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Saving Sight is a nonprofit organization that changes lives through the gift of sight and charitable vision services. We were founded in 1960 as an eye bank in central Missouri, and today, our vision programs serve more than 50,000 people each year. We strive to be the global partnership model for how eye banking and charitable vision services can most effectively serve people and communities.
When we looked back at our work from the past year, we noticed a pattern: so much of our success could be traced back to our strategic plan. At Saving Sight, we’ve always planned our work, but the strategic planning process, started in February 2013, enabled us to bring our staff, management, board of directors, and some other stakeholders together to plan collaboratively. By integrating all of those different viewpoints, we developed a strong sense of what we value, what we do well as an organization, and what we want to achieve. As a result, we created a path to change more lives by saving sight and pursued it wholeheartedly. Our work is motivated by the recipients of our programs. So our plan included numerous strategies that improved the way we helped people regain and preserve their vision. In the pages that follow, you’ll find many examples of our progress this past year, including: • The introduction of Autologous Serum Eye Drops, an innovative use of our existing capabilities to help people in a new way • A 7.5 percent increase in corneal tissue distributed for transplant • A record-breaking year for our KidSight program.
PCC Al Blumenberg President, Board of Directors
By making greater investments in our planning and our programs, we were able to serve more people and to heighten our impact on each individual recipient. These achievements have been collaborative, which means we have you to thank. Our staff and board members worked extremely hard to deliver our programs day in and day out, but it is only through heroic cornea donors, generous financial contributors, and supportive organizational partners that we can thrive and make these investments in our programs. So we thank you for your support. Please join us in celebrating last year’s successes. Then renew your commitment to our mission this year because it’s true that together, we change lives by saving sight.
Tony Bavuso Chief Executive Officer
Sincerely,
Al Blumenberg
Tony Bavuso
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Ten More We’re Able to Change Identified opportunities to reduce costs in the tissue recovery process, including renegotiating reduced serology costs, implementing a cost-saving courier system in Kansas City, redesigning supply packs, and reducing overall supply costs.
Successfully unified the organization’s programs under a new name: Saving Sight. Rebranding included the launch of a new website and redesign of all marketing collateral.
Implemented two new processing procedures to increase Saving Sight’s clinical service: Autologous Serum Eye Drops and Longterm Preservation corneas. Remodeled the Kansas City lab to meet needs for cutting-edge clinical processes.
Improved tissue screening and evaluation practices, which resulted in more tissue being available for surgical use.
Increased overall placement of tissue with a positive net margin by 3%.
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Reasons Lives by Saving Sight Developed and implemented new Lions Leadership, Education, and Development (L.E.A.D.) Weekend to train Lion leaders how to be ambassadors for Saving Sight.
Secured a 3-year Special Projects grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health to grow KidSight’s referral program. Hired new full-time staff, revised referral protocols, and strengthened relationships with eye care professionals to better connect families with local, affordable eye care.
Hired a Chief Administrative Officer and fully staffed the Accounting and Human Resources departments to help advance Saving Sight into a high-performance, high-satisfaction organization.
Initiated a collaborative budget process for FY1415 and trained all managers to create annual department budgets.
Implemented the Halogen performance management solution and initiated annual, organization-wide staff appraisals.
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Cornea Donation & Transplantation Since 1960, Saving Sight has coordinated cornea donation and the distribution of corneas for transplant. Today, we operate in Missouri, Kansas, and central Illinois, and we distribute corneas to transplant surgeons in those states, the rest of the U.S., and around the world to help people receive the precious gift of sight.
Pilot Receives Cornea Transplant & the Sight He Needs to Fly
Veteran Will Enjoy Her Retirement Thanks to Corneal Transplants
Donor Mother Shares Her Experience with Donation
With renewed vision and medical clearance to fly, Laren was back in the air for his first post-transplant flight in January. “It was just unbelievable,” he recalled. “I’m so thankful that I’m able to keep flying, something I love to do. I’m able to keep flying these jets. So I can’t express enough thanks to the donor who returned my sight.”
Patricia became eligible to receive a cornea transplant in her right eye, which rescued her from more than five months of total blindness. Thanks to her optimism, supportive medical care, her donor families, and following her doctor’s instructions, Patricia is on the road to enjoying her retirement with clear vision.
