abrasions, especially during the dry winter months.<br />
He was eventually referred to Dr. Joel Sugar, a cornea<br />
surgeon and professor at the University of Illinois<br />
at Chicago.<br />
By that time, Montross was working in the real estate<br />
field, and reading was critical to executing business<br />
transactions. He was able to read, but his eyes tired<br />
easily. Reading for pleasure was out of the question.<br />
“I got to the point where I was getting headaches<br />
every day,” he says. “You need to read in nearly<br />
everything you do. If you can’t read, it’s a very<br />
scary proposition.”
Dr. Sugar recommended a cornea transplant which,<br />
although it is the most common type of transplant<br />
procedure performed today, can be a frightening<br />
proposition for patients. In fact, Montross’ reservations<br />
about the procedure initially caused him to cancel<br />
his first scheduled surgery. However, as his vision<br />
continued to deteriorate, he was left with no choice but<br />
to undergo the procedure. He later received a second<br />
cornea transplant in his other eye, and hasn’t had a<br />
vision problem in the 18 years since.<br />
as with most people who have nearly lost their vision,<br />
Montross realizes its importance to one’s productivity<br />
and quality of life, and has been thankful every day<br />
since his transplants. He has enjoyed a real estate career<br />
spanning more than 20 years, and is the first to attribute<br />
much of his success to his healthy eyesight. Montross’<br />
work involves helping clients manage large, complex<br />
real estate transactions, such as consolidation and<br />
relocation of major corporate headquarters facilities, as<br />
well as managing their real estate holdings.<br />
Montross’ vision as a corporate executive and civic<br />
leader made an impression on the Illinois Eye-Bank<br />
Gala Committee, and contributed to his nomination as<br />
the 2007 Man of Vision. His direct, personal experience<br />
with corneal transplantation only served to reinforce<br />
the significance of this accolade. as a top executive,<br />
Montross recognizes the importance of contributing to<br />
the communities in which his corporation does<br />
business. Recently, he established a corporate citizenship<br />
program at UGL Equis, which supports Chicago’s<br />
adler Planetarium, Howard Brown Health Center,<br />
Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago architecture Foundation,<br />
Fairy Godmother Foundation, and the Greater Chicago<br />
Food Depository. Corporate giving, he says, is integral<br />
to good business.<br />
“Philanthropy is a part of leadership,” explains<br />
Montross. “If you bring broader value (to the<br />
community), doesn’t that add value to your company?<br />
Pick your cause and drive it. You have to be a leader<br />
in more than financial, economic responsibilities, in<br />
my opinion… Good companies do that. It’s part of<br />
their brand identity and their sense of community<br />
outreach that is so important for the heart and soul<br />
of the company.”<br />
Each year, the Illinois Eye-Bank recognizes the men and<br />
women whose philanthropic efforts and community<br />
support have made Chicago a better place to live. Man<br />
and Woman of Vision awards are presented during the<br />
Eye-Bank’s annual Gift of Sight Gala, a black-tie fundraiser<br />
that supports its transplantation, research and<br />
outreach programs. To learn more about David Montross,<br />
the Man and Woman of Vision award or<br />
the Gift of Sight Gala, contact the Illinois Eye-Bank<br />
at (800) 548-4703.<br />
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For the love of the game…<br />
and the gift<br />
On one special day each summer, supporters of<br />
the Illinois Eye-Bank trade in their business attire<br />
for shorts, polos and spiked shoes to play in the<br />
Eye-Bank’s annual Gift of Sight Golf Outing. The<br />
event celebrated its 10th anniversary in June, 2007<br />
at the prestigious and private Inverness Golf Club<br />
in Inverness, Illinois.<br />
Dr. Randy Epstein, CEO of Chicago Cornea<br />
Consultants, has participated in the Eye-Bank’s<br />
golf outing since its inception. “I love the game,”<br />
he says, and adds that this particular outing is “an<br />
ideal opportunity to use that for something special,<br />
positive and altruistic.”<br />
Epstein also sees the golf outing as a chance to<br />
do some networking. “For our practice, it has<br />
dr. randy epstein (second from left) with the sixsome from<br />
Chicago Cornea Consultants.<br />
After 10 years, the Illinois Eye-Bank’s annual Golf<br />
Outing has become a meaningful tradition, but one<br />
that needs major sponsors in order to stay alive.<br />
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provided us with an excellent opportunity to<br />
spend a lot of ‘quality time’ with some of our best<br />
referring doctors,” he attests.<br />
although a love of golf is the motivating factor for<br />
many participants, the importance of raising funds<br />
for a meaningful cause is never forgotten. That’s<br />
why the Eye-Bank depends heavily on event<br />
sponsorships to make each year’s outing successful.<br />
“One of our greatest challenges is in identifying<br />
corporate sponsors, and encouraging them to<br />
participate,” explains Eye-Bank Technical Director<br />
Kristen McCoy, who has served on the Golf<br />
Committee for several years. “We want them to<br />
know about our mission, and we give them as<br />
much recognition for their support as we can.”<br />
eye-Bank Chief operating officer Charles Pivoney with Jim Muzzin,<br />
Mark singler, Jack Monco and andrew McCoy.
Epstein agrees. “Corporate sponsorship is key,”<br />
he says, but adds that such support is diminishing<br />
rapidly due to new constraints on the philanthropic<br />
efforts of large pharmaceutical companies and other<br />
major sponsors. as far as the Golf Committee is<br />
concerned, a lack of corporate sponsorships could<br />
bring an end to the golf outing’s success and viability<br />
in the near future.<br />
The golf outing is one of two major annual<br />
events benefiting the Illinois Eye-Bank – the other,<br />
of course, being the Gift of Sight Gala. Plans are<br />
underway to increase the visibility of the outing in<br />
2008 and seek new sponsorship opportunities. The<br />
next outing takes place at the Inverness Golf Club<br />
on august 11, 2008.<br />
Mike taylor, Kristen McCoy, Karyl hildebrand, nicola Jett (seated),<br />
Cheryl wirtschoreck, Jodi taylor and frank saporito.<br />
Kristen McCoy, Mike taylor and Karyl hildebrand enjoy the view<br />
from the clubhouse.<br />
2006-07 golf outing<br />
Committee Members<br />
CHAIR:<br />
Jim Feinstein, Vice President, TLC Vision Corporation<br />
COMMITTEE:<br />
randy epstein, M.d., Chief Executive Officer,<br />
Chicago Cornea Consultants, Ltd.<br />
hiro fukuda, Director of North American Operations,<br />
Nippon Shaft<br />
Chan Kang, Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial<br />
Patrick leyden, Trust Officer, Fifth-Third Bank (2007)<br />
andrew McCoy, Vice President, Lasik Plus<br />
Kristen McCoy, Technical Director, Illinois Eye-Bank<br />
neil McQuality, Specialty Accounts Manager,<br />
Allergan, Inc.<br />
Jack nicholson, Senior Vice President, LaSalle Bank<br />
Wealth Management Group (2006)<br />
Charles Pivoney, Chief Operating Officer,<br />
Midwest Eye-Banks<br />
william rodriguez, Seal-Tight Protective Services<br />
don rowley, Mathematics Teacher and Basketball<br />
Coach, Hersey High School (2007)<br />
frank saporito, Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank<br />
Private Client Group<br />
Mark singler, Law Offices of Peter J. Latz<br />
Mike taylor, President, M.J. Taylor & Company<br />
2006 GOLF OUTING HOST SPONSOR<br />
advanced Medical optics, inc. (aMo)<br />
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Statistics and Financials<br />
CliniCal statistiCs:<br />
fisCal year 2006/2007<br />
