Today is the day to help unlock Giving Tuesday Leadership Match. The leaderships of ASCRS, the ASCRS Foundation and ASOA have joined forces and will match the first $21,500 in donations received today! This means your decision to contribute during this global day of giving will have double the impact for patients like Tina.
Tina lived with severe cataracts for over three years because she could not afford surgery. Through the ASCRS Foundation’s Operation Sight program and volunteer, Andrew Kao, MD, Tina’s life has been forever changed.
Compassionate donors like you provide a lifeline for patients who urgently need our help. For Tina, and others like her, surgery holds the key to regaining employment and providing for their families.
Your donation today will make all the difference for patients like Tina. We hope you will consider a donation. Through the Giving Tuesday Leadership Match, all gifts will be matched up to $21,500!
Operation Sight, the ASCRS Foundation’s domestic charitable cataract surgery program, has been crucial for patients during the COVID-19 crisis. We continue to see a significant increase in applications resulting from the employment, insurance and economic impacts of the pandemic. The program serves financially vulnerable, uninsured patients, who often risk job loss due to decreased vision. Through our nationwide network of more than 700 volunteers like Dr. Kao, nearly 7,000 free surgeries have been provided for eligible patients like Tina.
Patients need you now more than ever. Together, with your donation today we will continue to help thousands who will depend upon us to see clearly in 2022.
Your donation will enable Tina and others like her, the opportunity to experience joy, independence and stability at a time when these things are in short supply.
Every dollar counts in our fight to change lives and help thousands see clearly again. We hope we can count on you.
With Gratitude,
David F. Chang, MD
Kerry D. Solomon, MD
James V. Mazzo
P.S. Make your donation today and forever change the lives of those who urgently need us. Through the Giving Tuesday Leadership Match, your generosity today will have double the impact!
The Foundation offers many ways to unlock the match. You can give online, via check, stock transfer, IRA transfer, donor advised funds or corporate partnerships. Reply to this email for assistance making your gift. We hope you will consider the ASCRS Foundation in your giving plans and help unlock this critical funding to help these deserving patients.