Sharing the Circle of Light with Broncos Country

Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank partners with Denver Broncos

By Jenn Venerable - August 15, 2024

                

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 tissue donation can restore sight. 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 Gift of Sight

Eye tissue donation provides the gift of sight to those in need of a corneal transplant. In 2023, 2,544 eye donors across Colorado and Wyoming provided tissues for 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 people to tell their family about their decision – the last thing anyone wants is for this to come as a surprise to their loved ones after they are gone.”

Local Eye Bank Partner of the Denver Broncos

As a non-profit partner, Broncos 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 stories of people who were once blind, but had their sight restored.

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.