Total Eyes/Corneas<br />
Received 5,325<br />
Total Corneal Grafts 3,237<br />
Total Tissues Provided<br />
for Research<br />
and Training 1,247<br />
stateMent of PUBliC sUPPort and revenUe, exPenses<br />
and Changes in net assets<br />
JUly 1, 2006 – JUne 30, 2007<br />
Current<br />
operating fund<br />
investment<br />
fund<br />
Support from Lions/Lioness and Leo Clubs $157.808 –<br />
Support from Other Public Sources 359,427 –<br />
total Public support 517,235 –<br />
Tissue Processing Fees 7,853,176 –<br />
Realized or Unrealized Gain on Investment $567,140<br />
Investment Income 9,260 215,346<br />
Miscellaneous and Other Income 35,782 –<br />
total revenue 7,898,218 782,486<br />
total PUBliC sUPPort and revenUe $8,415,453 $782,486<br />
Tissue Recovery Processing and Distribution;<br />
Community Outreach and Education;<br />
Research Funding $6,702,165 –<br />
Administrative and Fundraising Services 1,409,945 54,205<br />
total exPenditUres $8,112,110 54,205<br />
excess of Public support and<br />
revenue over/(Under) expenses $303,343<br />
increase (decrease) in investment assets $728,281<br />
Transfer from Investment Fund to Current Fund 805,225 (805,225)<br />
Capital Campaign Pledges and Revenue 128,561 –<br />
Beginning of Year Net Assets $1,542,844 6,010,732<br />
end of year net assets $2,779,973 $5,933,788<br />
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Research<br />
Programs 10.8%<br />
The graphs below are based on audited<br />
figures by Plante and Moran, LLP for the Fiscal<br />
Year 2006/07, which ended on June 30, 2007.<br />
<strong>MIDWEST</strong> <strong>EYE</strong>-BANKS<br />
exPenses<br />
Education<br />
Programs 16.0%<br />
Administration 13.6%<br />
<strong>MIDWEST</strong> <strong>EYE</strong>-BANKS<br />
revenUe<br />
Investments<br />
6.2%<br />
Tissue Distribution<br />
93.3%<br />
Clinical<br />
Programs 55.3%<br />
Fundraising 4.3%<br />
Contributions<br />
0.5%<br />
<strong>MIDWEST</strong> <strong>EYE</strong>-BANKS<br />
stateMent of fUnCtional exPenses<br />
and revenUes<br />
Direct expenses are allocated between two major categories,<br />
which are reported on a functional basis: program services (clinical<br />
programs, public and professional education programs and research<br />
programs) and support services (administration and fundraising).<br />
Indirect expenses are allocated among the various programs<br />
and support services. Certain indirect expenses are allocated<br />
among all five (5) areas, such as depreciation of equipment,<br />
salaries of corporate staff and liability insurance.<br />
Clinical Programs: Includes the cost of tissue recovery;<br />
medical supplies; tissue shipment to Midwest Eye-Banks labs,<br />
surgeons and researchers; serological testing; tissue evaluation,<br />
preservation and storage; surgery scheduling; placement of tissue;<br />
salaries of technical staff.<br />
education Programs: Includes the cost of developing and<br />
printing educational materials such as brochures, donor cards,<br />
audio-visual materials for hospital in-services, public speaking<br />
engagements and a variety of other outreach programs, as well<br />
as salaries for the education staff.<br />
research Programs: Includes the cost of the Research Grant<br />
Program and costs related to recovery and distribution of research<br />
and training tissue, the cost of subsidizing research and training<br />
tissue to researchers and ophthalmology residents and an<br />
appropriate allocation of technical and support salaries.<br />
administration: Includes the cost of rent, utilities, information<br />
services, financial audits, personnel, accounting and the salaries of<br />
administrative and clerical support staff.<br />
fundraising: Includes salaries of development office staff and<br />
the expenses related to solicitation of contributions, as well as<br />
an appropriate allocation of overhead.<br />
tissue distribution: Includes reimbursement received from<br />
hospitals and surgical centers.<br />
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BenefaCtor<br />
($10,000 and above)<br />
Michigan lions<br />
ann arbor (Host) Lions Club<br />
Flint Downtown Host<br />
Lions Club<br />
lUMinary<br />
($5,000 - $9,999)<br />
Michigan lions<br />
District 11 B-1 Lions<br />
International<br />
Novi Lions Club<br />
steward<br />
($1,000 - $4,999)<br />
illinois lions<br />
Plainfield Lions Club<br />
Michigan lions<br />
alpena Host Lions Club<br />
armada Lions Club<br />
Bay City Lions Club<br />
Bedford Township Lions Club<br />
Birmingham Lions Club<br />
Bloomfield Lions Club<br />
Bretton Woods Lions Club<br />
Cadillac Lions Club<br />
Canton Lions Club<br />
Center Line Lions Club<br />
Central Lake Lions Club<br />
Chesterfield Bay Lions Club<br />
Clawson Lions Club<br />
Davison Lions Club<br />
Dearborn Heights Lions Club<br />
DeWitt Breakfast Lions Club<br />
Dexter Lions Club<br />
Dimondale Lions Club<br />
District 11a-2<br />
Lions International<br />
District 11C-2<br />
Lions International<br />
East Lansing/Meridian<br />
Lions Club<br />
Elk Rapids Lions Club<br />
Essexville-Hampton Lions Club<br />
Farmington area Lions Club<br />
Fenton Lions Club<br />
Flint Township Lions Club<br />
Fraser Lions Club<br />
Fremont Lions Club<br />
Grosse Pointe Lions Club<br />
Harper Woods Lions Club<br />
Harrison Township Lions Club<br />
Imlay City Lions Club<br />
Jeddo Lions Club<br />
lions support | Fiscal Year 2006-2007 | July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007<br />
a Shared Mission<br />
lions and Midwest eye-Banks share a mission – the elimination of preventable blindness.<br />
Midwest eye-Banks is grateful for the tremendous operating support it has received from<br />
lions, lioness and leo Clubs throughout its service areas during the past fiscal year.<br />
Kalamazoo Downtown<br />
Lioness Club<br />
Lake ann Lions Club<br />
Lathrup Village Lions Club<br />
Lewiston Lions Club<br />
Lincoln Lions Club<br />
Linden Lions Club<br />
Midland Lions Club<br />
Mount Clemens Lions Club<br />
Mount Pleasant Lions Club<br />
Muskegon East Side Lions Club<br />
Muskegon Northside Lions Club<br />
New Baltimore Lions Club<br />
Oscoda Lions Club<br />
Port Huron Host Lions Club<br />
Port Huron South Park<br />
Lions Club<br />
Rochester Hills Lions Club<br />
Rochester Lions Club<br />
Rockford Lions Club<br />
Royal Oak Lions Club<br />
Saline area Lions Club<br />
Sebewaing Lions Club<br />
Shelby Township Lions Club<br />
Snover Lions Club<br />
Sterling Heights Lions Club<br />
Stockbridge Lions Club<br />
Trenton Lions Club<br />
new Jersey lions<br />
Chester Lions Club<br />
District 16D Lions<br />
International<br />
Franklin Lakes Lions Club<br />
Long Island Portuguese<br />
Lions Club<br />
North arlington Lions Club<br />
Red Bank Lions Club<br />
Summit Lions Club<br />
West New York Leones<br />
Cubanos de Hudson<br />
Wood-Ridge Lions Club<br />
Wyckoff Lions Club<br />
Partner<br />
($500 - $999)<br />
Michigan lions<br />
armada Lioness Club<br />
Berville Lions Club<br />
Bridgman Lions Club<br />
Carson City Lions Club<br />
Cass City Lions Club<br />
Clare Lions Club<br />
Dearborn Lions Club<br />
Detroit Northeast Lions Club<br />
Eastpointe Lions Club<br />
Flushing Lions Club<br />
Fruitport Lions Club<br />
Garden City Lions Club<br />
Goodrich Lions Club<br />
Grand Haven Host Lions Club<br />
Grand Rapids Lions Club<br />
Greenville Lions Club<br />
Hale Lions Club<br />
Hazel Park Lions Club<br />
Holt Lions Club<br />
Hubbard Lake Lions Club<br />
Kalamazoo Downtown<br />
Lions Club<br />
Kaleva Lions Club<br />
Lake Orion Lions Club<br />
Lansing Host Lions Club<br />
Lennon Lions Club<br />
Livonia High Nooners<br />
Lions Club<br />
Livonia Lamplighters<br />
Lions Club<br />
Lyon area Lions Club<br />
Macomb Township Lions Club<br />
Napoleon Lions Club<br />
Onekama Lions Club<br />
Otter Lake Lions Club<br />
Ovid Lions Club<br />
Paw Paw Lioness Club<br />
Plymouth Lions Club<br />
Pontiac Lions Club<br />
Redford Township Lions Club<br />
