For cornea recipients the decision to write to a donor family is a personal choice. Sometimes cornea recipients want to express their feelings upon receiving the gift of sight and to share their stories of sight restoration with the donor's family.

The identities of all cornea recipients and donor families are kept confidential. The Heartland Lions Eye Banks accepts correspondence from both recipients and donor families, then forwards these crads or letters to the appropriate party. This keeps the exchange anonymous.

To request more information on writing to a donor family, please call the Eye Bank at 1-800-283-1982.