Our donors
Thank you!
Every gift—large or small—means so much to us!
4Q24
Alan Avery
I truly appreciate all the work that you do to help people suffering with dry eye diseases/symptoms. Keep up the good work!
Alicia Davis
Amy Arcus-Arth
Amy Moore
You do a great job providing information and support for those of us with dry eyes. Thank you!
Andrea Black
Dry eye sucks!
Anna Humphreys
The DEF has made a world of difference for my mother!
Anna Janes
You perform a valuable service
Anonymous (11)
Anonymous
I have had an issue with dry eyes for 20+ years and really appreciate what your organization has done and is doing for folks like me.
Anonymous
I’m donating because of all the useful information and support I have received over the past 15 years.
Anonymous
Rebecca and the Dry Eye Shop have been so helpful in providing products, information, and support. Thank you for all that you do!
Anonymous
I have dry eye and Rebecca and Aiden have answered my eyedrop questions!
Anonymous
I’m donating to support patient symposium in DC
Anonymous
The services provided by your organization are valuable and necessary for those of us with dry eyes. I was fitted by Dr. Perry Rosenthal for what is now called the PROSE lens in 2003 in Boston. At that time there was limited information on dry eyes. I look forward to seeing your continued progress in the years to come.
Anonymous
Thank you for all you do. I entered the dry eye nightmare this year after catastrophic complications of lid surgery.
Barbara Beverley
You are doing a great job. Thank you.
Barbara Stras
I really suffer from Dry Eye Disease and any info is appreciated!
Beth Ertz
I appreciate Rebecca's amazing, life-affirming work. Having seen her solitary work from the beginning, it's thrilling to see what Dry Eye Foundation has become for so many.
Beverly Bell
Unwavering support for DES individuals and to support the foundations continuing growth. It is important.
Carey Weiner
You’re doing important work that helps save lives.
Carl Jensen
You guys do good work!
Carol Weir
I have Dry Eye and I appreciate your efforts to shine a light on the problem.
Catherine Gibson
Cheryl Heisey
Chris Hemauer
I appreciate the support I’ve received since joining. Thank you!
Cindy Rosenstein
Craig Delgado
Cynthia Blattman
This non profit is an important and trusted place for information.
Cynthia Edwards
Dana Gossner
I have RCE. It's a tough disease.
David Ahrens
David Villano
Dry Eye has been a godsend to anyone wearing sclera lenses or suffering from dry eye conditions. Very helpful.
Deany Blades
the foundation has provided so much support and help to me in my dry eye and eye pain journey.
Diane Norton
I wear scleral lenses and so very grateful you always have Purilens available.
Diane Schultz
I am grateful for all the wonderful work your organization does for people suffering from dry eye.
Edie Mitsuuchi-Smith
Elizabeth L Wilson
I appreciate all the advocating you do.
Elizabeth Tsao
Ellen Crim
I have dry eyes and I appreciate all of your support for people with dry eyes.
Ellen Krantz
Discovered great tape for my RCE and CPAP mask. The Mepitac tape is so much better than paper tape from the drug store
Francine Spindel
You've helped so many of us.
Georgiana Shingle
You've helped me so much in the past with dry eye information and supplies I am honored to return the favor.
Hanna Krieger
Hilarious Giver Fund
James Kyle
Jan Livingston
Jana Klenburg
Jesse Lipson
Jill Kostrinsky
The dry eye support group and the dry eye foundation is an invaluable resource.
Joan Quilligan
Of the care and consideration that is evident in how your organization deals with this problem and the support for the sufferers.
Jonathan Silbermann
Jozsef Sipos
my partner has received benefit from the foundation, and also after reading the latest annual report I want to support the foundation's continuing efforts.
Kara Chicoine
I don't purchase products often from the shop, but the newsletters from Rebecca and the DEF are always so incredibly helpful! I always hear about product recalls first from the DEF emails before it hits the news. This foundation (and Rebecca!) is invaluable to those with dry eye and I'd like to help be a part of ensuring it can continue to provide great care to the community.
Karen Robinson
of your advocacy, positivity, help-line, advice and product updates and recalls. I love the extras of photos, inserts in the mailing, friendliness of staff. It is all refreshing and makes a big difference to dry eye patients.