Richmond Lions Club<br />
Rose City Lions Club<br />
Sheridan Lions Club<br />
Sparta Lions Club<br />
St. Charles Lions Club<br />
St. Johns Lions Club<br />
St. Joseph Lions Club<br />
St. Joseph Township Lions Club<br />
Stephenson Lions Club<br />
Three Rivers Lions Club<br />
Vicksburg Lions Club<br />
Watervliet Lions Club<br />
Wixom-Walled Lake Lions Club<br />
Zilwaukee Lions Club<br />
new Jersey lions<br />
Bergenfield Lions Club<br />
Berlin Lions Club<br />
Elizabeth Colombian Lions Club<br />
Little Ferry Lions Club<br />
Newark Portuguese Lions Club<br />
Readington Lions Club<br />
Rutherford Lions Club<br />
Saddle River Valley Lions Club<br />
Toms River Lions Club<br />
Verona Lions Club<br />
Waldwick Lions Club<br />
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Patron<br />
($250 - $499)<br />
Michigan lions<br />
algonac Lions Club<br />
ann arbor Evening Lions Club<br />
arcadia Lions Club<br />
au Gres Lions Club<br />
Bad axe Lions Club<br />
Baldwin Lions Club<br />
Beaverton Lions Club<br />
Bellaire Lions Club<br />
Berville Lioness Club<br />
Big Rapids Lions Club<br />
Boyne Valley Lions Club<br />
Buchanan Lions Club<br />
Central Lake Lioness Club<br />
Centreville Lions Club<br />
Cheboygan Lions Club<br />
Chelsea Lions Club<br />
Chesterfield Lions Club<br />
Clarkston area Lions Club<br />
Clinton Valley Lions Club<br />
Detroit Mid-City Lions Club<br />
Detroit Northwest Lions Club<br />
Detroit University/<br />
New Gratiot Lions Club<br />
Eastpointe Lioness Club<br />
Empire Lions Club<br />
Gaylord Lions Club<br />
Grand Ledge Lions Club<br />
Grayling Lions Club<br />
Harrisville Lions Club<br />
Harsens Island Lioness Club<br />
Hart Lions Club<br />
Hesperia Lioness Club<br />
Hesperia Lions Club<br />
Howell Lions Club<br />
Hudsonville Lions Club<br />
Huron Valley Sunrise<br />
Lions Club<br />
Ishpeming Lions Club<br />
Keweenaw Lions Club<br />
Kingston Lions Club<br />
Lake Odessa Lions Club<br />
Lansing Delta Lions Club<br />
Lawrence Lions Club<br />
Lewiston Lioness Lions Club<br />
Ludington Lions Club<br />
Mackinaw City Lions Club<br />
Macomb Township<br />
Lioness Club<br />
Marshall Lions Club<br />
Martin Lions Club<br />
Millington Lions Club<br />
Montrose Lions Club<br />
Muskegon Host Lions Club<br />
Newaygo Lions Club<br />
Northport Lions Club<br />
Petoskey Lions Club<br />
Port Sanilac Lions Club<br />
Powers-Spalding Lions Club<br />
Prescott Skidway Lake<br />
Lions Club<br />
Rankin Lions Club<br />
Rapid River Lions Club<br />
Ray Township Lions Club<br />
Rogers City Lions Club<br />
Saranac Lions Club<br />
Shields Lions Club<br />
Standish Lions Club<br />
Sterling Heights Lioness Club<br />
Sugar Island Lions Club<br />
Swartz Creek Lions Club<br />
Utica Lions Club<br />
Waterford Township Lions Club<br />
Watervliet Lioness Club<br />
Weidman Lions Club<br />
Westland Host Lions Club<br />
Yale Lions Club<br />
new Jersey lions<br />
audubon Lions Club<br />
Dumont Lions Club<br />
Elizabeth Cubanos Lions Club<br />
Fairview Lions Club<br />
Flemington Lions Club<br />
Hillside Lions Club<br />
Hopewell Valley Lions Club<br />
Lincoln Park Lions Club<br />
Medford Township Lions<br />
Moorestown Lions Club<br />
North Plainfield Lions Club<br />
Old Tappan Lions Club<br />
Oradell Lions Club<br />
Ridgefield Park Lions Club<br />
Springfield Lions Club<br />
Tenafly Bergen Phil<br />
aM Lions Club<br />
sUPPorter<br />
(up to $249)<br />
illinois lions<br />
Mackinaw Lions Club<br />
Michigan lions<br />
addison Township Lions Club<br />
allegan Lions Club<br />
allendale Lions Club<br />
almont-Dryden Lioness Lions<br />
alpena Evening Lions Club<br />
applegate Lions Club<br />
ashley Lions Club<br />
atlanta Lions Club
au Gres Lioness Club<br />
auburn Lions Club<br />
Baldwin Lioness Club<br />
Bancroft Lioness Club<br />
Bangor Lions Club<br />
Bark River Lions Club<br />
Baroda Lions Club<br />
Barryton Lions Club<br />
Bath Township Lions Club<br />
Bear Lake Lions Club<br />
Bellaire Lioness Club<br />
Bellevue Lions Club<br />
Benton Harbor Lions Club<br />
Berkley Lions Club<br />
Birch Run Lions Club<br />
Bloomingdale-Gobles<br />
(Kal-Haven Trail) Lions Club<br />
Bretton Woods Lioness Club<br />
Bridgeport Lions Club<br />
Brighton Lions Club<br />
Buena Vista Township<br />
Lions Club<br />
Byron area Lions Club<br />
Calumet Lions Club<br />
Carney-Nadeau Lions Club<br />
Caro Lions Club<br />
Casnovia-Kent City Lions Club<br />
Cassopolis Lions Club<br />
Cedar-Maple City Lions Club<br />
Central Oakland Lions Club<br />
Champion Lions Club<br />
Chassell Lions Club<br />
Cheboygan Lioness Club<br />
Chesaning Lions Club<br />
Chesterfield Leo Club<br />
Chocolay Township Lions Club<br />
Coleman Lions Club<br />
Coloma Lioness Club<br />
Coloma Lions Club<br />
Colon Lioness Club<br />
Colon Lions Club<br />
Columbia Township<br />
Jeptha Lake Lions Club<br />
Comstock Lions Club<br />
Constantine Lions Club<br />
Coopersville Lions Club<br />
Covert Township Lions Club<br />
Crystal Falls Lions Club<br />
Dafter Lions Club<br />
Daggett Lions Club<br />
Decatur Lions Club<br />
Delta Lioness Club<br />
Delta-Menominee Lions Club<br />
Delton Lions Club<br />
Detroit Eastside Friendship<br />
Lions Club<br />
Detroit Hispanic Lions Club<br />
Detroit New Center Lions Club<br />
Detroit North Central<br />
Lions Club<br />
DeWitt Host Lions Club<br />
DeWitt Lioness Club<br />
District 11C-2 Lioness Clubs<br />
Dorr Township Lions Club<br />
Drummond Island Lions Club<br />
Durand Lioness Club<br />
East Flint Lions Club<br />
East Jordan Lioness Club<br />
East Jordan Lions Club<br />
Ecorse-River Rouge Lions Club<br />
Edmore Lions Club<br />
Edwardsburg Lions Club<br />
Ellsworth Lioness Club<br />
Ellsworth Lions Club<br />
Engadine-Naubinway<br />
Lions Club<br />
Escanaba Lions Club<br />
Evart Lions Club<br />
Fairgrove Lions Club<br />
Fairplain Lions Club<br />
Fairview-Comins Lions Club<br />
Farmington area Korean<br />
Lions Club<br />
Fennville Lions Club<br />
Flint Inner City Lions Club<br />
Frankenmuth Lions Club<br />
Frankfort Lions Club<br />
Freeland Lions Club<br />
Gaines area Lions Club<br />
Galesburg Lioness Club<br />
Galien Lions Club<br />
Genesee Lioness Club<br />
Genesee Lions Club<br />
Glennie Lioness Club<br />
Glennie Lions Club<br />
Grand Ledge Lioness Club<br />
Grandville-Jenison Lions Club<br />
Grant Lions Club<br />
Grass Lake Lions Club<br />
Grayling Lioness Club<br />
Gulliver Lions Club<br />
Gwinn Lions Club<br />
Hamilton Lions Club<br />
Hanover-Horton Lions Club<br />
Harbor Beach Lions Club<br />
Hartford Lions Club<br />
Hemlock Lions Club<br />
Hillman area Lions Club<br />
Hillsdale Lions Club<br />
Holton-Twin Lakes Lions Club<br />
Honor Lions Club<br />
Houghton Lake Lioness Club<br />
Houghton Lake Lions Club<br />
Houghton Lions Club<br />
Howard City Lions Club<br />
Howard Community Lions Club<br />
Ishpeming Tri-Township<br />
Lions Club<br />
Jackson Eye Openers Lions Club<br />
Jonesville Lions Club<br />
Kalamazoo West Side Lions Club<br />
Kalkaska Lions Club<br />
Kochville Township Lions Club<br />
Lake Orion Lioness Club<br />
Lakeshore Lions Club<br />
Lakeview Lions Club<br />
L’anse Lions Club<br />
Les Cheneaux Lions Club<br />
Lexington Lions Club<br />
Luther Lioness Club<br />
Luther Lions Club<br />
Lyons-Muir Lions Club<br />
Mackinac Island Lions Club<br />
Mancelona area Lions Club<br />
Manistique Lakes Lions Club<br />
Manistique Lions Club<br />
Maple Valley Lions Club<br />
Marcellus Lions Club<br />
Marne Lions Club<br />
Marquette Lions Club<br />
Martin Lioness Club<br />
Mason Lions Club<br />
Mattawan Lions Club<br />
Mayville Lions Club<br />
Menominee Lions Club<br />
Merrill Lions Club<br />
Mesick Lions Club<br />
Michigan Center Lioness Club<br />
Middleville Lions Club<br />
Midland Lioness Club<br />
Mio Lions Club<br />
Mona Shores-Muskegon<br />
Heights Lions Club<br />
Mt. Morris Lioness Club<br />
Mt. Morris Lions Club<br />
Mulliken Lions Club<br />
Nashville Lions Club<br />
Negaunee Lions Club<br />
