WVU Eye Institute Receives $100,000 Grant From Lions

State Journal, The, February, 2008 by Anonymous

The West Virginia University Eye Institute recently received a $100,000 grant from the West Virginia Lions Sight Conservation Foundation,

The donation, announced Jan. 27 during the state Lions Leadership School in Morgantown, is the largest pledge made by the Sight Conservation Foundation in its history.

"The WVU Eye Institute is extremely appreciative of this tremendous gift from the West Virginia Lions community," said Dr. Judie F. Charlton, newly appointed chairwoman of the WVU Eye Institute. "This $100,000 investment will dramatically advance our research program to develop vision saving treatments and care for people in West Virginia and throughout the world."

The pledge to be made over a five-year period will be used to purchase essential research...

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