Kathryn Krug
Patient
Kenneth/Sharon Goldberg
I’m donating because of Rebecca and all she does
Kevin Tulk
Leslie Burch
I’m donating because you guys are awesome! I'm sorry i can't add a few zeros after that 5!!
Linda Smith
Without scleral lenses I'd be at a loss for my dry eyes.
Lisa Berlin
Loren Wolsh
Lori Tyler
Marcy Plotnick
Rebecca always helps me as best she can, even as she is having her own visual problems. I wish I could give more but this is the best I can do at the moment.
Margaret Durrant
I’m donating because of all the invaluable help and support the Dry Eye Foundation provide. It can feel a lonely disease as only fellow sufferers can
really appreciate the impact dry eye disease can have on your daily life. Thanks for your ongoing support.
Margaret Sonnen
Rebecca helped me in my darkest hour
Maria Etchepare
Marlesa Roney
I appreciate your excellent work!
Mary Bowman
Mary Swope
You have helped and continue to help so many of us with dry eye disease! I thought I was the only one with this until I found Rebecca’s and Adrian’s foundation.
Matthew Habinowski
To what's best in helping people.
Nancy Brennan
Nancy Costantini
I appreciate the work you do!
Nancy Groves
I love you guys!
Patricia Beuke
Patricia Holmes
I love what you are doing. I Have had this disease since 1994 and used to be the support leader from the foundation for the PNW area from 1996 5o 2006. I am now 80 and so glad you are carrying on.
Patricia Kanter
Rhonda Baggett
Roxanne Prentice
I have dry eyes and I really appreciate all of your research and work!
Sandi Dambrosio
You do good work and are a small operation with the money going to the cause.
Sandra Dimino
Dry Eye Zone/Foundation has been instrumental in my journey.
Sharon Szabo
I have Dry Eye and know how difficult it is to deal with. I appreciate and want to support your fine work.
Sheri Browne
Stacy Schmidtz
I have dry eyes and the work you do is important
Surabhi Sharma
I have suffered everyday for the past 10yrs from this disease
Susan Houser
I admire the work of the DEF. The DEF is fighting to have dry eye and related problems given the attention they deserve. I am happy and relieved that DEF exists! It is so good to know that there is an organization that takes dry eye and related problems seriously.
Susan Houser
I’m donating because the DEF seems to be the only organization taking this condition seriously.
Thomas Williams
Tim Sheatzley
Tina Storz
Tomi Ryan
Valerie Mead
This small organization has done more with so little to help so many!
Vitaliy Serdyuk
I have found help and relief through Dry Eye Zone and a member I met there. I also appreciate the work you all do.
Wendy Vos
I have severe dry eyes from Sjogrens.
I am concerned about eye drop safety. We need better products. I take Regener Eyes Pro which has received the FDA warning letter. I have severe eye pain without these drops.
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
3Q24
Ahna Lich
Anonymous (9)
Anonymous
I have dry eye
Anonymous
Rebecca has created an amazing resource!
Anonymous
The Dry Eye Foundation and Dry Eye Shop do much needed good work
Beth Ertz
Carla Vance
You are a great resource and advocate and need to be at that conference.
Carolyn Schechtman
DEF and Rebecca have helped me a great deal over the last 2 years that I have been navigating Dry Eye/Sjogren's issues. I have learned a great deal from DEF and really appreciate all the work they do.
Catherine Gibson
Your work is vital for so many people. Thanks for being our voice.
Cynthia Edwards
Cynthia Heard
I routinely read Rebecca's blogs and she teaches me things about products that I don't have time to delve into myself. I'm grateful for her determination to help dry eye patients and doctors, like me, who manage them.
Cynthia Howes
Debbie Osgood
Elaine Provencher
DEF is an amazing organization with an unbelievable founder & staff who all work so hard to help so much for eye issues.
Ellen Krantz
As a person with RCE you have been such a great resource.
Eric Nena
Francine Spindel
You folks have been a great support through my dry eye condition.
George Potts
I support your advocacy for misunderstood eye diseases.