New Buffalo Lions Club<br />
New Haven Lions Club<br />
New Lothrop Lions Club<br />
North Macomb for Youth<br />
Services Lions Club<br />
Northville Lions Club<br />
Olivet Lions Club<br />
Ortonville Lions Club<br />
Oscoda Lioness Club<br />
Otisville Lioness Club<br />
Otisville Lions Club<br />
Otsego Lions Club<br />
Ottawa Lions Club<br />
Ovid Elsie Lioness Club<br />
Owendale Lions Club<br />
Parchment Lions Club<br />
Parma-Spring arbor Lions Club<br />
Paw Paw Lions Club<br />
Peck Lions Club<br />
Pennfield Lions Club<br />
Petersburg-Summerfield<br />
Lions Club<br />
Pickford Lions Club<br />
Pigeon Lions Club<br />
Pinconning Lions Club<br />
Pine Grove Township<br />
Lions Club<br />
Pittsford area Lions Club<br />
Plainwell Lions Club<br />
Port austin Lions Club<br />
Portage Lions Club<br />
Range Lions Club<br />
Rankin Lioness Club<br />
Ravenna Lions Club<br />
Remus Lions Club<br />
Richfield Township Lions Club<br />
Richland-Gull Lake Lions Club<br />
Richmond Lioness Club<br />
Rock Lions Club<br />
Rockwood area Lions Club<br />
Roscommon Higgins-Lake<br />
Lions Club<br />
Rose City Lioness Club<br />
Roseville Lions Club<br />
Rudyard Lions Club<br />
Saginaw Downtown Lions Club<br />
Saginaw West Lions Club<br />
Sault Ste. Marie Lions Club<br />
Sawyer Lions Club<br />
Sister Lakes Lions Club<br />
Skandia Lioness Club<br />
Snyderville Lions Club<br />
South Haven Black River<br />
Lions Club<br />
Southfield Lions Club<br />
Spring Lake Lions Club<br />
St. Clair Shores Lions Club<br />
St. Helen Lions Club<br />
St. Johns Lioness Club<br />
Stanwood Lions Club<br />
Sterling Heights Leo Club<br />
Stockbridge Lioness Club<br />
Stockbridge Lions air Force<br />
Sturgis Lions Club<br />
Sugar Island Lioness Club<br />
Taylor Lions Club<br />
Tekonsha Lions Club<br />
Three Oaks Lions Club<br />
Traverse City Lions Club<br />
Trenary Lions Club<br />
Vassar Lions Club<br />
Vermontville Lions Club<br />
Vestaburg Lions Club<br />
Vulcan-Norway-Loretto<br />
Lions Club<br />
Wacousta Lions Club<br />
Warren Lioness Club<br />
Washington Lions Club<br />
Wayne Lions Club<br />
Webberville Lions Club<br />
Wells Lions Club<br />
White Cloud Lions Club<br />
White Pine Lions Club<br />
Whittemore Lioness Club<br />
Williamston Lions Club<br />
Wixom-Walled Lake<br />
Lioness Club<br />
Wyandotte Lions Club<br />
Wyoming Lions Club<br />
new Jersey lions<br />
Berkeley Heights Lions Club<br />
Clifton Lions Club<br />
Franklin Township Lions Club<br />
Frenchtown Lions Club<br />
Hawthorne Lions Club<br />
Highland Park Phil aM<br />
Lions Club<br />
Hunterdon Hills Lions Club<br />
Leonia Lions Club<br />
Livingston Lions Club<br />
Maplewood Lions Club<br />
Metuchen Metro Lions Club<br />
Milltown Lions Club<br />
Oxford Lions Club<br />
Palisades Park Lions Club<br />
Point Pleasant Lions Club<br />
Scotch Plains Lions Club<br />
South amboy Lions Club<br />
South River Lions Club<br />
Tenafly Lions Club<br />
West Long Branch Lions Club<br />
Westfield Lions Club<br />
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Support from the Community<br />
lUMinary<br />
($5,000-$9,999)<br />
William Barr, Ed.D. and<br />
Patti Barr, PRC<br />
steward<br />
($1,000-$4,999)<br />
Gerald G. Babcock, PDG<br />
and Linda Babcock<br />
Dennis Cobler, O.D.<br />
and Kathleen Cobler<br />
Karyl and Christopher<br />
Hildebrand<br />
Peter and Michele Latz<br />
BenefaCtor<br />
($10,000 and above)<br />
Rollin M. Gerstacker<br />
Foundation<br />
steward<br />
($1,000-$4,999)<br />
CFC of Southeastern<br />
Michigan area<br />
Peggy Chapo<br />
Geraldine Dunkle<br />
Warren and audrey Frank<br />
Bill E. Hanel, PID<br />
Yvonne Kilbourne<br />
Viola L. Mallory<br />
Michigan Donor<br />
Family Council<br />
Richard and<br />
Mary ann Randall<br />
andrew Watson, Ph.D. and<br />
Valarie Watson<br />
Partner<br />
($500 - $999)<br />
John Barletta, M.D. and<br />
Connie Barletta<br />
Bay County React<br />
Nadine Brown<br />
Yvonne Clark<br />
James Devereaux<br />
David Emerling<br />
Lawrence Emerling<br />
Stephen Higgins, M.D.<br />
Marilyn and Marty Lindenauer<br />
Susan and John Mozena<br />
Bert Rivette, PDG<br />
and Dottie Rivette<br />
a. Charles Weir, PID and<br />
Fran Weir<br />
Partner<br />
($500-$999)<br />
Gary anderson, O.D. and<br />
Cheryl anderson<br />
Dennis archambault<br />
Granville B. Cutler, PDG<br />
Lawrence J. Klaus, PDG<br />
Kevin and Suzanne Ross<br />
John R. Hulse<br />
LensCrafters<br />
Donald and Jean Massnick<br />
Marjorie M. Neubig<br />
David and Lynn Pruitt<br />
Patron<br />
($250 - $499)<br />
Bennett Constantine<br />
Consumers Energy<br />
Foundation<br />
Theresa Cooney, M.D.<br />
J. Dean and Betty Eckersley<br />
Henry Gray, Ph.D. and<br />
Kathryn Gray<br />
Leslie Heck<br />
Milton and ann Hoefle<br />
Thomas and Kay Huntzicker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B.<br />
Kachnowski<br />
Teri L. Kasper<br />
Richard and Deborah<br />
Kennedy<br />
Gail and Louis LaRiche<br />
Michael McGlashen<br />
Betty McNett<br />
Kenneth Menear<br />
Donald Moylan<br />
Louis E. Probst<br />
David N. Roberts<br />
St. Peter’s Caritas<br />
Marian Williams<br />
Robert Sturgis, PDG<br />
and Sharon Sturgis<br />
Patron<br />
($250-$499)<br />
Janice and Sam ableson<br />
Gary anderson, O.D.<br />
Gerald and Sharon Bouey<br />
Lisa Langley<br />
Kenneth Mattfield, PDG<br />
Cathy and Michael McClory<br />
Dr. Joel Sugar and<br />
anita Gerber<br />
sUPPorter<br />
(up to $249)<br />
Maxine abbott<br />
Reino alanen<br />
Geneva anderson<br />
Violet ashcroft<br />
Robert avery<br />
Caroline Baier<br />
Retha Bancroft<br />
Sadie Barger<br />
John and Katherine Barron<br />
Robert Barton<br />
Georganna Bauer<br />
Lois Beal<br />
Lewis and Valerie Benson<br />
Robert and Joan Bergman<br />
Lois Bettesworth<br />
Ella E. Beyerlein<br />
Richard Bloomfield<br />
anita Boeneman<br />
Virginia Bonkowski<br />
George Boyes, Jr. and<br />
Margaret Boyes<br />
Ervin Bradford<br />
Cortwright Bradford<br />
Joseph Brastrom<br />
Bronner Family Charitable<br />
Foundation<br />
Zenobia Brovins<br />
Donald Bucklew<br />
Tim and Jessica Burkhardt<br />
DeVerde Burkholder, Jr. and<br />
SaleMae Burkholder<br />
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sUPPorter<br />
(up to $249)<br />
Elsa arteaga<br />
Jane Bowen<br />
Robert and anne Chabie<br />
William Constad, M.D. and<br />
ann Beth Constad<br />
Ellen Dymond<br />
Florence Johnston<br />
Lions Eye Bank of<br />
Delaware Valley<br />
Kyle and Christin Mavin<br />
Michael O’Keefe<br />
John and Debbie Pavlak<br />
C. Randel and Virginia Burns<br />
Jean Burrell<br />
Dorothy Burrell<br />
Betty Jo Burritt<br />
Maureen Campbell<br />
Jean Carmichael<br />
Richard and Kathryn Castle<br />
CFC of Kent/Ottawa/<br />
Barry County<br />
Richard W. Chase<br />
Piper Chrenka<br />
Betty a. Christensen<br />
Ida Clarkson<br />
Robert Cococcetta<br />
George Cole, PDG<br />
Raymond Collar<br />
Rosemary Comben<br />
alfredo Cordero<br />
Mario Cortese<br />
Candace Crawford<br />
Kathie Crowley<br />
Robert Currier, D.O.<br />
arlene E. Daly<br />
Michael and Laura Davis<br />
Scott Davis<br />
Dorothy Dodge Davis<br />
William Dawson<br />
Ralph Dean<br />
Jennie DeCarlo<br />
Mardell and John DeCarlo<br />
John Decker<br />
Lucy Degasperis<br />
Charles and Mary Jo Pivoney<br />
John and Christine Rorabeck<br />
Collin Ross and<br />
Jennifer Rydman<br />
Elaine and Roger Russell<br />
Susan and David Smith<br />
Brian and Sue Sovia<br />
Mary R. Trimmer<br />
Colleen Vrba<br />
Carrie and John Wolverton<br />
Marlene and Stephen<br />
DeKoeyer<br />
Carl DeMeritt, Jr. and<br />
Elizabeth DeMeritt<br />
Lawrence J. Detzel<br />
Doris DeVette<br />
Charles and Mary DeVries<br />
Charles DeWitt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dexter<br />
Donate Life Coalition<br />
of Michigan<br />
June Dorn<br />
James and Janet Dunn<br />
Halo Dykstra<br />
David and Wendy<br />
Eberlein, PDG<br />
Mary Eldridge<br />
Edward & Bernice Ellens<br />
Gordon and Joyce Engel<br />