When Carol lost her 30-year-old son, Mark, she learned that he had made the pledge to become an eye donor. Her son’s heroic decision to donate impacted the lives of two cornea recipients as well as Carol and the rest of Mark’s family. She encourages others to consider donation and correspondence because it changes lives for the better.
03-04 2,575
04-05 2,397
FISCAL YEAR TISSUE FOR TRANSPLANT
05-06 2,030
06-07 2,296
07-08 2,197
08-09 2,567
Tissue Distributed by Geographical Area
Top Research Facilities Saving Sight changes lives by supporting research facilities that seek the causes and cures of eye diseases. Last year, we provided 1,266 donor eye tissues for this purpose. Here’s a snapshot of how some research teams used those tissues.
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Service Area (MO, KS, IL): 41% Rest of the United States: 24% International:
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The rate at which individuals join a state’s donor registry expressed as a percentage of all driver’s licenses and ID cards issued within a period of time. Join your state’s donor registry online at donatelife.net.
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ETC partners with ophthalmology companies to provide research and training tissues to surgeons training to treat glaucoma.
Mason Eye Institute | Columbia, MO Researchers under Dr. Rajiv Mohan use eye tissue for gene transfer studies, human organ culture model development, and medical, postdoctoral and clinical fellow teaching.
35%
Donor Designation Rate
09-10 2,869
ETC Consulting | Huntington Beach, CA
1 1 - 1 2 2,375
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Murphy-Russell Laboratories, UC Davis School of Medicine | Davis, CA Doctors Murphy and Russell study eye tissue and publish their findings on how cells located around the base of the cornea are influenced by interacting with intricately patterned surfaces.
Numedis, Inc. | Isanti, MN Saving Sight provides research and training tissue to aid in the development of corneal preservation solutions.
Schepens Eye Research Institute | Boston, MA Under Dr. Bruce Ksander, researchers study markers on cells in and around the retina that, if present, could be used to prevent or repair retinal damage.
12-13 2,578
1 3 - 1 4 2,771 FISCAL YEAR TISSUE FOR TRANSPLANT
KidSight Our trained technicians have screened more than 350,000 Missouri children since 1995. Using a photoscreening device, we quickly and noninvasively screen children ages 6 months to 6 years old for common causes of childhood vision loss free of charge, and we refer at-risk children to eye doctors for examination and treatment.
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KidSight Helps Jesse Succeed in School and on the Baseball Field
Hannah’s Sight is Preserved Thanks to KidSight Referral
KidSight Helps Layla Obtain Healthy Vision to Read
Cheri describes Jesse, her youngest son, as “a rambunctious superhero” with tons of energy. And now, with his vision being restored, he’s able to be a superhero on the baseball field, too, like his older brothers. Before the vision screening, “we tried to play catch with him, but he couldn’t and didn’t seem interested,” Cheri said. “Now he’s very interested. We think it was the vision that was throwing him off.”
Cassidy describes her daughter, Hannah, as a complete social butterfly who loves to learn, read, and draw and who has an imagination that’s “out of this world.” “As long as someone’s telling her she’s cute, she’s content with her glasses,” Cassidy said. “I’m extremely thankful for the program you offer, free of charge, to the schools. I appreciate that as a parent.”
“Layla does seem to be able to read better,” said her mother Delaina. “With her glasses on, she can read for longer periods. Earlier, her teacher said Layla was behind. But at the end of the year, the report card said she reached the first grade reading level so she’s where she should be. We know the screening made a big difference.”
99-00 2,654 FISCAL YEAR CHILDREN SCREENED
00-01 8,400
01-02 8,840
02-03 8,591
03-04 10,804
04-05 13,350
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Program Efficiency
Missouri Head Start Association Names Saving Sight an Outstanding Partner
Children screened per event: Year
Screenings
Avg of children/ screening
FY13-14
1,014
45 children
FY12-13
1,057
41 children
FY11-12
1,121
38 children
FY10-11
1,054
36 children
FY09-10
1,033
33 children
In 2013, Missouri Head Start served 20,080 families, and KidSight screened 7,854 children at 190 Missouri Head Start sites. “We were selected as an Outstanding Partner because we screen at so many centers each year,” said Tamara Oberbeck, RN, M.Ed, director of the KidSight program. “The Missouri Head Start Association understands that healthy vision is important to success in school. And KidSight gives free health information to these committed parents so the children with vision problems can get early treatment.”
