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18 | EYEWORLD | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020 ASCRS NEWS continued from page 16 After another successful National Sight Week, the ASCRS Foundation would like to extend its gratitude to those who made this celebration possible: •Advanced Vision Surgery Center Williamsburg, Virginia •Associated Eye Care Stillwater, Minnesota •Atwal Eye Care Buffalo, New York •Beach Eye Care Virginia Beach, Virginia •Boling Vision Elkhart, Indiana •Brumm Eye and Laser Omaha, Nebraska •Chu Vision Institute Bloomington, Minnesota •Cornerstone Charitable Clinic Fort Worth, Texas •Dean McGee Eye Institute Oklahoma City, Oklahoma •Eye Institute of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah •Eye Institute of West Florida Largo, Florida •Eye Consultants of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia •Eye Surgeons of Nebraska North Platte, Nebraska •Eyes on America Buffalo, New York •Fichte, Endl & Elmer Eyecare Niagara Falls, New York •Florida Eye Clinic Altamonte Springs, Florida •Gailey Eye Clinic Bloomington, Illinois •Georgia Center for Sight Athens, Georgia •Houston Eye Associates Foundation Houston, Texas •I Care San Antonio San Antonio, Texas •Kansas University Eye Lions Club Kansas City, Kansas •Kugler Vision Omaha, Nebraska •Levenson Eye Associates Jacksonville, Florida •Loden Vision Centers Paris, Tennessee •Mid Florida Eye Center Mt. Dora, Florida •Miracle Hills Surgery Center Omaha, Nebraska •Montgomery Eye Specialists Montgomery, Alabama •Northern Virginia Surgery Center Fairfax, Virginia •Northwest Eye Specialists Tucson, Arizona •Office Park Eye Center Jacksonville, North Carolina •OneWorld Community Health Clinics Omaha, Nebraska •Operation Access San Francisco, California •Operation Sight – South Carolina Mount Pleasant, South Carolina •Ophthalmology Associates of the Valley Encino, California •Ophthalmology Consultants LTD St. Louis, Missouri •Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation Portland, Oregon •Select Eye Care Elkridge, Maryland •Shepherd Eye Center Las Vegas,Nevada •Surgeons for Sight Greenville, South Carolina •Surgery on Sunday Lexington, Kentucky •Vance Thompson Vision North Dakota and South Dakota offices •Virginia Beach Eye Center Virginia Beach, Virginia •Virginia Eye Institute Richmond, Virginia •Wichita Vision Institute Wichita, Kansas This important milestone is the direct result of the generous donors, volunteer surgeons, and many staff members who've contributed their time and talent to the Foundation's Opera- tion Sight program since its founding in 2014. This year, Operation Sight volunteer prac- tices not only helped change lives in their local communities but also helped the week-long celebration go viral. Practices shared a multi- tude of photos, messages, and videos with the hashtags #NationalSightWeek, #GiveSight, and #OperationSight on social media. The ASCRS Foundation asked some of its volunteers what they enjoyed most about Na- tional Sight Week. Here's what they had to say: "The smiles on the patients' faces is the biggest reward for me." —Thomas Elmer, MD "First and foremost, it is the gift of sight, just being able to meet the needs of patients who otherwise wouldn't be treated, seeing their joy at getting their vision back." —Lydia Lansberry, practice administrator Contact Molly Gascoigne: mgascoigne@ascrs.org "Knowing we will be able to help restore sight and impact a patient's life in such a posi- tive way." —Glenn Campbell, MD While National Sight Week is a 7-day celebration of local volunteerism, the Opera- tion Sight program runs all year long. Consider volunteering or learn more at ascrsfoundation. org/osvolunteer. If volunteering is not an option at this time, you can still extend your impact as a sight giver through a gift to the ASCRS Foundation. Your gift is all that's needed to provide an Operation Sight surgery in 2020 to one of the many patients on the waiting list. Make your donation at ascrsfoundation.org/donation.

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