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2008-2009 Avoidable Blindness Honor Roll

Clubs supporting our eye surgeries at 100% ($30 per member)

Brief description of our current Avoidable Blindess Projects: MG 65189 - south central India - D3160 1,200 surgeries to remove cataracts and place new lenses - $35,000. MG 65967 - Lahore, Pakistan - funding surgical microscope at central hospital doing thousands of free cataract surgeries each year - $60,000+ MG 67324 - Karachi, Pakistan - funding 520+ free cataract surgeries  $13,150.   MG 68643 - Brasilia, Brazil - funding 344 cataract surgeries - $16,100.

These clubs are participating so far this year (2008-2009): Cape Girardeau County - 1 Cottleville/Weldon Spring - 14 Lambert Airport - 3  Union - 9  Washington - 55    Total - 82

Eye Surgery Donation Certificates:   Eye Surgery Sponsor Certificates - donor is Rotarian   Eye Surgery Sponsor Certificates - when a donation is made as a gift ("In your honor a donation has been made to The Rotary Foundation so sponsor "X" number of eye surgeries.")

Email District 6060 Foundation Chairman for more information.