3,437 Children Referred to Eye Care Specialists 1 out of every 13 children screened was referred.
300,000 Milestone In October of 2013 KidSight hit a major milestone of 300,000 children screened since the program began in 1995.
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07-08 19,227
08-09 21,569
09-10 33,839
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12-13 43,213 FISCAL YEAR CHILDREN SCREENED
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Community Vision Programs Our community vision programs change lives locally and globally. We screen adults at Missouri businesses, health fairs, and community events to detect glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We also collaborate with the Missouri Lions to collect used eyeglasses and recycle them for distribution abroad.
Healthy Vision Screenings Screened 2,561 adults for glaucoma & AMD.
Eyeglass Recycling More than 60,000 pairs of eyeglasses collected.
Jefferson City Residents Distribute Recycled Eyeglasses in Mexico Since 2010, Larry (right) has organized mission trips through his community and Concord Baptist Church to distribute used glasses in central Mexico. The group has provided more than 15,500 pairs of glasses to people in need, nearly all of which were originally collected by the Missouri Lions and Saving Sight.
We’re pleased to begin offering autologous serum eye drops (ASED) in Missouri. Applying our technology, aseptic technique, and clean processing environments, we prepare ASED in our Kansas City and St. Louis facilities. Because ASED is made with the patient’s own serum, the drops are non-allergenic and avoid the risk of disease transmission. ASED has been proven successful in treating a wide range of ocular surface conditions, including: Dry eye Sjogren’s Syndrome Graft vs. Host disease Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis Neurotrophic keratitis For 30 years, human serum has been considered an excellent substitute for tears due to their biochemical similarities. Saving Sight dilutes the patients’ serum, creating eye drops that offer a safe, natural, and preservative-free alternative or addition to other therapies. For more information, visit saving-sight.org/ased.
Financials 78 percent of each dollar was spent directly on program expense in FY13-14.
Expenses
Income
% of total
Donations-Lions support
$127,760
Fund Raising: $166,366 1.85%
Corporate & individual donations
$51,235
Administrative: $1,754,700 19.49%
Foundations-bequests-trusts
$939,105
Other: $32,924 0.37%
Eye processing fees
$7,686,811
Total Expenses: $9,004,585
Client fees-Donor Service Center
$726,388
Excess of Income over Expenses
$1,131,630
Clinic rental $14,860
Beginning Net Assets
$7,411,063
Investment income
$581,225
Ending Net Assets:
$8,542,693
Miscellaneous income
$8,831
Programs:
$7,050,595
78.30%
Total Assets $9,124,544
Total Income: $10,136,215
Total Liabilities $581,851
Operating Expenses
Operating Revenues
Fundraising
Fundraising
2%
Investments
6%
Corporations 1%
Administrative
20%
Contributions
11%
Individuals 4%
Eye Care Assistance 1%
Donor Services
7%
Lions Clubs 11%
KidSight
3%
Eye Bank
76%
Grants
Eye Bank
74%
11%
Bequests 74%
Funding the Gap for Charitable Vision Programs While the largest portion of Saving Sight’s revenue comes as a result of eye bank operations, our charitable vision programs are funded only through generous financial donations. Our KidSight and community vision programs--with budgets totaling over $350,000--are made possible by individuals, organizations and institutions that believe in each program’s mission of changing lives by saving sight.
