2024 Crystal Vision Awards

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

As reported by Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin

Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin (LEBW) is excited to announce the award recipients for the Crystal Vision Awards. Since 2007, LEBW has honored advocates of donation who have shown commitment and dedication to raising awareness and educating communities on the importance of organ, eye, and tissue donation.

LEBW honored 21 recipients from various categories this year – surgeons, hospitals, medical examiners, funeral homes, hospice and community partners. The 2024 Crystal Vision Award recipients continue to demonstrate a commitment and passion by sharing the mission of healing lives through the gift of transplantation and the support of their community. The following Crystal Vision Award recipients are:

Surgical Partner

• Michael Shapiro, MD

Hospital Partner(s)

• Mayo Clinic Eau Claire
• ThedaCare New London
• ThedaCare Waupaca
• Gundersen Moundview
• ThedaCare Neenah
• ThedaCare Appleton
• Aurora Medical Center – Kenosha
• Ascension All Saints Hospital
• Ascension Calumet Hospital
• Upland Hills Health Hospital

Medical Examiner Partner

• Regina Behnke, Calumet County
• Waukesha County Medical Examiner’s Office
• Adams County Medical Examiner’s Office
• Brown County Medical Examiner’s Office

Funeral Home Partner(s)

• Redlin-Ertz Funeral Home
• Nathan J. Schultz, Hafemeister Funeral Home

Hospice

• Agrace

Community Partner of the Year

• Anderson-Shapiro Eye Care / Novamed

Volunteer of the Year

• Verna Wallace

Lions Legacy of Sight Award

• June Lego

LEBW is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and a team of professionals and volunteers passionate about restoring sight, eliminating curable blindness, and advocating for organ, eye, and tissue donation. Our ultimate goal is to improve people’s quality of life through the gift of sight.