Help Us Break Barriers to Eyecare on May 6, 2025!

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Help us break the barriers to eyecare this May with a gift to LVS!

Numerous financial, social, and logistical barriers often prevent South Carolinians from accessing the vital eyecare services they need.

But, with your donation, you break these barriers by supporting accessible eyecare programs at LVS!

This year LVS has provided an unprecedented 266 sight-saving eye surgeries across South Carolina, impacting nearly every single county. We have roughly another 40 surgeries we need to complete before June 30th, but only your gift will allow us to do it!

Make your sight-saving gift on Tuesday, May 6th during our May Giving Day, double your donation with matching gifts, and break the barriers to eyecare access and to another historic year of impact.

Double Your Donation with a Matching Gift

Matching Gifts double the impact of your gift. When you give, you unlock these matching gifts with every dollar donated!

A generous anonymous Lion has provided a $6,000 matching gift for Midlands Gives, Coastal Carolina National Bank has provided a $2,000 matching gift for Midlands Gives, the Pawleys Island Lions Club has provided a $5,000 matching gift for Palmetto Giving Day, and the Tamsberg Family Foundation is offering a $3,000 matching gift for the first $3,000 LVS raises on Palmetto Giving Day.

You must give online on your District giving platform (only Midlands Gives or Palmetto Giving Day) to help us meet these matches!

Help LVS Secure a Midlands Gives Prize

During Midlands Gives, contributions of just $10 or more are amplified through sponsored prize incentives thanks to the Community Foundation’s In Good Company Network made up of charitably-minded, local businesses.

Help LVS secure prizes by planning your Midlands Gives gift now:

Aflac Power Hour ($2,000) – Most unique donors between 10:00 AM and 10:59 AM.

Why This Work Matters

Client Testimonial
Affordable Eye Surgery Program
York County, SC

One of the 160+ surgeries LVS has provided this year was for Loretta. Loretta is a busy wife and grandmother. She cares for her disabled husband daily and often provides transportation for her grandchildren. After depleting her savings to pay for her first cataract surgery, she was getting desperate to have surgery on her other eye. Driving at night had become impossible and she needed help. Loretta began searching online for resources and immediately found the LVS website.

After getting her second cataract surgery her sight was restored and her life regained stability! She is grateful to be able to continue to care for those who need her most.

Physician Testimonial
David T. Vroman, MD
Carolina Cataract & Laser Center

Support from the Lions Vision Services has been critical in achieving our mutual goal of improving the vision and lives of patients with diseases of the cornea.

Support from the Lions Vision Services has helped patients receive vision restoring surgeries including corneal transplants. Additionally, their support helps to fund many young patients who need a procedure to prevent a progressive disease known as keratoconus, allowing these patients to maintain good vision without the need for surgery. Without Lions Vision Services, many patients would have limited vision or could lose vision. Our practice and the many people they help are eternally grateful.

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Dr. Vroman is a fellowship-trained cornea, cataract, and refractive surgeon and a founding partner of Carolina Cataract & Laser Center since 2008. He was one of the most engaged physicians in the LVS Affordable Eye Surgery Program last year.

What Will Your Gift Accomplish?