Lions Club Giving July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014 Lion Sight Saver
Lion Patron
Gifts of $2000 and more
Gifts of $1000-$1999
Branson-Hollister Lions Cape Girardeau Lions Columbia 20/20 Lions Concordia Lions Creve Coeur Lions Hermann Lions Jefferson City Host Lions Jonesburg Lions Lee’s Summit Lions Lions All-Star Basketball Classic - Dist. M6 Lions Disaster Response Team of Western Missouri Lions Eye Foundation of District 26-M2 Maryville Host Lions Missouri Lions MD-26 Owensville Lions Past District Governor Association, District 26-M5 St. Ferdinand Township Lions St. Joseph Host Lions St. Louis South Side Lions Webster Groves Lions West St. Louis County Lions
Boonville Lions Chesterfield Lions East Perry County Lions Hamilton Lions Harvester Lions Houston Lions Hurricane Deck Lions Jefferson City Evening Lions Lake St. Louis Lions Lake Winnebago Lions Linn Lions Long Lane Lions Mexico Host Lions Monett Lions
Paris Lions Prairie Home Lions Rolla Lions Sedalia Lions Seymour Lions Sikeston Lions Springfield Queen City Lions St. Joseph East Side Lions St. Peters Lions Versailles Lions Washington Lions
Lion Benefactor Gifts up to $999 Alma Lions Beaufort Lions Belton Bel Ray Sunrise Lions Bernie Lions Brentwood Lions Brookfield Lions Buffalo Lions Bunceton Lions Cairo-Jacksonville Lions Camdenton Lions Cape Girardeau Evening Lions Carl Junction Lions Cedar City Lions Charleston Lions Christian County Lions Clarksdale Lions Columbia Host Lions Cuba Lions Diamond Lions Eldon Lions Elkland Lions Essex-Gray Ridge Lions Fairport Lions Farmington Lions Faucett Lions Fenton Lions Fort Leonard Wood Lions Gainesville Lions Gallatin Lake Viking Lions Gallatin Lions Garden City Noon Lions Gilman City Lions Glasgow Lions
Gower Lions Granby Lions Grayville Lions Club Hale Lions Harrisburg Lions Harrisonville Lions Hartville Lions Higginsville Lions High Hill Lions Holts Summit Lions House Springs Lions Huntsville Lions Independence Host Lions Independence Noland Road Lions Jefferson City Breakfast Lions Jefferson City Capital Lions Jonesburg Lionesses Kahoka Lions Kansas City Red Bridge Lions Kearney Lions Kennett Lions Keytesville Lions Kimberling City Lions Knob Noster Lions La Grange Lions La Plata Lions Lebanon Host Lions Leeton Lions Lemay Jefferson Barracks Lions Lexington Lions Lions District 13-A Lions District 19-D Lions District 20-E2
Lions District 5-SKN Lions International of Missouri, MD 26 Lions of Georgia District 18-I Louisburg Lions Louisiana Lions Macon Lions Madison Lioness Malden Lions Mansfield Lions Marceline Lions Marionville Lions Marshall Lions Maryville Pride Lions Mayview Lions MD4 L2 Lions Meramec Heights Lions Mexico Noon Lions Missouri Lions District 26-M6 Moberly Lions Morrisville Lions Moscow Mills Lions Mountain Grove Lions Nelson Lions Nevada Lions New Florence Lions Norborne Lions North American Conference of Lions Foundations Northwest Texas County Lions O’Fallon Lions Old Monroe Lions Past District Governors of District 26 M2 Pickering Lions
Platte City Lions Pleasant Hill Lions Raymore Lions Republic Lions Rock Port Lions Sainte Genevieve Lions Salisbury Lions Smithville Lions Springfield Evening Lions Springfield Host Lions St. James Lions St. Joseph South Side Lions St. Louis Downtown Lions St. Louis Harmony Lions Stockton Lions Stover Lions Trenton Lions Unionville Lions Valley Lions Wappapello Lions Warrensburg Lions Wellington Lions Wentzville Lions West Plains Lions Westboro Lions Weston Lions Willow Springs Lions Wisconsin Lions District 27-E1 Woodson Terrace Lions Wright City Lions
