Initial donation recipients include Sight for Life and Eye Corps, nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving patient care in underserved populations
DANA POINT, Calif., April 3, 2024 – Powers & Company, a healthcare marketing strategy and communications consultancy, announced the formation of its philanthropic program, Lion’s Share, and named two organizations as initial beneficiaries. Through Lion’s Share, Powers & Company will provide strategic donations and volunteer support to organizations committed to fostering equitable access to healthcare, a core value of the firm that was established in March 2023. Powers & Company will donate 5% of proceeds to these identified recipients working to advance health equity across the globe. The company’s leadership team has chosen their first gift recipients as Sight for Life and Eye Corps, nonprofit organizations improving eye health in underserved areas of the world.
“We’re grateful to both of these organizations for ensuring that patients with unmet needs have improved access to clinicians and medical services, and it’s an honor for us to support and volunteer with their life-changing work,” said Carey Powers, founder and CEO of Powers & Company. “On day one, we established our company’s commitment to the principle of health equity, and it’s exciting for us to act on that value in our first year in business.”
As one of its founding beneficiaries, Powers & Company selected Sight for Life, a nonprofit organization with the mission to provide the delivery of eye care and to create lasting surgical and clinical solutions in the communities of St. Vincent and the Grenadines through education, collaboration, and improved access to technology, training, equipment, and supplies.
“Sight for Life is thankful to receive support through the Lion’s Share initiative, as their commitment to our organization and donation has allowed us to bring crucial sight-preserving care to areas that lack modern medical services. Their support has been integral in helping us with our new eye hospital serving St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which will open later this year,” said ophthalmologist Cathleen McCabe, M.D. and Sight for Life Lead Volunteer for over 20 years.
Powers & Company will also contribute to Eye Corps, recognizing its commitment to building a sustainable eye care delivery system in Tanzania, where it boosts access to low-cost cataract surgeries, glasses, and vision care by providing supplies and education to practitioners and ophthalmic training institutions. Eye Corps maintains four treatment sites in hospitals in Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro, Lindi, and Ruvuma regions.
“In our short time, Eye Corps has performed over 6,000 surgeries, but what I am most proud of is Eye Corps’ impact on the training of in-country cataract surgeons. We are partnered with the Ministry of Health and the MUHAS residency program where we are providing equipment, mentors and microfinancing opportunities to build practices,” said Susan McDonald, M.D., an ophthalmologist who co-founded Eye Corps in 2017. “We are extremely grateful to pursue this goal with the help of allies like Powers & Company, who understand that the persistence of cataract blindness cannot be justified when a cure is available.”
Hannah Austin and Tatum Hathaway, both Senior Directors of Marketing at Powers & Company, co-lead Lion’s Share by overseeing the company's philanthropic services including volunteer opportunities, potential beneficiaries, and management of partner programs dedicated to health equity.
About Sight for Life
Sight for Life, a division of One World Global Health Network, is dedicated to bringing eye care and education to improve the lives of those in need worldwide. This non-profit volunteer-led organization is focused on expanding the delivery of eye care to create lasting surgical and clinical solutions through education, access to technology, training, equipment, and supplies. Sight for Life and the team of physicians, optometrists, and volunteers led by David McCabe, Dr. Eric Purdy and Dr. Cathleen McCabe has been delivering sight-saving medical care in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since 2000. The consequences of cataract blindness in St. Vincent have been dramatic, impacting its citizens ability to attend school or work and perpetuating the poverty cycle. In 2024 Dr. Cathleen McCabe and her team will open the Dr. Cecil and Kathryn Cyrus Healthcare Center offering patient services and surgical care including cataract surgery. Sight for Life is actively working on expanding its services to offer over 80 surgeries and 800 patient visits per mission.
About Eye Corps
Eye Corps is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation started in 2017 with the mission to reduce blindness by providing vision screening and eye care, including cataract surgery and glasses for those in need. Eye Corps is dedicated to eliminating preventable blindness in sub-Saharan Africa through strategic partnerships with the local medical community and ophthalmic training institutions and has three sites in regional hospitals located in Kilimanjaro, Lindi, and Ruvuma regions of Tanzania. Their work Is focused on building both a sustainable infrastructure for eye care delivery and eliminating gender inequity in vision care. To date, Eye Corps has trained over 50 ophthalmic clinicians and nurses and has increased the number of females having surgery in their four centers by 34-52%.
About Powers & Company
Powers & Company is a distinguished healthcare marketing strategy and communications consultancy headquartered in Dana Point, CA. From pre-commercialization strategies to key stakeholder engagement and brand cultivation, Powers & Company partners with bioscience and healthcare clients at every stage of the product lifecycle. Its seasoned team is comprised of industry veterans with experience ranging from startup ventures to billion-dollar brands across a broad spectrum of categories. Powers & Company is dedicated to advancing health equity through its philanthropic platform, Lion’s Share, donating 5% of profits to organizations making a difference to expand access to healthcare around the world. To learn more, visit www.powers-co.com.
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