Hanna Krieger
Hillel Cohen
Joan Siok
John Perkins
my son is suffering from severe dry which has ruined his young life so far and hope more research and dedication to this awful disease can bring results
Kathleen Sparkes
Kellen Comer
Laurie Billowitz
Leslie Burch
you are so awesome!
Linda Wylie
I appreciate all Rebecca and her staff do for those of us with dry eyes!
M Jane Latimer MD
Best Resource for anyone suffering with DRY EYES.
Margaret Smith
I have dry eyes and wear sclera contacts.
Maria Etchepare
The information and resources you make available to this community.
Thank you!
Mary Bowman
I donate monthly for your patient support but would like this extra to go to outreach efforts like the congressional briefing and attending conventions/conferences.
Mary Swope
This is such WORTHWHILE work!
God bless you for helping me and so many others with Dry Eye Disease.
Michelle Hollingshead
Rebecca and her team do such a great advocacy for dry MGD and dry eyes. Being a dry eye sufferer myself, I totally understand the consequences of this debilitating disease.
Nancy Brown
Nancy Groves
I need you to represent me. I have dry eye disease. You guys represent all of us.
Patricia Beuke
Patricio Gutierrez
I’m a 4th year optometry student and this is a great resource to be able to share with my dry eye patients!
Paula J Hinton
I have dry eye disease and wear scleral contact lenses - and your site has helped me along my journey to finding appropriate products, as well as scleral contact use!! So grateful!!!
Roxanne Prentice
I have dry eyes and I’m so thankful for your work.
Shannon Massa
Thank you for helping us
Susan Houser
I’m donating because of the great work that DEF is undertaking. And in hope that someday there will be a cure for this condition.
Tammy Lovette
I appreciate this groups advocacy and my fellow sufferers’ advice and kindness.
Tim Sheatzley
Tina Storz
Support your effort to help people.
Tomi Ryan
Ursula Eskridge
I have dry eye myself
Valerie Mead
The Foundation provides an invaluable service and phenomenal amount of resources.
William Cundiff
Donations from Dry Eye Shop Customers
2Q24
Aidan Moore
Alejandro Liguori
You help a lot of people, including myself with this terrible disease
Amy Arcus-Arth
The Dry Eye Foundation identified and published the finding of contaminated eye drops. Also, the Dry Eye Foundation / Shop provides outstanding educational info. Thank you.
Anna Janes
This is a good cause
Anonymous (7)
Anonymous
Thanks to Rebecca about 10 years ago she helped me and changed my life sorry I did not donate sooner
Anonymous
Struggled with poor vision for many years. I'd like to help other overcome their struggles and share my knowledge.
Anonymous
I don't go on the zoom meetings very often, But your work is so appreciated.
Anonymous
Dry Eye Foundation helps so many people- those suffering with DED, as well as doctors who treat them
Anonymous
I hope this helps allow you to keep doing all the wonderful things you do.
Anonymous
In interacting online with dry eye sufferers, some want to transition to calls. I’ve been referring them to your DEF Helpline, as this is challenging for me to accommodate. Your service provides the conversations they seek for guidance, knowledge, resources, and empathy all in one place. So I want to donate to you who can really help in this area!
A Forum member I took calls with said he would not still be alive if he didn’t have me as his friend and only person who understood what he was going through, but in 2021 he went missing. I felt so bad. After this, I decided calls were not for me, combined with family matters limiting my time and attention.
Thank you for all you are doing for the dry eye community! I am excited to see my doctor, Dr. Gloria Chiu, join your board. I no longer need sclerals, so miss seeing her!
Avril Barron
I appreciate how you keep us informed about eye drop safety and recalls. And your product reviews are so helpful to me in my battle with Sjogren's Syndrome.
Barbara Brown
I want to see this work continue
Beth Ertz
I appreciate Rebecca and her team.
Beverly Coughlin
Cynthia Edwards
Denise LaPierre
I am grateful for the info passed along
Edie Mitsuuchi-Smith
You were there when I desperately needed help navigating my newly diagnosed Sjogren's Syndrome dry eyes, and I'm continually grateful that you are able to provide the needed resources, information and products for the many people who suffer with various conditions.
Edy Jablonsky
Eric Nena
Erica Lesti
Evanet GALLANT
Loretta has macular degeneration and is strong and upbeat in spite of the hardship this has imposed on her.