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Circle of Sight Giving July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014 Champion
Leader
Gifts of $2500 or more
Gifts of $1000-$2499
Community Foundation of the Ozarks Greater St. Louis Health Foundation Mildred Dial Estate Missouri Foundation for Health Sarah Billingsley Trust Thorp Foundation United Way of Greater St. Louis Virginia L. Eberwein Estate
Mr. Wayne & PDG Jene Crook Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis The George K. Baum Family Foundation MFA Foundation Multivac, Inc. Numedis Inc. PDG John & Lion Kathy Reese Ms. Mildred Sharp Mr. & Mrs. Jon & Maxine Simmons
Guardian
Defender
Gifts of $500-$999
Gifts of $250-$499
Mr. Douglas Black Ms. Laverne Lutte Mrs. Sharon Nicholls Ms. Jane Phillips Ms. Thelma Rellergert Ruth A. Dvorak Charitable Trust Dr. & Mrs. Dan & Rhonda Schoenleber Mr. Lewis Southerland Southland Medical Corporation The Sosland Foundation Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Ms. Anne Waters PDG Jerry & Lion Judy Young
Alpla Inc. Mr. John Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Tony & Julie Bavuso Mr. Ronald Burrows Ms. Ann Carney Gascosage Electric Cooperative Mrs. Eleanor Goodwin Mrs. Jane Hood Mr. & Mrs. Joe & Annie Kuhl Lion & Mrs. Allen & Ruth Lohsandt Mr. Barrie Mebane Mr. & Mrs. Chris & Mindy Meyer Mr. Robert Pirmantgen Mrs. Eleanor Ramsey Mr. & Mrs. Tim & Amber Lynne Redburn Ms. Madonna Riesenmy Mr. Thomas Rocco Mrs. Nancy Rohan Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Connie Scott DG Emery Smola Sosland Publishing Co. VRL Laboratories Mr. Robert Zorn
Jachin Misko Memorial Scholarship for Technical Advancement in Eye Banking Misko was a leader in Saving Sight’s eye banking program. When he passed away, we partnered with Numedis to cosponsor a memorial scholarship, which supports promising eye banking technicians’ travel to the EBAA Technician Education Seminar. “I believe this is a particularly meaningful way to honor Jachin because it represents the impact he had on eye banking,” said CEO Tony Bavuso.
Protector Gifts of $100-$249 Alabama Eye Bank Ms. Brenda Barber Ms. Janalee Beals Mr. & Mrs. Peter Beckers PCC Al & PDG Debbie Blumenberg Ms. Norma Bond Mr. Glen Brandt Ms. Myrtle Braden Mrs. Shirley Bruner Ms. Sharon Bryson Mr. & Mrs. Earl & Joyce Caldwell Mr. Fredrick Caldwell Mr. Hershel Casey Central Missouri Electric Cooperative Mr. & Mrs. Richard Chiles Mr. & Mrs. William Chisholm PDG Gary & Lion Donna Clarkson Clayton Corporation Mr. Fred Collins Ms. Frances Cooper Mr. & Mrs. James & Gayle Cox D.E. Garner & Associates Ms. Dixie Davidson Mrs. Luella Davin Mr. George Davis Mrs. Ann Dechant Mr. John DeLaMare Mrs. Betty DeLuce Mr. Robert Duddy Mrs. Joan Epperson Ms. Betty Fager Ms. Teresa Farmer Farmers Ag & Grain Supply, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Sheila Fields Mrs. Rosaetta Fields Ms. Charlene Friedman Mr. Joseph Gadberry Mr. Thomas Gibbens Mrs. Lois Gilham Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Betty Gournoe Lions Walter & Kathleen Green Mrs. Arlene Griffiths
Mr. & Mrs. John Harper Ms. Leona Henschen CC Jeff Hilke Ms. Mary Jean Hirsh Mrs. Susan Holley Mr. Michael Horton Ms. Rosann Huninghake Mrs. Elizabeth Jaeger Mr. David Jeffrey Ms. Ruth Judd Ms. Salley Kidd Ms. Doris Kinker Ms. Jerri Knight PID Donal & Lion Betty Knipp Mr. Lyle Krohn Mrs. Dorothy Laverentz Lions Business Opportunities for the Missouri Blind Mr. & Mrs. Lance & Tina Livesay Ms. Norma Lockwood Mr. & Mrs. Rick & Kay Lunsford Mrs. Helen Maler Mr. Wayne Masters Mrs. Joyce McDaniel Ms. Ione McIntyre Ms. Carol McJessy Mrs. Cheryl McNabb Ms. Aura Melendez Mr. & Mrs. Jon & Katherine Meyer Mr. Lawrence Meyr Mrs. Geraldine Nelson Ms. Tamara Oberbeck Oddo Development Ms. Donnette Oehmke Ms. Rieta O’Neal Mr. James Orwig Ms. Martha Parker Lions Ronald & Mary Pauley Mr. & Mrs. Marion & Carol Pember Mrs. Oleta Pieratt Ms. Deena Pryor Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Katherine Rehor
