'''Lions Eye Bank''' is the designation given to the various non-profit [[eye bank]]s operated by member chapters within the [[Lions Clubs International]] [[service club|service]] organisation. The banks store and prepare donated [[cornea]]s for transplantation. Corneas may be stored for up to fourteen days<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQs |url=https://restoresight.org/cornea-donation/faqs/ |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=Eye Bank Association of America |language=en}}</ref> before being distributed to an [[Ophthalmology|ophthalmic surgeon]] for transplantation.
There are over 60 Lions Eye Banks around the world, supported as ongoing projects by Lions service clubs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lions Eye Bank Network |url=http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/pdfs/iad225-a.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509081535/http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/pdfs/iad225-a.pdf |archivedate=May 9, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-08 |work=International Association of Lions Clubs}}</ref>
==Australia==
=== New South Wales and Victoria === :The Lions NSW Eye Bank in Sydney provides over 350 grafts to the people of NSW each year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lions NSW Eye Bank |url=http://www.eye.usyd.edu.au/eyebank/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719210956/http://www.eye.usyd.edu.au/eyebank/ |archivedate=2008-07-19 |accessdate=2008-09-08}}</ref> :The Lions Eye Donation Service Melbourne is a collaboration between The Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, the [[University of Melbourne]], and the Lions Clubs of Victoria and Southern New South Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-08 |title=The Lions Eye Donation Service {{!}} CERA |url=https://www.cera.org.au/lions-eye-donation-service/ |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=www.cera.org.au |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Western Australia === :The Western Australian Lions Eye Bank was established in 1986 and is housed at the [[Lions Eye Institute]] in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Western Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lions Eye Institute - History & Corporate Structure |url=http://www.lei.org.au/go/corporate-and-media/history-and-corporate-structure |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719130124/http://www.lei.org.au/go/corporate-and-media/history-and-corporate-structure |archivedate=2008-07-19 |accessdate=2008-09-08}}</ref> It is the only facility of its kind in Western Australia, and coordinates the collection, processing and distribution of eye tissue for transplantation. The Bank also maintains a waitlist of patients who require corneal graft operations. About 100 corneas are provided by the Bank for transplant each year. Corneal transplants have a high rate of success, but Western Australia has a shortage of donated human eye tissue.{{cn|date=December 2025}}
== Brazil ==
=== Goiás ===
:The Fundação Banco De Olhos De Goiás is a project of the Lions Club of Greater Goiânia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FUBOG – Fundação Banco de Olhos de Goiás |url=http://fubog.org/ |access-date=2021-08-17 |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
== Canada ==
=== Manitoba and Ontario ===
:The Lions Foundation of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario established the Lions Eye Bank of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario, located in Winnipeg, in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://lionsfoundation.org/about/ |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=Lions Foundation |language=en-CA}}</ref>
=== Saskatchewan ===
:The Lions Eye Bank of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon has existed for more than 25 years and operates in partnership with the Saskatchewan Transplant Program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lions Serving Lions Saskatchewan District 5SKS - Lions e-District Houses |url=http://e-district.org/sites/5sk/page-6.php |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=e-district.org}}</ref>
==Germany== [[File:Lions Hornhautbank NRW.JPG|thumb|Lions Clubs International logo on display at the Lions Eye Bank (Hornhautbank) NRW at the Universitäts-Augenklinik Düsseldorf.|alt=Lions logo]]
=== Baden-Württemberg === :The Lions Eye Bank BW is part of the [[University Medical Center Freiburg]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=hhb {{!}} Universitätsklinikum Freiburg |url=https://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/augenklinik/fol/hhb.html |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=www.uniklinik-freiburg.de}}</ref>
=== North Rhine-Westphalia === :The Lions Eye Bank NRW was established in 1995 and is part of the [[Universitäts-Augenklinik Düsseldorf]].{{cn|date=December 2025}}
== Indonesia ==
=== Jakarta === :The Lions Eye Bank Jakarta (LEBJ) operates in collaboration with the Indonesia Lions Foundation and JEC Eye Hospitals and Clinics, the first eye hospital in Indonesia to achieve Joint Commission International accreditation. Established in November 2017, LEBJ has facilitated over 125 corneal transplants to date.{{cn|date=December 2025}}
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== United States ==
=== Arkansas === :The Arkansas Lions Eye Bank & Lab is located in Little Rock.
=== Colorado === :The Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank is located in Aurora and provides tissue for over 2,500 cornea transplants each year to recipients in Colorado and Wyoming.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mission & Programs - Rocky Mountain Eye Bank |url=https://corneas.org/Rocky-Mtn-Lions-Eye-Bank-Mission-Programs |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=corneas.org}}</ref>
=== Florida === :The Florida Lions Eye Bank is located in Miami.
=== Hawai'i === :The Lions Eye Bank of Hawai'i is located in Honolulu and is a project of the District 50 Lions Club.
=== Idaho === :Envision, located in Boise, is a project of the District 39E Eastern Idaho and District 39W Western Idaho Lions Clubs.
=== Indiana === :VisionFirst, also known as the Indiana Lions Eye Bank, is the largest eye bank in Indiana and provides over 2,000 corneas annually for transplant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VisionFirst |url=https://www.visionfirst.org/ |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=VisionFirst |language=en-US}}</ref> It is located in Indianapolis.
=== Iowa === :The Iowa Lions Eye Bank is located in Iowa City and is affiliated with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the [[University of Iowa]] Hospitals and Clinics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} Iowa Lions Eye Bank |url=https://iowalionseyebank.org/who-are-we/about-us |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=iowalionseyebank.org}}</ref>
=== Kentucky === :The Kentucky Lions Eye Bank is located in Louisville.
=== Minnesota === :Lions Gift of Sight, located in Minneapolis, is part of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences at the [[University of Minnesota]], and provides over 1,000 corneas annually.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lions Gift of Sight Eye Bank {{!}} Lions Gift of Sight |url=https://lionsgiftofsight.umn.edu/ |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=lionsgiftofsight.umn.edu}}</ref>
=== Mississippi === :The Mississippi Lions Eye Bank is located in Flowood.
=== Nebraska === :The Lions Eye Bank of Nebraska is located in Omaha and was established in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} Lions Eye Bank |url=http://eyebanknebraska.org/history/ |access-date=2021-08-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== New Mexico === :The New Mexico Lions Eye Bank is located in Albuquerque and is operated by CorneaGen.
=== New York === :Lions Eye Bank for Long Island :Lions Eye Bank at Albany :Lions Eye Bank at Rochester
=== Ohio === :Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank :Lions Eye Bank of West Central Ohio
=== Oklahoma === :Oklahoma Lions Eye Bank
=== Pennsylvania === :Lions Eye Bank of the Delaware Valley :Lions Eye Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania
=== Puerto Rico === :Lions Eye Bank of Puerto Rico
=== South Dakota === :Dakota Lions Sight & Health
=== Tennessee === :East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank
=== Texas === :District 2-E1 Lions Tissue and Eye Bank :Lions Eye Bank of Texas :Great Plains Lions Eye Bank :Western Texas Lions Eye Bank Alliance
=== Utah === :Utah Lions Eye Bank & John A. Moran Eye Center
=== Virginia === :Lions Medical Eye Bank & Research Center of Eastern Virginia
=== Wisconsin === :Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin
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