Nellie Erskine<br />
Edmond Farris<br />
Nancy Fassbender<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Fred a. Fernholz<br />
alice Ferns<br />
Mr. and Mrs. R.K. Ferrell<br />
Marilyn Fiedler<br />
Thomas Finn<br />
Lannie Fisher<br />
Bill and Linda Fitch<br />
Eldred R. Fledderjohann<br />
Frederick Fleischer<br />
Ruth Foster<br />
anthony Foust
Joyce Fox<br />
Bernice Fresard<br />
Edward Fugate, M.D. and<br />
Julia Fugate<br />
Hortense Fuoss<br />
Norma J. Galpin<br />
Zodora Gill<br />
Richard and Maureen Gilna<br />
Mari Helen Gingas<br />
Beverly Glasson<br />
Owen and Judy Glei<br />
Donna Glombowski<br />
Sandra and Hugh Gommel<br />
Doloris Kay Gorgonio<br />
Mary Goy<br />
Carl and Martha Grade<br />
Harry Greben<br />
Richard Greenfield<br />
Stephen Greenfield<br />
Norman Grigsby<br />
Edward and Susan Grimaldi<br />
Marya S. Grimes<br />
Wilma Gross<br />
Gilbert Gualdoni<br />
Richard Hackley, M.D. and<br />
Maxine Hackley<br />
Maroun Hakim<br />
Peter Halley<br />
Bill and Linda Halliday<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hanson<br />
Lloyd Harber<br />
Irmgard Hauck<br />
Sheldon Hedges<br />
Beverly a. Helmboldt<br />
Dr. and Mrs.<br />
John W. Henderson<br />
Drew Henthorn<br />
Lois M. Hicks<br />
Jeanette Hille<br />
Jeffery a. Hobden, Ph.D.<br />
James K. Hodde<br />
Norma Horn<br />
Thomas Howard<br />
Erica Jacobs<br />
Blair Jenness<br />
Ms. Mary Jean Jennings<br />
Thalia Johnson<br />
Otto W. Johnson<br />
James a. Johnson<br />
Sheila B. Jones<br />
Michael E. Judy<br />
Gloria Kamana<br />
Leslie Kamil<br />
Joseph Kanamueller<br />
Bernard Karle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Katerberg<br />
Elva Kehrberg<br />
Marianne Kemp<br />
Fred Klampferer, Sr.<br />
Jacqueline and Gary Kneip<br />
Lucile Kooyers<br />
Barbara M. Kuczynski, M.D.<br />
alice Garon LaBonte<br />
Raymond Landschoot<br />
Richard Larson, Jr.<br />
Evelyn Larson<br />
The Reverend<br />
Roy E. Lausman<br />
Calvin Law<br />
Marilyn D. Lawton<br />
Katherine Leffler<br />
Louis Lehman<br />
Sandra Lemmon<br />
Jeanne Lerchen<br />
Josephine Letinski<br />
Henry a. Leung<br />
Catherine Lewis<br />
John Lillo<br />
Emily Loftis<br />
Marguerite E. Lutz<br />
Douglas Lyons<br />
Raymond Mabarak<br />
Robert and Connie<br />
MacKinnon<br />
Frank W. and Mary ann<br />
Macsay<br />
Marilyn B. MacTavish<br />
Donald Maddock<br />
Shirley Maguire<br />
Dorothy Mann<br />
Jean H. Marsh<br />
Roger Mawby<br />
Harry Maxwell<br />
Robert and Christine Maxwell<br />
Merle and Helen McCartney<br />
Tom and Cindy McCormick<br />
Charlene McDonald<br />
arlene McKellar<br />
Robert McLean<br />
Edward Meer<br />
Irene Mellos<br />
Rachela Mennillo<br />
Jenny Miazga<br />
Michigan Eyecare Institute<br />
Barbara Milbocker<br />
John and Shirley Miller<br />
Kenneth and Loretta Moersch<br />
Dennis and Barbara Moffat<br />
Steven Monte<br />
Dennis and Pauline Moore<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan<br />
Lois Morley<br />
Norma Morr<br />
Michael Morris<br />
Lois Morris<br />
Malcolm Morrison and<br />
Jessie Morrison<br />
Dorothy Munger<br />
James R. Munson<br />
Earl Nash<br />
andrew Neamos<br />
albert Nelson, O.D.<br />
Margaret Nern<br />
Frank Nido<br />
arild Nielsen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mearl Noftz<br />
Clemens Nowak, Sr.<br />
Jeanette O’Banion<br />
Kenneth and Roberta Oettle<br />
Martha Oleinick<br />
Josephine Pacholski<br />
David and Lisa Parshan<br />
Virginia Patten<br />
Irene Payter<br />
Rodger & Maryann Pedigo<br />
Tyrone Perteet<br />
Richard and Peggy Petrucha<br />
Caroline Pierce<br />
Glenn Pietenpol<br />
Myrtle Pletos<br />
Frumeth and Frank Polasky<br />
John Polson<br />
Mary L. Powell<br />
Dorothy Powell<br />
Dorothy Powers<br />
Mary E. Price<br />
Dorothy Pride<br />
Cassie Priest<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Pruitt<br />
Peggy Pullem<br />
Margaret Rafferty<br />
Zubair and Samina Raheem<br />
Jimmie Ramage<br />
Odahlia Rance<br />
Charles and Martha Randles<br />
Lauren a. Rastello<br />
Lucille Rauch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Rebant<br />
Venkat Reddy, M.D. and<br />
alvira Reddy<br />
Gerald and Janet Redoutey<br />
Charles Remenar<br />
Florence L. Rickett<br />
Elizabeth Riegel<br />
Richard Rizzo, M.D.<br />
Glenn J. Rock<br />
arno and Mildred Rogner<br />
William C. Rohn<br />
Marius a. Rooks<br />
arleen Root<br />
Modesta Rosalez<br />
Shirley Rozema<br />
Nancy Rupp<br />
Pauline Rutkowski<br />
Charlotte Sadler<br />
Mary and Robert Sandefur<br />
Garland and Ralph Sanders<br />
Nicholas Sarzynski and Family<br />
Grace Marie Sawatzki<br />
Melvin and Gloria Sayyae<br />
R. George Schack<br />
Cheryl Schneider<br />
Hope Schrock<br />
Gerald Schutte<br />
Carrie Searfos<br />
Noreida Shaheen<br />
Jean Shanley<br />
Shiraz Shariff, M.D. and<br />
Synthia Shariff<br />
Heidi Sheffield<br />
Brian Shepard, PDG<br />
Catherine Shock<br />
Phylis Shook<br />
Richard and Diane Siriani<br />
Sarah Smith<br />
Pauline L. Smith<br />
Helen Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. a.J. Snook<br />
George Snover<br />
Thomas and Eunice Sorenson<br />
William and Patricia Sotak<br />
Yolanda Spence<br />
Gary and Kathryn Steinaway<br />
Reba Stemmermann<br />
Lewis E. Stenberg<br />
Earline Stone<br />
Terry Straka<br />
Evelyn Strieter<br />
Sharon Sturgis<br />
Suzanne Sutton<br />
David and Martha Sutton<br />
Frank Swanson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald<br />
Swarthout<br />
Frances E. Sweet<br />
Robert L. Taylor<br />
Isabelle Thomas<br />
Helen Timmerman<br />
Henry Trzeciak<br />
Norbert L. Tuma<br />
Delores J. Turner<br />
Rita Tusing<br />
United Way - Heart of<br />
West Michigan<br />
ayten Uzman<br />
antoinette Van Reesch<br />
Delores Vandenberg<br />
Robert VanDeventer<br />
Clara Varga<br />
Elizabeth Voelker<br />
Janet Vondett<br />
Vicki Wade<br />
Mary Waldo<br />
Karen Walsh<br />
Douglas Weaver<br />
Mary Lou Weber<br />
Mary Welch<br />
Christine West<br />
West Hawk Industries<br />
Verlyn and Mary Wheat<br />
Richard Wheaton<br />
anna Whitzel<br />
John Wielhouwer<br />
Terry and Patricia Wildfong<br />
Sallye Williams<br />
Howard Winans<br />
Verla and Mark Wolfgang<br />
Norma Wolner<br />
Ford Wright<br />
alexander and Sarah Zackman<br />
Charles Zalewski<br />
Francis Zatko<br />
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Support from the Community<br />
BenefaCtor<br />
($10,000 and above)<br />
advanced Medical Optics<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David<br />
W. Montross<br />
lUMinary<br />
($5,000-$9,999)<br />
Chicago Cornea Consultants<br />
Equis Corporation<br />
Gift of Hope Organ and<br />
Tissue Donor Network<br />
LCa-Vision Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L.<br />
Maatman, Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Neithercut<br />
The Sage Foundation<br />
TLC Vision<br />
amy Wimer and<br />
Ed Wlodarczyk<br />
steward<br />
($1,000-$4,999)<br />
Holly and Robert agra<br />
anonymous<br />
Beverly Blettner<br />
Laurie Brady<br />
Chicago Magazine<br />
Distinctive Wine & Spirits<br />
Richard Driehaus<br />
Driehaus Capital Management<br />
DuPage Ophthalmology, SC<br />
Randy Epstein, M.D.<br />
Four Seasons Resort<br />
Thomas G. Hackett<br />
Illinois Sports<br />
Facilities authority<br />
International Business<br />
Machines<br />
Intralase Corp.<br />
Marguerite Jester<br />
Sherry Johnson<br />
Chan Kang<br />
Heinz Kern and<br />
Mary ann Rose<br />
James Kinney and Brian White<br />
Peter and Karen Martino<br />
andrew and Kristen McCoy<br />
Jack and Donna Monco<br />
New York Jewelers<br />
Kenneth Norgan<br />
John and Myra Reilly<br />
Rosin Eyecare<br />
Otto Schulz<br />
Schwab Charitable Foundation<br />
SCS Healthcare<br />
Operating acct.<br />
Seal-Tight Protective<br />
Services, Inc.<br />
Seyfarth Shaw LLP<br />
Mary Beth and<br />
Ronald Stillmaker<br />
Karen Zupko Stuart<br />
Jerry Svec<br />
The Peninsula Hotel<br />
Connie Wimer<br />
WUSN Radio<br />
