{"id":2293,"date":"2008-06-24T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/how-can-you-help\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T23:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:24:20","slug":"how-can-you-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/how-can-you-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving the Gift of Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11783 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2026\/01\/UNC-Optical-Shop-PEDS-photo-USE-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2026\/01\/UNC-Optical-Shop-PEDS-photo-USE-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2026\/01\/UNC-Optical-Shop-PEDS-photo-USE-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2026\/01\/UNC-Optical-Shop-PEDS-photo-USE.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about giving to UNC Eye, we invite you to email UNC Health Foundation&#8217;s Senior Executive Director of Development <strong>Matt Cain.<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail: <strong>Matt_Cain@med.unc.edu<\/strong> \/ <strong>(919) 843-0846<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Your gift to UNC Eye helps us in the quest to find cures for blinding eye diseases and gives hope to our patients who are coping with vision loss. Together we can improve the quality of life for many North Carolinians.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a class=\"internal-link\" title=\"\" href=\"\/ophth\/how-can-you-help\/give-online\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Give Online Now! Easy Ways to Support UNC Eye!<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a class=\"internal-link\" title=\"\" href=\"\/ophth\/how-can-you-help\/copy_of_giving-beyond-your-own-lifetime\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giving Beyond Your Own Lifetime<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/give.unc.edu\/hfdonate?p=UNCE\">UNC Eye&#8217;s List of Funds to Support<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hope is important when your world or the world of a loved one becomes darker with the loss of vision. The primary goal of UNC Eye is to offer hope and caring to those who seek treatments for eye diseases. Your gift provides vital support for our patient-centered programs and fosters education and research into blindness and debilitating eye diseases.<\/p>\n<p>There has never been a more exciting time to give to UNC Eye. We are charged with meeting pressing new challenges. Vision loss and blindness among North Carolinians is increasing rapidly as our state\u2019s population grows. New and expanded programs are essential to meeting this need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To learn more about giving to UNC Eye, we invite you to email UNC Health Foundation&#8217;s Senior Executive Director of Development Matt Cain. Email: Matt_Cain@med.unc.edu \/ (919) 843-0846. 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