Gail Shuler
Hanna Krieger
Hilarious Giver Fund
Kaitlin Fosse
I'm an OD and appreciate the work you do!
Kathleen Sparkes
The foundation is providing significant information and support to me.
Kellen Comer
M Jane Latimer MD
1. My Sister, Susan, belonged to your sclerals group
2. APRIL is SJOGREN'S Awareness Month!
Mark Morarie
I wish I had known about this organization 11 years ago when I found out I had Keratoconus. It is truly an isolated feeling and it's so important that resources like this one exist!
Marta Guevara
Mary Bowman
Matt Gibson
Nachama Kanner
Nancy Brown
Patricia Beuke
Sarah Steenburgh
This organization is amazing and helps so many people
Theresa Landes
This is important to me
Tomi Ryan
Victor Guggenheim
Virginia Harmon
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
1Q24
Anonymous (10)
Anonymous
I love you guys!
Anonymous
Love your emails! Thank you.
Benjamin Makansi
I am so impressed by Rebecca’s and Aidan’s dedication and amazing support of our ocular pain community. Thank you
Cynthia Edwards
Dan Brown
I have dry eyes
David Meyers
I’ve been a DES sufferer for 40 years.
Deborah Gregson
You can attend and learn more and I can’t.
Diane North
I wear scleral lens from Boston Foundation of Sight. I owe my vision to them. It is so important to support and share the continuing research.
Dorothy Haley
Ellen Krantz
You are a great resource.
Hilary Johnman
I appreciate you all
James Connell
I really appreciate you guys and all your hard work! Thanks!
Jason Brown
Jennifer Holtzman
I am a scleral lens wearer, and have found tons of very useful information and products on your website. Thank you for the work you do.
Jonathan Silbermann
Judith Simon
Conferences are vital to flow of information between Dry Eye Foundation, patients and Doctors. Because the work of the Dry Eye Foundation is vital for everyone’s eye health and therefore, general wellbeing.
Karen Whall
I support many of DEF efforts. I am donating for scleral lens resources because I wear one.
Kathryn Krug
Kellen Commer
Kimberly Cizek Allen
I saw your [co] Executive Director at the 20 under 40 awards and his brave words resonated with me.
Leslie Burch
Linda Mack
I have GVHD dry eyes and wear scleral lenses. This group of people, they are outstanding in their efforts to help people like me.
Lori Tyler
Margaret Smith
I have dry eyes.
Mary Bowman
I’ve wanted to do this for many weeks, to support your travel to conferences, and just didn’t get to it. I’ll also sign up for monthly - much safer for a person with problems focusing.
Patricia Beuke
Reve Shapard
The My Big Fat Scleral Lens group has been a great help to me, and I want the Dry Eye Foundation to keep spreading the word about the group and about scleral lens management.
Rita Kourlis
Appreciate the information that The Dry Eye provides on scleral. There is not a lot of information available and had been a great resource for me.
Robert Shpall
Roger Newton
Shelly Sheppard
Susan Houser
Tim Sheatzley
Tomi Ryan
Tracy Ho
I want to support companies that support patients and doctors with easy to understand and navigate resources
Wendy Vos
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
4Q23
Amanda Mott
Amy Arcus-Arth
Because you want to educate and share important info.
Andrea Greenberg
The foundation and store have supported my eye issues and we want to spread the Knowledge.
Anonymous (17)
Anonymous
I have Dry Eye and have been helped a lot by your information.
Anonymous
You are doing a great job with the safety program.
Anonymous
I appreciate what you do. Sorry it can’t be more but please use this wherever it’s needed most.
Anonymous
It is a small way for me to help out with all the awesome work you do!
Anonymous
Rebecca Petris rocks! Hello Rebecca, I hope you and yours are well. Thank you for all the incredible work you do!
Anonymous
Love that I can find out about the products I am or may consider using. I have stopped using a product because of your information. Thank you.
Anonymous
I appreciate all the help you folks have given me over the last couple of years!
Anonymous
My mother and I both suffer from MGD/Dry Eye Disease. I’m so very thankful to Dry Eye Foundation for our trusted education, resources, and support. I hope to be more involved with all of you in 2024. Keep up the amazing work! Warmest Regards.