Mr. and Ms. Robert Zentner<br />
Partner<br />
($500-$999)<br />
aBN aMRO Services<br />
Company<br />
M. L. ackerman<br />
action Marketing Group, Inc.<br />
allegro Chicago<br />
allen Brothers - The Great<br />
Steakhouse Steaks<br />
Rick anesi<br />
avid Medical, Inc.<br />
alan axelrod, M.D.<br />
and Jennifer axelrod<br />
George Bailie<br />
Hazel and Warren Barr<br />
Ken and Irma Bates<br />
Jordan Bell, Esq. and<br />
Lottie Bell<br />
Lonni Berkley<br />
Charles Bernardini<br />
Daniel Brownstone, M.D.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. allen Bulley<br />
CBS2<br />
Wayne and Joan Fickinger<br />
Frank Fogarty<br />
Tony Graffia<br />
Bradley and Tiffani Griffith<br />
Bruce R. Hague<br />
Wafik Hanna<br />
Hotel Monaco<br />
Eileen Howard-Weinberg<br />
and Marshall Weinberg<br />
Jake<br />
Janko & Company<br />
Charles and Candace Jordan<br />
Jumeriah Essex House<br />
Kraff Eye Institute, Ltd.<br />
Laboratories at Bonfils<br />
Edmund H. Lester<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael<br />
Manganaro<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin a.<br />
McKnight<br />
Fred O’Kasick<br />
Quartino<br />
Ralph Lauren<br />
‘Cille and Steve Ramsey<br />
Myra and John Reilly<br />
Kathy Rezny<br />
Susan Rogers<br />
Hy Roman<br />
Rosebud Restaurants, Inc.<br />
Mark Rotblatt<br />
Donald Rowley<br />
Dave Samber<br />
anthony Shaneen<br />
James H. Stone<br />
The Palmer House Hilton<br />
Tiffani Kim Institute<br />
USM Logistics<br />
Mamie Walton<br />
Marshall Weinberg<br />
Winger and associates, Ltd.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mike S.<br />
Zafirovski<br />
anne Zimring<br />
Zonda Nellis Design<br />
Patron<br />
($250 - $499)<br />
action Marketing Group, Inc.<br />
allergan<br />
David Brandt<br />
Burberry<br />
David L. Calfee<br />
Robert Cichocki<br />
Connie and Paul Farmer<br />
Richard Fleisher<br />
Susan Fredman<br />
Glen Ellyn Ophthalmology<br />
Hanig’s Footwear<br />
Intimacy<br />
Vivian Kaplan<br />
Timothy Kisla, D.O.<br />
Nancy Klimley<br />
arthur Krolman<br />
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Lakeview Baseball Club<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew a.<br />
Lieberman<br />
Claire MacFarland<br />
Steven and Leann Malecha<br />
Bree McKenna<br />
Stan Mikita<br />
Harry Pickrell<br />
Plante & Moran<br />
Gary and Paulette Ryg<br />
Dottie Rzeszutko<br />
Michael Sheinhopt<br />
Bela and Ilona Szeifert<br />
Susan J. Taub, M.D.<br />
Fred Tokowitz<br />
ULTa Beauty<br />
Thomas H. Wenkstern<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Martin J.<br />
Woodrow<br />
Mildred Zrazik<br />
sUPPorter<br />
(up to $249)<br />
allstate Giving Campaign<br />
Margaret amber<br />
Harry and Lois anderson<br />
Robert anderson<br />
Paul andrews<br />
Demetrios angelos<br />
Helen anstett<br />
James and Kay armstrong<br />
atwood Cafe<br />
Shahnaaz azeem<br />
Charles Badger<br />
Laurel Bailie<br />
Daniel Bajic<br />
Robert and Denise Baptista<br />
Novella Barrett<br />
Micki Bence<br />
Loretta and Frank Beresh<br />
Jean Berry<br />
Diane Beyer<br />
Henry and Lillian Biesiada<br />
George Blakeslee<br />
Carlos Blanco<br />
Jamie Blundell<br />
Vilma and Kenneth Brent<br />
arnold Brookstone<br />
Biddie Brown<br />
Elizabeth and Steve Bruner<br />
anthony Bruno<br />
Marie and Frank Bugajski<br />
Laura Cabrera<br />
Virgil Cartwright<br />
Daniel and Jane Caspers<br />
anne Cavalla<br />
Patty and Bill Cerny<br />
Lorraine Cetrone<br />
CFC Illowa Bi-State<br />
CFC of Lincoln Land<br />
William Chambers<br />
Benjamin Chereskin<br />
Wanita Chevalier<br />
Olga Ciresi<br />
Minnie Cohan<br />
Jerome Cole<br />
Robert Collins<br />
Helen Cornwell<br />
Mary Cotton<br />
Joseph Criscione<br />
Wilbur Cunningham<br />
John Daley<br />
John Das, M.D.<br />
Christine M. David<br />
Muriel Davis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Deaver<br />
Mona Dennis<br />
Grace Deroos<br />
Mary Dirker<br />
Mrs. Larry Domark<br />
Dolores Donley<br />
Betty Dorsey<br />
John and Barbara Dovale<br />
Claudia Duffy<br />
Paola Dugo<br />
ann Dunk<br />
Monica Durkin<br />
Francis Dyer<br />
Casimir Dzieginski<br />
East Bank Club<br />
John Edmund<br />
Ellen Elpern<br />
Carol English<br />
Dolores and al Erlebacher<br />
Carol and Clifford Espevik<br />
Elliott Farber<br />
Eileen Ferme<br />
Harold Finnern<br />
Virginia and William Fojtik<br />
Dorothy Fuller<br />
Roxanna Gambill
Elizabeth George<br />
Gibson’s Steakhouse<br />
Nora Gilbert<br />
Fred Glassman<br />
Walter Globis<br />
Edith Glogowski<br />
Robert Gordon<br />
Virgil Gottardo<br />
Mary Kay Graney<br />
Bess Greco<br />
Paul M. Green<br />
Kathryn Grosche<br />
Lillian Gula<br />
Elizabeth Hadley<br />
Carol Hahn<br />
Marjorie Hamm<br />
Gurney Hanson<br />
Malia Hanula<br />
Margaret Hare<br />
Eric Harkna<br />
Katherine Hartgerink<br />
arlin Hartman<br />
Gerald Haruch<br />
Luther Haskins<br />
Mary Hille<br />
Joyce Hoyle<br />
Marie Huber<br />
Edward and Patricia Hunter<br />
Idel Ioffe<br />
Josephine Iussig<br />
Elizabeth Iverson<br />
Richard and Lois Jahn<br />
Susan Jaworek<br />
Denise Jaworski<br />
John G. Shedd aquarium<br />
Richard Johnson<br />
Barbara D. Jones<br />
Horace Jordan<br />
Veronica Kale<br />
Gilbert Kamm<br />
Brian Karlow<br />
KDKL Management, Inc.<br />
Dennis Keeney<br />
Yolanda Kezerle<br />
Eugene Kirby<br />
Renee and Joseph Klak<br />
William Knuppel<br />
Jaime Kofoot<br />
Donna and Martin Korey<br />
Thomas Kostalik<br />
Francis Kostecki<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Kranz<br />
Richard Krukar<br />
William Krumske, Jr. and<br />
annette Krumske<br />
Barbara Lane<br />
Judith LaRose<br />
Eunice and Joseph Lasky<br />
Law Offices of Meyer Capel<br />
Le Colonial<br />
Phillip Leppert<br />
Gloria Lerman<br />
Lettuce Entertain You<br />
Enterprises, Inc.<br />
Jerome Lewis<br />
Janis Licari<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Linn<br />
Rebecca and Steven Lipp<br />
Edna Lomax<br />
Jacqueline Luczak<br />
Ronald Ludewig<br />
Jean and Raymond Lundgren<br />
Lilia Macasero<br />
alice Maczynski<br />
Georgiana Maliga<br />
Wendi Mancini<br />
Robert and Florence<br />
Mandekich<br />
Lois Mann<br />
Paul Manzi<br />
Sabina Maravilla<br />
Joseph Marsala<br />
Jose Martinez<br />
Pascuala and Teofilo Masa<br />
Jeanne Masek<br />
Felica Masters<br />
anthony Maurice<br />
Marjorie McBride<br />
Veronica McClure<br />
Dolores G. McGowan<br />
McGraw Foundation<br />
Cassaline and James<br />
McHolland<br />
John McHugh<br />
McKesson<br />
Doris Meinik<br />
Katherine Michaels<br />
Irene Michaels<br />
Philip and Nancy Miller<br />
David and Diane Miller<br />
Dorothy Milton<br />
Thomas and Liesl Minneci<br />
Berenice Mittelman<br />
Casey and Ida Mrozak<br />
Colleen Mudge<br />
Nerieda Muehlfelder<br />
Odette Musiel<br />
Dorothea Nagel<br />
albert and Esther Nathan<br />
Gertrude Nawroth<br />
Leo and Mary Ellen Neuman<br />
Nicor Gas<br />
Nieman Marcus<br />
Therese O’Donnell<br />
Joseph Offenbecher<br />
Glen Ohrt<br />
Evelyn Olson<br />
Maryanne Oppenheim<br />
Jerome and Julia Ouper<br />
Sandra Overton<br />
Polly Pancoe and Fred<br />
Kortlander<br />
Edwin and Dorothea Pankratz<br />
John Panton, F.a.C.S.<br />
Deborah Patrick<br />
Irving Pattison<br />
Louis Paukovitz<br />
Russell Paxson<br />
William and Frances Perkins<br />
Walter Permoda<br />
John Peters<br />
Margery L. Philipsborn<br />
Rose Pischke<br />
Mildred Ponfil<br />
Rose Porter<br />
Eleanor Pyzik<br />
Katherine Radavich<br />
Yuly and Ida Raff<br />
Meghana Ranade<br />
Rosella Ranshaw<br />
Blanche Ready<br />
anna Mae Ready<br />
Norman Rebenstorf<br />
Thomas and Mary Rebernak<br />
Paige Reichardt<br />
Mary S. Reilly<br />
Lorraine Reuter<br />
Ronald Rezny<br />
RL Restaurant<br />
Helen Roach<br />
Elliott Robbins<br />
Jesus Rodriguez<br />
Leonardo Rodriquez<br />
Ronald Roegge<br />
Marty Rohr<br />
Stanley Rosen<br />
Joyce Rosenberger<br />
Richard Sarcinelli<br />
Elmer Schirmer<br />
