To Honor Donors by Advancing Sight for all Humankind
VisionGift is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving lives through eye donation, transplantation, and research. Our mission is to Honor Donors by Advancing Sight for all Humankind, while providing hope and healing to individuals in need of corneal transplants. Our vision that Everyone has a Fundamental Right to See is supported through our education of the public and key partners about the importance of eye donation. Since our founding in 1975, we have helped facilitate thousands of corneal transplants and advancements in ocular research, giving recipients of the gift of vision a renewed sense of hope for their future. At VisionGift, we are committed to honoring the gift of donation and making a difference in the lives of those we serve.
What We Do
VisionGift is proud of the many different functions we perform on the path to sight restoration in our communities. Through collaboration with our donation partners around the state, we are able to recover and screen donated tissues in a timely manner to provide grafts for individuals throughout Oregon and southwest Washington. Once these needs have been met, we routinely send additional tissues across the nation and around the world.
We strive to honor and serve the brave individuals and their families who make the decision to donate. We remember those who have given the gift of sight through projects like our ‘Trees of Remembrance’ and ‘Threads of Life’ quilts. We also facilitate the anonymous correspondence between donor families and grateful recipients, a practice that does much to comfort the families of our donors.
Finally, we strive to continue our strong tradition of involvement in ocular research initiatives, both within our own Vision Research Laboratory and by providing tissues to outside research facilities. Through programs like these, we can continue to increase the safety and efficacy of the tissues we provide.
Personal Information Privacy
VisionGift is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals and safeguarding the personal data we collect and store. This Personal Information Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and protection of personal data.
VisionGift collects contact information of family, friends, and acquaintances of decedents for the
purpose of facilitating anatomical donation for transplant, research, and medical education.
This information is collected from a variety of sources including medical records, Medical Examiner reports, state and local police, and healthcare facilities. VisionGift obtains and utilizes this information pertinent to the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (ORS 97.955, RCW Title 68
Chapter 68.64).
We are committed to ensuring the security of your information. Your mobile phone contact
information will not be shared or sold to third parties/affiliates for marketing purposes.
To opt-out of receiving SMS/MMS messages, simply reply “STOP” to any text message you
receive from us.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated policy will be kept on file and
posted on our website.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at VisionGift, 2201 SE 11th Ave.. Portland, OR 97214 – (503) 808-7070