Mr. Cecil Reid Mrs. Dorothy Richardson Mrs. Dorothy Robbins Mrs. Annette Ruether Ms. Emilie Runge PDG Ken & Lion Olivia Schimel Dr. John Schiro Fr. Stanley Schlarman Mrs. Sherma Scott Mr. & Mrs. John & Jacquelyn Settlage Mr. Norbert Shankin Mr. Steven Sickinger Mr. & Mrs. Dan & Miriam Sieve Mrs. Caroline Signor Ms. Effie Simmons Mr. John Simon PDG Robert & Lion Reta Smith Mr. & Mrs. Marty & Hilda Stango Mrs. Jean Stark Mr. & Mrs. Allen & Betsy Marie Sterner Delta Systems Mr. Robert Taylor Ms. Helen L. Thompson Ms. Gretchen Tinkle Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Brenda Tolmachoff True Manufacturing Company Mr. Russell Turner United Way of Wyandotte County, Inc. PDG Roger & Donna Unruh Mrs. Helen Vaughn Mr. & Mrs. John & Christa Vizner Mrs. Denise Voyles Mrs. Beverly Warner Mr. Henry Waters lll Ms. Ila M. Watts West Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. Mr. Herbert Wilson Mr. Edmond Wolfram
Friends Gifts up to $99 Mr. Maynard Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Randy & Grace Anderson Mrs. Marilyn Andre Mr. & Mrs. Leland & Sue Adams Mr. & Mrs. Victor & Jo Ann Adams Mr. & Mrs. David & Mary Lee Aholt Mr. & Mrs. Don & Barbara Alsup Mrs. Avis Arellanes Ms. Sylvia Armstrong Mr. Robert Asel Ms. Vida Ashley Ms. Victoria Atkins Ms. Patricia Avery Lion Brad Baker Mr. & Mrs. Larry & Debbie Balk Mr. & Mrs. Thomas & Ann Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Larry & Helen Ballman Mr. Albert Barnett Mr. & Mrs. John & Nancy Bartel Mrs. Barbara Baser Mr. & Mrs. Grover & Cheryl Beatty Mr. & Mrs. Don & Brenda Beaty Mr. & Mrs. Maurice & Mary Benskin Mrs. Mary Blake Ms. Frances Boness Mrs. Phyllis Bosley Ms. Donna Bouye Mr. & Mrs. Daryl & Kelly Bowles Mr. & Mrs. Stephen & Ginger Brinker Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Brown Mr. & Mrs. Sherman & Vicki Brown Mr. & Mrs. Kevin & Nicole Brueggemann Ms. Verna Burchett Ms. Kathy Busen Mr. & Mrs. Cecil & Phyllis Caldwell Ms. Elvia Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Jewel Caldwell Ms. Trudy Caldwell Mrs. Donna Carlen Ms. Miriam Carroll Mr. Richard Carswell Mr. Ernest Chance Mrs. Pat Chrisenberry Mrs. Janice Church Ms. Georganna Clark Mr. William Clarkson Mrs. Kimberlie Clyma Mr. Paul Coleman Ms. Lillian Collins Continental Title Holding Company Mr. Thomas Cook Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Mary Ann Coulter Curtis & Sons, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Mike & Peggy Curto David Barton Elementary School Staff
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Mr. Jerry Davis Mrs. Susan Dean Mr. John Deden Ms. Helen Duerksen Mr. James Duitsman Ms. Virginia Edens Ms. Kimberly Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Leland & Karen Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Larry & Barbara Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Kermit & Mildred Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Charles & Joyce Embree Mr. Roy Enloe Mr. George Estabrook Mr. David Fagerness Ms. Carolyn Falcomata Mr. Richard Fede Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Mary Ann Felkel Mr. Larry Fischer Mr. Dwaine Flegler Mrs. Whitney Forrester Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Patti Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Barbara Freeman Dr. William Fuchs Mr. Dayle