The Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank (RMLEB) is proud to announce a partnership with the Denver Broncos Football Club. Together through this partnership, RMLEB and the Broncos will educate fans on how eye donation can restore sight. Together, they will also share how important it is to add yourself to the eye, organ, and tissue donor registry, and communicate your decision to be a donor with your family.
Eye tissue donation provides the gift of sight to those in need of a transplant. In 2023, 2,544 eye donors across Colorado and Wyoming provided sight-restoring transplants for 2,336 people. Eye tissue is first placed locally, then domestically with other eye banks in need, and finally internationally.
“We exist to restore hope where hope may have been lost,” said RMLEB’s Executive Director, John Lohmeier. “As the local eye bank for Colorado and most of Wyoming, it is our responsibility to educate the public on the importance of eye, organ, and tissue donation. We encourage you to tell your family about your decision – the last thing you want is for this to come as a surprise to your loved ones after you are gone.”
As a non-profit partner, Bronco Country will see and hear stories of hope from people whose lives were changed by eye donation, either as the family of an eye tissue donor or the recipient of a cornea transplant. Fans will see RMLEB as part of their game-day experience throughout the season and be inspired online by the sight restored in someone who was once blind.
RMLEB is the nonprofit organization responsible for the recovery of donated eye tissues from donors in Colorado and most of Wyoming. Its mission is to fulfill the wishes of eye donors and their families to help others overcome blindness through transplantation and research.