arden Schlegel<br />
Richard and Lucille Schleiter<br />
Patricia Schmidt<br />
Dorothy Schumacher<br />
antoinette Seidelmann<br />
Gayle and Thomas Selcke<br />
Phillip and Veronica Siegel<br />
Signature Room<br />
Marie Sikes<br />
Leon and Martha Skan<br />
Betty and Joe Skorich<br />
Norma Slanger<br />
George Slezak<br />
Helen Smith<br />
Eleanor Smith<br />
Smith & Wollensky Restaurant<br />
Kathleen Sojka<br />
Stuart P. Sondheimer, M.D.<br />
Marion Sours<br />
andrew Spelios<br />
Steven B. Isaacson, Schain<br />
Burney Ross & Citron, Ltd.<br />
Lisbeth Stiffel<br />
Charles Strong<br />
Nancy Sullivan<br />
Timothy and Deborah Surlas<br />
Edith Sutterlin<br />
Janice Swanson<br />
Lisa L. Takata<br />
Yasmin Thompson<br />
Elise Torczynski, M.D.<br />
Carol and Casimir Trocewicz<br />
Pamela Vana<br />
Brett Veltman<br />
Frederick Verhulst<br />
Fred S. Waldman<br />
Margaret Walter<br />
Norman Wandke<br />
adele Warton<br />
Gertrude Waughop<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Webb<br />
Mary J. Wehrle<br />
Milton Weinberg<br />
Leonard Weinstock<br />
Warren Wells<br />
Roger Whitworth<br />
Henry Williams<br />
Dorothy Williamson<br />
Mary Wilson<br />
Dorothy Wilson<br />
Sherry and Douglas Winger<br />
alan Wittenberg<br />
George and Clare Yandel<br />
Frank Yanez<br />
Richard Zbell<br />
Kristi Zimmermann<br />
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Support from the Community (continued…)<br />
BenefaCtor<br />
($10,000 and above)<br />
Nelson C. Doland, Jr.<br />
steward<br />
($1,000-$4,999)<br />
Boardroom, Inc.<br />
Reverend William Paul and Mrs. Martha Paul<br />
Partner<br />
($500-$999)<br />
all Solutions, Inc.<br />
William R. Cinotti, M.D. and Doris Cinotti<br />
Patricia Fragale<br />
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation<br />
New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network, Inc.<br />
Patron<br />
($250 - $499)<br />
Ralph R. DeVito, PDG<br />
Eye Institute of New Jersey<br />
David Goodman<br />
Hudson Eye Physicians &<br />
Surgeons, LLC<br />
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program<br />
United Way of Tri-State<br />
VTS Travel Enterprises, Inc.<br />
sUPPorter<br />
(up to $249)<br />
aloia Funeral Home<br />
Ethel arnold<br />
arthur Ballinger<br />
Bertram Barnett, PDG<br />
Bayshore Community<br />
Health Services, Inc.<br />
Gordon Beals<br />
Julius Bingham<br />
Bloomingdale’s<br />
Herbert Bodensiek<br />
Melvyn Bray, CC and Ginny Bray<br />
Francisca Brito<br />
Beryl Brown<br />
Horace J. Brown, PDG<br />
Laura Campos<br />
Ben Chirls<br />
Richard Chittum, PDG and<br />
Barbara Chittum<br />
David Chu, M.D.<br />
alfonse Cinotti, M.D. and<br />
Kathleen Cinotti<br />
Mary ann Clayton, M.D.<br />
Lourdes Comas, CS<br />
Mark a. Connor<br />
Corneal associates of New Jersey, P.a.<br />
Nicholas Ditta<br />
Stephen M. Domovich, PDG<br />
Janet Donohue<br />
James Dougherty<br />
EyeCare, MD of New Jersey<br />
Robert and Yeda Fish<br />
Mr. Robert Frank, VDG<br />
Friends of Senator Cardinale<br />
Giliberti Eye & Laser Center<br />
ann Gingerelli<br />
Constance Gitto<br />
Mr. Victor Graziano<br />
Stanley Grossman, PID<br />
Irene Houlis<br />
James Johnston<br />
Kamienski Funeral Homes, Inc.<br />
Kearny Federal Savings<br />
Ronald and Jane Kelly<br />
Wingate Khalil<br />
Marshall Klein, PDG and<br />
Barbara Klein<br />
Lizabeth Konopka<br />
Margie Larkin<br />
Mark a. Lister, M.D.<br />
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Linda Lorras<br />
Peter and antoinette Mariano<br />
Miguel Martinez<br />
Iris a. Martinez-arroyo<br />
Raymond Mass<br />
Dr. Edward Meyer, VDG<br />
Isidore Mihalakis, M.D.<br />
Louis D. Moccia<br />
Howie Model<br />
Elspeth Moore, PDG<br />
Susan Mueller<br />
Mary Beth Murphy<br />
Jean Myers<br />
New Jersey academy<br />
of Ophthalmology<br />
Jose Nieto, DG<br />
Theodore Nugent<br />
Ellen Polito<br />
Raul and Mavi Pretto<br />
Reiser’s Courier Service<br />
Eugene Renkar, PDG<br />
Charles and Cecelia Rex<br />
Riewerts Memorial Home, Inc.<br />
Tracy L. Robinson<br />
Henry Scharch<br />
Douglas Schembs, Jr. and<br />
Lois Schembs<br />
Christopher Smith<br />
Peter Sobilo<br />
Joanne Stram<br />
Silvio Venturi<br />
Eugene Vignali<br />
Victor Weedn, M.D.<br />
James Wheeler, DG<br />
Charlotte Wood<br />
Edwin Wormann<br />
Benjamin Yashinski, IPDG and<br />
Diana Yashinski<br />
Midwest Eye-Banks has made every effort to publish accurate information acknowledging its contributors and their gifts<br />
during fiscal year 2006-07. However, we regret that errors and omissions may occur, on occasion. If you discover an error<br />
in our contribution acknowledgement lists, please accept our apologies and contact us at (800) 247-7250 so that we may<br />
review and correct our records as necessary.
CONTRIBUTIONS IN HONOR aND IN MEMORY<br />
in Memory of Col. seyyar aktolga<br />
ayten Uzman<br />
in Memory of haure andrade<br />
Susan J. Taub, M.D.<br />
in Memory of Betty J. armstrong<br />
James armstrong<br />
in Memory of Michael ayres<br />
John Morgan<br />
in Memory of asli azizi<br />
Susan J. Taub, M.D.<br />
in Memory of Rita M. Bach<br />
Jean Berry<br />
in Memory of earl Bailey<br />
Novi Lions Club<br />
in Memory of wilma Baker<br />
Brian Shepard, PDG<br />
in Memory of edwin Barton<br />
Mamie J. Walton<br />
in Memory of Madeleine Benninger<br />
Marilyn D. Lawton<br />
in Memory of david and olga Benson<br />
Jean C. Lundgren<br />
in Memory of kathleen Bertoglio<br />
Colleen Mudge<br />
in Memory of Viola Bingham<br />
Julius Bingham<br />
in Memory of Jim Bishop<br />
Jimmie H. Ramage<br />
in Memory of Carl a. Blank<br />
Marianne R. Kemp<br />
in Memory of stacey lee Blundell<br />
Jamie Blundell<br />
in Memory of alfreda Boesch<br />
David Eberlein, PDG<br />
in Memory of John Bolton, sr.<br />
Susan J. Taub, M.D. and Staff<br />
in honor of Marsha Brenner<br />
Dorothy Fuller<br />
in Memory of shawn Brown<br />
Hortense Fuoss<br />
in Memory of Betty Buckley<br />
Michigan Donor Family Council<br />
in Memory of<br />
deVerde M. Burkholder, sr.<br />
Thomas P. Finn<br />
in Memory of<br />
deVerde M. Burkholder, sr.<br />
DeVerde Burkholder, Jr. and<br />
SaleMae Burkholder<br />
Mary and Robert Sandefur<br />
in Memory of emma Cepek<br />
Betty Skorich<br />
in Memory of stephen Mark Chapo<br />
Peggy L. Chapo<br />
in honor of alfonse a. Cinotti, M.d.<br />
William R. Cinotti, M.D.<br />
in honor of Ruth Clarke<br />
Gary Steinaway<br />
in Memory of<br />
Jonathan edward Clodfelter<br />
Susan d’Olive Mozena<br />
in Memory of howard Cohan<br />
Minnie Cohan<br />
in honor of Granville B. Cutler, pdG<br />
George L. Cole, PDG<br />
in Memory of Mary anne devereaux<br />
James Devereaux<br />
in Memory of Raymond dewitt, pdG<br />
James and Janet Dunn<br />
in Memory of Robert e. dunk<br />
ann Dunk<br />
in Memory of Casimir dzieginski<br />
Casimir Dzieginski<br />
in Memory of loretta edmund<br />
John Edmund<br />
in Memory of sandra Gail emerling<br />
David M. Emerling<br />
Lawrence C. Emerling<br />
in Memory of<br />
david luke emmerling<br />
Joseph Marsala<br />
in Memory of don Fairfield<br />
Muskegon Host Lions Club<br />
in honor of Robert scott Feder, M.d.<br />
Margaret amber<br />
Margery L. Philipsborn<br />
Ronald Rezny<br />
Kristi L. Zimmermann<br />
in Memory of ann Ferns<br />
alice M. Ferns<br />
<strong>JULY</strong> 1, 2006–JUNE 30, 2007<br />
in Memory of david Freedman, M.d.<br />
Teri L. Kasper<br />
in Memory of Jon G. Fresard<br />
Bernice Fresard<br />
in Memory of evelyn Furgatch<br />
Chicago Cornea Consultants<br />
in Memory of Viola Giammario<br />
Mildred Zrazik<br />
in Memory of lloyd Gilbert<br />
Nora Gilbert<br />
in Memory of anita Goldberg<br />
Susan J. Taub, M.D. and Staff<br />
in Memory of wesley Grosche<br />
Kathryn Grosche<br />
wishing Ruth Grossman<br />
a speedy Recovery<br />
Barbara and Richard Chittum, PDG<br />
in Memory of william s. halliday<br />
Bill E. Halliday<br />
in Memory of dorthe C. hecht<br />
Susan J. Taub, M.D.<br />
