Alabama Eye Bank Eye Donor Month

WHEREAS, the Alabama Eye Bank has provided the gift of sight for thirty-five years; and

WHEREAS, thousands of successful human corneal transplants have been performed in the state of Alabama, restoring the priceless gift of sight; and

WHEREAS, this work was made possible in great part by the Alabama Eye Bank and the bequest of gifts of many persons who directed that their eyes be used for restoring sight to others after their death; and

WHEREAS, the great strides of medical science today are saving the sight of many more visually impaired persons and are creating the need for much more eye tissue and the attendant need for a means of obtaining this tissue; and

WHEREAS, this Eye Bank depends entirely upon bequests by persons who wish to leave behind them the gift of sight; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting that we should recognize this great undertaking and the need for providing a means of enabling it to help others:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim the month of March 2012, as

Alabama Eye Bank Eye Donor Month

in the state of Alabama.

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 21st day of March 2012.

      

Governor Robert Bentley