Garrett PID Dwayne & Lion Jeanette Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Bob & Betty Garton Mr. Albert Gates Mr. Glenn Geiger Mr. & Mrs. Gordon & Betty Gerber Mr. & Mrs. Garry & Terri Gerhart Mrs. Catherine Gildehaus Mr. & Mrs. Ray Goings Ms. Joan Goodwin Greene Hills Ladies Golf Association Ms. Mae Gribble Mr. Wallace Gross Ms. Mary Guest Ms. Elsa Guidi Mr. & Mrs. Rex Gump Hackman Electric Ms. June Haer Mr. Max Harral Mr. Russell Harris Ms. Christina Harris Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Rama Hart Mrs. Eleanore Haughton Mr. Ronald Heinz Lion Becky Henderson Ms. Amy Henry Hermann Area Chamber of Commerce Mr. & Mrs. Ammon & Marlene Hizer Mr. Roy Garey Hodge Mr. William Hoffman Mr. Jerry Holcomb Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Dawn Holt
Mrs. Dana Holt Mrs. Betty Horinek Mrs. Joan Hughes Mr. Vernon Humphrey Mr. Syed Huq Ms. Darlene Isaacs Ms. Gertrude Isringhausen Mr. & Mrs. Owen & Pat Jackson Ms. Leona Jacobs Mr. Albert Jarosik Jasper County Title Company Mr. Delbert Johnston Mrs. Eleanor Jones Mrs. Jean Jones Mr. Sudarshan Kapoor Mr. Alvin Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Janice Klenke Ms. Darlene Knoerle Mrs. Bettie Koelling Mr. Melvin Koester Korean War Veterans Auxiliary Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Cecelia Landgraf Ms. Patricia Leer Ms. Elaine Lehmann Mrs. Dorothy Levy Mrs. Meredith Liberman Ms. Mary Linneman Mrs. Lorene Lionberger Mr. Richard Litton Mrs. Betty Lohraff Mr. James Maendele Mrs. Debra Maniez Mr. & Mrs. John & Kathleen Manion Mr. & Mrs. Ron & Barbara Marsek Mr. Terry McCallum Ms. Doris McCann PDG Sandy McCann Ms. Juanita McCreight Mrs. Ellen McDonnell PCC Ron & Sharol McMullin Scott, Stacy, & Molly Mertz Mr. & Mrs. Marty & Christi Miller Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Patricia Miller Mrs. Marilyn Miller Mr. & Mrs. William & Betty Moon Mr. Donald E. Morris Mrs. Gabriella Mountain Natural Healing Centers Mrs. Pauline Nelson Ms. Ramona Neumann Mrs. Fern Newsom Newton’s Total Care Mrs. Belva Niemann Ms. Lula Nolte Mr. & Mrs. James & Patricia Norris
Mrs. Vivian Norton Mrs. Sarah Olson Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Tammy Olszowka Mr. & Mrs. Eric & Linda Otten Ms. Caroline Overton Mr. William Oyler Ms. Georgette Page Ms. Sandra Painter Mr. & Mrs. Ralph & Betty Paschall PDG Stuart & Lion Marlene Payne Ms. Helen Pearl Ms. Elfriede Pence Mr. James Pitman Mr. James Potts Ms. Flo Praiswater Mr. Arsenio Quanguey Mr. & Mrs. Kenny & Susan Rains Mr. & Mrs. Larry & Sharon Rathsam Dr. & Mrs. Lonnie & Elvena Redus Ms. Jasmine Reese Ms. Pat Renaud Mr. & Mrs. Larry & Sondra Retherford Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Janice Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Danny & Nancy Rhoades Ms. Marcia Rhodes Sr. Teresa Riley Mrs. Sharon Rollins Mr. Marvin O. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Sherman & Dora Rotskoff Mr. Daniel Ruether Mrs. Norma Russell PDGs Jim & Maxine Salarano Mr. & Mrs. Gary Samuel Mr. & Mrs. Ray & Barbara Sappington Mr. & Mrs. Fred & Brenda Schaffer Ms. Julia Schellch Ms. Ann Schonhoff Mr. Elmer Schott Security Abstract & Title, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Louis & Karen Shaw Mrs. Patricia Shoemake Ms. Florence Simon Mr. & Mrs. Steve & Denise Sloniker Ms. Elsie Smith Ms. Betty Smith Dr. & Mrs. Robert & Rita Smith Ms. Ava Nell Smith Ms. Janis Smith Mr. & Mrs. Keith & Nancy Snyder Mr. Charlie Sosland Mr. L. Joshua Sosland Dr. Debbie Sosland-Edelman Ph.D. Mrs. Joan Spann Mr. Emmet Spearing Ms. Sandra Speck
