Alabama Eye Bank Eye Donor Month

WHEREAS, the Alabama Eye Bank has provided the gift of sight for 46 years; and

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

WHEREAS, this work was made possible in great part by the Alabama Eye Bank and the bequest of gifts of many people 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 people and are creating the need for much more eye tissue and the attendant need for a means of obtaining this tissue; and

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

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim the month of March 2014, as

Alabama Eye Bank Eye Donor Month

in the state of Alabama.