in honor of david heidemann, M.d.<br />
Jean E. Carmichael<br />
in Memory of Jerry herblet<br />
Retha a. Bancroft<br />
in Memory of Mrs. hinko<br />
Loretta Beresh<br />
in Memory of Mike hixson<br />
Vicki Wade<br />
in Memory of Joseph e. hook<br />
Mary Goy<br />
in Memory of h.w. hunter and<br />
olga hunter<br />
Jacqueline H. Kneip<br />
on the occasion of<br />
wayne and yvonne Jensen’s<br />
50th wedding anniversary<br />
arno and Mildred Rogner<br />
in Memory of Jean Jones<br />
Elizabeth Iverson<br />
in Memory of elsa kassner<br />
Chicago Cornea Consultants<br />
in Memory of Junior Mack kelley<br />
anonymous<br />
Cathy McClory<br />
Michael O’Keefe, CEBT<br />
Susan D. Smith<br />
Carrie Wolverton<br />
in Memory of kevin kelly<br />
Rose L. Pischke<br />
in Memory of Catherine kennedy<br />
Richard J. Kennedy<br />
on the occasion of<br />
thomas kennedy’s 60th Birthday<br />
alan Wittenberg<br />
in Memory of Barb kitch<br />
David Eberlein, PDG<br />
in Memory of Janel klein<br />
Susan J. Taub, M.D.<br />
in Memory of esther h. kooyers<br />
Lucile Kooyers<br />
in Memory of Marion korey<br />
Donna and Martin Korey<br />
in honor of Manus C. kraff, M.d.<br />
Eileen Ferme<br />
in Memory of harriet krumske<br />
William F. Krumske, Jr.<br />
in Memory of Gregory laBonte<br />
alice G. LaBonte<br />
in Memory of Jaulanda M. laFont<br />
Jimmie H. Ramage<br />
in Memory of dorothy lashbrook<br />
Marilyn and Marty Lindenauer<br />
in honor of kevin lavery, M.d.<br />
Bernard J. Karle<br />
in honor of Robert M. lee, M.d.<br />
Mary Cotton<br />
in Memory of Buena lichter<br />
Mary N. Waldo<br />
in Memory of wayne lobert, pdG<br />
James and Janet Dunn<br />
in Memory of Johnnie M. loftis<br />
Emily Loftis<br />
in Memory of John lucas<br />
Susan J. Taub, M.D. and Staff<br />
in Memory of edward Maczynski<br />
alice Maczynski<br />
in honor of parag a. Majmudar, M.d.<br />
Brian Karlow<br />
in Memory of everett Marceau<br />
Susan J. Taub, M.D.<br />
in Memory of Robert Masek<br />
Jeanne Masek<br />
in honor of lynnwood Mast, ipdG<br />
Baldwin Lions Club<br />
Baldwin Lioness Club<br />
in honor of aubrey, Jacob<br />
and Rebekah Mavin<br />
Kyle L. and Christin Mavin<br />
in honor of scott McCartney<br />
Merle McCartney<br />
in honor of Mark l. Mcdermott, M.d.<br />
Carl O. Grade<br />
in Memory of Virginia Mcdonald<br />
Chicago Cornea Consultants<br />
in Memory of ted McGlashen<br />
Michael McGlashen<br />
in Memory of Clinton Mckellar<br />
Lewis and Valerie Benson<br />
Piper S. Chrenka<br />
Michael and Laura Davis<br />
June Dorn<br />
Joyce C. Fox<br />
Richard and Maureen Gilna<br />
arlene McKellar<br />
Richard and Peggy Petrucha<br />
C. Randel and Virginia Burns<br />
David and Martha Sutton<br />
continued on next page…<br />
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CONTRIBUTIONS IN HONOR aND IN MEMORY<br />
in Memory of lorraine McMurray<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hanson<br />
Robert and Connie MacKinnon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mearl Noftz<br />
in honor of Roger F. Meyer, M.d.<br />
Henry E. Gray, Ph.D.<br />
in Memory of nellie Miller<br />
John Miller<br />
in honor of pauline Moore<br />
Dennis Moore<br />
in Memory of william d. Myers, M.d.<br />
Detroit Northwest Lions Club<br />
Barbara M. Kuczynski, M.D.<br />
Michigan Eyecare Institute<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Rebant<br />
Heidi Sheffield<br />
Richard and Diane Siriani<br />
Verlyn and Mary Wheat<br />
in Memory of<br />
dominique elizabeth Myszenski<br />
Janice K. ableson<br />
in honor of Fredric C. nern<br />
Margaret a. Nern<br />
in Memory of Gerald nora, M.d.<br />
Susan J. Taub, M.D.<br />
in Memory of kerry ann o’keefe<br />
Colleen Vrba, CEBT<br />
in Memory of helen ostrowski<br />
Diane Beyer<br />
in Memory of Bernice B. pattison<br />
Irving C. Pattison<br />
in Memory of Charles J. pavlik<br />
arno and Mildred Rogner<br />
on the occasion of<br />
Mark pearl’s wedding<br />
arno and Mildred Rogner<br />
in honor of dorothy J. pride<br />
Dorothy J. Pride<br />
in Memory of Joseph principe<br />
Theodore Nugent<br />
in honor of david pruitt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Pruitt<br />
in Memory of Milan Rambadt<br />
allegan Lions Club<br />
in Memory of Matt Reed<br />
Mari H. Gingas<br />
in honor of Cecelia Rex<br />
Charles Rex<br />
in Memory of edwin elver Rice<br />
Mary R. Trimmer<br />
Continued…<br />
in Memory of Marie Riegel<br />
Elizabeth Riegel<br />
in Memory of Margaret a. Rohn<br />
William C. Rohn<br />
in honor of Bernita Rorabeck<br />
John and Christine Rorabeck<br />
in Memory of Mitsue Ross<br />
David Eberlein, PDG<br />
in Memory of nancy Rubinsky<br />
Mary N. Waldo<br />
on the occasion of Rocco Ryg’s<br />
Return to driving<br />
Gary and Paulette Ryg<br />
on the 2nd anniversary of<br />
Rocco Ryg’s Cornea transplant<br />
Gary and Paulette Ryg<br />
in honor of travis, amy<br />
and kurt sale<br />
Marlene and Stephen DeKoeyer<br />
in honor of travis lee sale<br />
Charles and Mary DeVries<br />
Lucille C. Rauch<br />
in Memory of Mrs. sayerstad<br />
Susan J. Taub, M.D. and Staff<br />
in Memory of Clarence scharrer<br />
arno and Mildred Rogner<br />
in Memory of wilma scharrer<br />
arno and Mildred Rogner<br />
in Memory of John schlegel<br />
arden Schlegel<br />
in Memory of Bob serne<br />
Marlene and Stephen DeKoeyer<br />
in honor of Jerold silverman, M.d.<br />
Dolores Erlebacher<br />
in Memory of Gene B. slachta<br />
Shiraz Shariff, M.D.<br />
in Memory of theresa C. smith<br />
Dorothy Burrell<br />
in Memory of Jordan snage<br />
Malcolm Morrison, PDG<br />
in Memory of Jean M. snyder<br />
Nicholas Sarzynski<br />
in honor of h. kaz soong, M.d.<br />
Lawrence J. Detzel<br />
on the occasion of Michelle sotak’s<br />
Cornea transplant<br />
William and Patricia Sotak<br />
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in Memory of Ray sovia<br />
Sue D. Sovia<br />
in honor of alan spigelman, M.d.<br />
John F. Barron<br />
in honor of lauren e. stram<br />
Joanne Stram<br />
in Memory of kenneth Ray styles<br />
Hanover-Horton Lions Club<br />
in honor of Joel sugar, M.d.<br />
Carlos Blanco<br />
Lorraine Cetrone<br />
Paul Manzi<br />
Yuly Raff<br />
in honor of herbert thomas<br />
Jean Myers<br />
in Memory of elva underwood<br />
Donna J. Glombowski<br />
in Memory of norm Van ochten<br />
Essexville-Hampton Lions Club<br />
in honor of Brett Veltman<br />
Kimberly Veltman<br />
in honor of silvio Venturi<br />
Boardroom, Inc.<br />
in Memory of kelvin<br />
Von Roenn, M.d.<br />
Chicago Cornea Consultants<br />
in Memory of Barbara waite<br />
Suzanne Sutton<br />
in Memory of Jim walling<br />
Rodger Pedigo<br />
in Memory of Max warren<br />
Tim and Jess Burkhardt<br />
in Memory of henry C. wehmeier<br />
Sandra Gommel<br />
in honor of Jennifer weizer, M.d.<br />
John C. Lillo<br />
in Memory of<br />
Bernard C. wildgen, M.d.<br />
Mary N. Waldo<br />
in Memory of Bruce wilkins<br />
arno and Mildred Rogner<br />
in Memory of Frank Zatko<br />
Francis a. Zatko<br />
in Memory of Mary e. Zeigler<br />
Nadine Brown<br />
in Memory of henry Zrazik<br />
Mildred Zrazik
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Robert Sturgis, Chairman<br />
Peter J. Latz, Vice-Chairman<br />
Bert Rivette, Secretary<br />
Gary Babcock, Treasurer<br />
Gary anderson, O.D.<br />
William D. Barr, Ed.D.<br />
Rashid L. Bashshur, Ph.D.<br />
Dennis Cobler, O.D.<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Executive Staff<br />
William Constad, M.D.<br />
Lawrence Klaus<br />
John Krienke, Ph.D.<br />
Marilyn R. Lindenauer<br />
Ken Mattfield<br />
Shahzad Mian, M.D.<br />
alan Sugar, M.D.<br />
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Kevin W. Ross<br />
President and Chief Executive Officer<br />
Charles J. Pivoney<br />
Chief Operating Officer<br />
Bradley Tennant<br />
Senior Vice President<br />
Florence M. Johnston<br />
President Emeritus<br />
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