Anonymous
When I needed help back in 2016 Rebecca was there ready to help.
Anonymous
Your work deserves to have some recognition and support. Thank you.
Anonymous
The Dry Eye Shop’s products are hugely helpful to me, and I’m thrilled that there is now such a resource as the Dry Eye Foundation. It’s alerts.eyedropsafety.org lookup tool is excellent. Rebecca’s focus, energy and dedication are amazing, and I’m happy to send a donation to extend the reach of her work. Please apply it to wherever it’s most needed.
Anonymous
I’m a scleral lens user, not a dry eye patient, but I admire and respect your work.
Anonymous
I have dry eyes.
Anonymous
We need a watchdog in our court.
Anonymous
I appreciate you and all you do for the dry eye community and the numerous ways you give back to the eye disease community. My donation is not much but I want to give something.
Anonymous
I have learned so much from your website. I enjoy your web site, and I really appreciate the list of safe eye drops.
Anonymous
Your products, services, advisories, advice and support are invaluable.
Anonymous
The Dry Eye Foundation has really helped me to understand this debilitating condition and realize I am not alone. I also attended the recent Patient Education Day at Aston University and so glad that I did as I found the information given invaluable. Special thanks to Ruth and to all the speakers who gave such great encouragement to all who attended.
Anonymous
I appreciate all that you do to get information out about eye care. (And I’ll be having cataract surgery in a few weeks, and have become more conscious of how vital our eyes are.)
Anonymous
I am a long time dry eye pt with multiple severe illnesses. In my long time experience I have found that eye drs., neither optometrists or ophthalmologists take this condition seriously at all. My eye siccs has been increasing, esp. Over the past 2.5 years. I need help but don't know where to find it. I also appreciate the research and effort that DEF has been doing into the safety, or should I say non-safety of eye drops. These drops are expensive and many insurance plans will not pay for them…then to find out how unregulated they are! This is very scary indeed. If I had more money I would certainly donate more, but being chronically ill & disabled makes it very tough financially. Thank you for the worthy work you have embarked upon.
Anonymous
Your work is important!
Anonymous
Eye drops are used by so many people including myself for dry eye disease. Your website is so helpful.
Anonymous
I am very appreciative of all that your foundation does. Keep up the wonderful work!!
Anonymous
It's a worthy cause!
Anonymous
Thank you for your excellent help.
Anonymous
You have helped me greatly with so many different issues through the years. Several of your zoom meetings have also really improved my dry eye doctor appointments. Thank you! Keep up the great and much needed and appreciated work! You are by far the most thorough and knowledgeable resource for dry eyes.
Anonymous
I want to help others as your foundation has helped me by providing sound information.
Anonymous
I have been helped through your websites and a woman I met through the forums.
Anonymous
This site has been a great aid to me as I’ve navigated the scleral lens world.
Barbara Beverley
I appreciate what you are doing and have benefitted from some of your information, e.g. eye drop list, ideas about things to counteract dry eye. Thank you
Barbara Larkins
Love your updates.
Beverly Bell
Beverly Coughlin
Bob Lincoln
Hello, I try to support the Dry Eye Shop and the Dry Eye Foundation because I have learned so much from all of you, participated in a couple events and order most of my supplies from the Dry Eye Shop. And because my sister became blind at the age of 62. Thank you for all you do. Keep up the great work. Thank you, Bob
Carolyn Schechtman
You guys are all AWESOME.
Cynthia Edwards
David Villano
Dolores Berger
I suffer from dry eye.
Elizabeth Wilson
I have dry eyes caused by overcorrected sagging lids.
Ellen Israel
Seven years ago, I suffered dry eye from botched cataract surgery. You were a fledgling source on-line, but the only place with any useful information and products. It’s been amazing to watch you grow!
Ellen Krantz
Estee Warring
Hanna Krieger
Irene Manning
Thank you for all you’ve done to help so many. Thank you for all your information, you have helped me a great deal with my “dry-eye” adventure! Thank you for all your advice and hard work!
James Kyle
Jan Livingston
Of your great help and information!
Jana Klenburg
Rebecca is a super wise angel.
