Tissue & Eye Donation
One donor can heal more than 75 people.
Tissue and eye donation restores mobility, relieves pain, helps people recover from injuries, and can even restore sight. These gifts support healing in ways organ donation cannot, and they touch hundreds of lives in hospitals and communities across Arkansas.
What Can Be Donated?
Tissue and eye donation includes a wide range of gifts that help patients live.
Healing Tissue
- Bone
- Tendons & ligaments
- Skin (used for burn treatments)
- Veins & arteries
- Heart valves
Eye Donation
- Corneas (restore sight)
- Sclera (used for reconstructive
procedures)
How Tissue & Eye Donation Helps
These gifts support patients experiencing:
- Severe burns
- Sports and orthopedic injuries
- Vision loss caused by corneal disease
- Trauma requiring reconstructive surgery
- Heart valve disorders
Tissue and eye donation often allows people to return to work, regain independence, and restore their quality of life.
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Give the gift of healing.
Join the Arkansas Donor Registry and help restore sight and mobility for people in need.
