With your help, thousands of families experience hope and healing through eye donation each year.
Eye, tissue, and organ donation organizations collaborate with families and professional partners to facilitate the donation process as smoothly and as quickly as possible. This collaboration assures that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid statutes and Food & Drug Administration requirements for tissue safety are met. Your support assures the legally-designated wishes of donors and families in your care are fulfilled.
We are deeply grateful for your partnership with us to serve donors and donor families who wish to give the gift of sight. Additionally, your impact helps to restore sight to more than 1,200 patients annually and informs an entire generation of science through research and education. Thank you for your support
Mortuary Science Continuing Education
Effective January 1, 2024, morticians and funeral directors licensed in Minnesota may earn one CEU when observing Lions Gift of Sight recovery staff perform a whole eye or cornea recovery at your facility.
CEUs are provided at no cost.
To request a CEU session, inform our donor coordination staff during case coordination. Alternatively, please inform LGS recovery staff upon their arrival (and before) the recovery process begins.
Learning objectives with best practices demonstrated may include:
- Occupational safety
- Sterile / non-sterile procedures
- Body exam and documentation
- Serology specimens
- FDA requirements including body identification and cooling
To record an eye or cornea recovery observance, complete and electronically submit this Google form.
To learn more about continuing education requirements or to print copies of the Mortuary Science Continuing Education Report Form, visit the. Minnesota Department of Health website.
Virtual Tour or In-Person Eye Bank Visit
Learn more about Lions Gift of Sight by viewing our virtual tour or contact Patty Stockdale to schedule an in-person visit.
Please direct any questions or feedback on the eye donation process and how it involves the funeral home to:
Patty Stockdale, Education & Outreach Manager
Lions Gift of Sight
1000 Westgate Drive – Suite 260
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Phone: 612-624-8952
Fax: 612-625-4295
Email: [email protected]