Mr. Wilson Speer Mrs. Joan Spencer Ms. Linda Squire Ms. Lisa Stanck Ms. Shirley Steinmeyer Mr. Ronald Sterk Mrs. Charlene Stewart Ms. Joyce Stewart Ms. Pearl Stonebraker Mr. Kenneth Stormer Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Patricia Stretz Lion John Stringham Ms. Marjorie Strouse Ms. Betty Swanson Mr. Samuel Tarson PCC Jim Tesreau Ms. Mary Lee Tigner Toedtmann & Grosse Funeral Home, Inc. Mr. Roger Toelkes Ms. Magdalena Trick Mrs. Nadine Trollinger Mr. Jack Turner Mrs. Carol Valdiviez Mr. & Mrs. Willem & Debora Van Klinken Mr. William Vance Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Margaret Viertel Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Joyce Virtue Dr. Bill Waddell Mr. & Mrs. Joe & Nancy Wade Mrs. Nora Wages Lions Ron & DeAnna Walkenbach Mrs. Tamara Walker Dr. & Mrs. Jay & Rosemary Ward Mrs. La Von Warner Ms. G. Faye Watson Mrs. Karen Weaver Ms. Alice Wehmhoener Mr. Jerome Weiler Mr. & Mrs. Larry & Martha Weldon Mrs. Rebecca White Ms. Beverly Wilcox Mr. & Mrs. Brent & Carol Wilhelm Ms. Mary Wilkerson Mr. Russell Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Nancy Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Harold & Bonnie Wilson Ms. Jacqueline Wimmer Ms. Doris Wittig Mr. & Mrs. Harry & Carol Woodruff Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Barbara Wooldridge Mr. Thomas Zach Mr. & Mrs. Lorenzo & Maria Zavala
Dr. Ronald Walkenbach Corneal Transplant Fellowship To honor Dr. Walkenbach’s thirty-five-year career as Executive Director of Saving Sight and to recognize his achievements in research, Saving Sight has started a legacy program in his name: the Dr. Ronald Walkenbach Corneal Transplant Fellowship. The program will honor his service by advancing innovation in corneal transplantation through collaborative partnerships with corneal surgeons. To make a financial contribution in support of Dr. Walkenbach’s legacy program, give online at www. saving-sight.org/give or send a check to 404 Portland St., Columbia, MO 65201 with a note mentioning this program.
Board of Directors District 26 M-1 Lion Dr. Dan Obermark District 26 M-2 PCC Al Blumenberg President District 26 M-2 VCC Missy Carr Council of Governors District 26 M-3 PDG Gary Clarkson District 26 M-4 PDG John Reese District 26 M-5 Lion Allen Lohsandt Secretary
Executive Leadership District 26 M-7 CC Jeff Hilke Council of Governors District 26 M-7 PCC Dan Bernskoetter Vice President Community Member Mr. Tom Rocco Community Member Dr. Dan Schoenleber Community Member Mr. John Bailey Community Member Dr. Michael Korenfeld
District 26 M-6 PDG Stuart Payne Treasurer
Whitney Conard Tissue Distribution Manager Tish Dwiggins, PHR Human Resources Manager Robert Krupovlansky Accounting Manager Jason Noland Director of Development Tamara Oberbeck, RN, M.Ed. Vision Screening Program Manager Emily Tuttle Director of Donor Services Pamela Simpson, CEBT Operations Manager
Byron DeLaMatre Information Technology Director Jeff Eckert, MBA, CFM, CMA, SPHR Chief Administrative Officer Annie Kuhl Chief Communications Officer Tina Livesay Chief Operating Officer Shelly Rasley Chief Technical Officer Michala Stoker, RN, BSN Partner Relations Director Michael Titus Chief Clinical Officer
Department & Branch Leadership Emily Buckthorpe Quality Improvement Manager
Tony Bavuso Chief Executive Officer
Kim Boehmer-Maslovara, CEBT Recovery Manager St. Louis, MO Linda Conyac, MS, CEBT Recovery Manager Hutchinson, KS Gary DeLamatre Recovery Manager Columbia, MO Robert Erickson, CEBT Recovery Manager Springfield, MO Dana Pedigo Recovery Manager Springfield, IL Melissa Williams, MSW, CEBT Recovery Manager Kansas City, MO
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