Make a Gift
A little support from everyone can make a difference.
You Decide Where Your Gift Goes
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Area of Activity
- Vision research
- Ophthalmologic education
- Help for needy patients
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Particular Disease/Condition
- Retinal diseases
- Corneal diseases
- Glaucoma
- Pediatric eye diseases
- Oculoplastics
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Wherever the Need is
Or, direct your gift to “wherever the need is greatest,” and your donation will go to the Illinois Eye Fund which directly supports a variety of patient care, vision research, and ophthalmology education activities.
Give Now
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Online
You can use our secure online giving form and make your gift using a credit card.
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By phone
If you would like to make a gift over the phone, please contact Rob Grady at 614-989-9698.
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By mail
Please make checks payable to the University of Illinois Foundation.
Please include a memo or note to specify which fund you wish to support.
Send your check to:
UI College of Medicine
c/o University of Illinois Foundation
P.O. Box 734500
Chicago, IL 60673
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Why I Give
I give to the Illinois Eye Fund because the human eye is a fire hose to the brain. It is reduced to a straw in people with reduced vision like myself. Blind and visually impaired people without plenty of human support are severely disabled in today’s society, and even more so as they age. The eye is complex but tremendous progress is being done especially after scientists and researchers set their minds to it.
We give all the credit in the world to the doctors at UIC. We would never have dreamed that my father could one day see well enough to shoot baskets with his grandson.
The best and brightest go to train at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, and the best ophthalmologists come out of UIC. A world-class institution like this needs support from its alumni