Jill Kostrinsky
Judith A Shipengrover
Judith Simon
In honor of Dr. Gloria Chiu joining the board.
Karen Dodson
This is such a necessary foundation. Dry eye is not fixed by adding a couple OTC eye drops to our eyes!
Kevin Tulk
Laura Ballenger
I believe in the work the dry eye foundation is doing to help dry eye sufferers. Rebecca directed me to an amazing doctor that fitted me with Scleral lenses. My life has changed for the better because of them.
Laurel Wadley
I’ve had dry eye problems for many, many years and really appreciate all that this company does to help us with the problems dry eyes can cause.
Lee Castillo
I have dry eye and this foundation provides our community with amazing and very valuable information.
Leslie Burch
Because you are AWESOME!!! I wish I could donate so much more!!!
Leslie Held
Thank you for helping us.
Lisa Myers
The organization has been extremely helpful to me as I’ve struggled with severe dry eye and scleral lenses.
Loren Wolsh
Lori Tyler
Marla Menning
Mary Swope
You do such great work. Dry eye disease, you think you are the only one who struggles with it! Dry Eye Foundation helped me with all the information they were able to give me.
Michelle Hollingshead
You guys are amazing.
Mittie Doyle
Unmet need for new approaches and treatments for dry eyes.
Monique Cohen
I appreciate the work you do.
Nancy B. Pollak
Nancy Neilson
You have been so helpful and informative for us!
Patricia Beuke
I want to support the work that the Dry Eye Shop and Foundation is doing.
Ray Napolitan
Robert Greenbaum
Rebecca of the Dry Eye Shop is a wonderful resource and I feel that I should give something back.
Roxanne Prentice
I have dry eyes and I greatly appreciate this organization. Thank you.
Sandi Dambrosio
Sandra Dimino
Being a dry eye sufferer, you and your staff have been vital during my years of desperation and the now subsequent wonderful years of maintaining a fairly comfortable equilibrium.
Sarah Croker
I have dry eye and belief this foundation has experience, tools and loads of compassion/empathy to help us all walk through the journey our eyes have us on.
Shelley Hussey
I’d like to assist those who are desperate to resolve their dry eye issues and have limited funds to do so.
Susan Benton
Susan Houser
The DEF is great source of information and support for those of us with this disease. I’m impressed that this foundation even exists!
Thomas Williams
Tim Sheatzley
Tomi Ryan
Valerie Chereskin
You all are great and help so many.
Vivien Bridson
My eyes are a nightmare.
Norweld Industries
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
The Dry Eye Company
3Q23
Amanda Mott
Anne Radford
Anonymous (14)
Anonymous
For Rebecca's incredible support
Anonymous
I HAVE DRY EYE AND YOU HAVE GOOD INFORMATION
Anonymous
I read about your work (In Bloomberg) alerting people to the contaminated eye drops. Keep up the good work. And thank you.
Anonymous
Love what you're doing - thanks for your call line assistance!
Anonymous
You're providing a much needed service to the Ocular Surface Disease/Dry Eye Disease community.
Thank you!
Anonymous
You provide important information and I appreciate what you are doing.
Anonymous
Eye care is much on my mind lately, as I will be having a superficial keratectomy next week, to be followed later by cataract surgery.
Anonymous
In appreciation
Anonymous
I have dry eye.
Ashok Varma
I suffer from Dry Eye Syndrome
Beverly Bell
Catherine Chun
Cynthia Edwards
Diane Norton
I believe in your mission
Gayle Sweigert
I like your work especially on safety of eye medicines and eye drops
Gisela Bailey
Hanna Krieger
Hilarous Giver Fund
Jeff Sims
I am so blessed to have my vision thanks to scleral lenses and a very talented and caring doctor. I have severe keratoconus in both eyes and without scleral lenses my life would be very different. I'm so thankful and wanted to help out a bit.
Jill Zinn
Joan Boggs
You are providing a valuable service.
Joaquin Colacci
I have dry eyes and I admire the work this organization is doing.
Judith Simon
Rebecca and everyone at the Dry Eye Foundation have helped me (and so many others) tremendously!
Judith Simon
Rebecca and the Dry Eye crew have helped me and others tremendously. My life would be miserable without the help I've gotten from you, and I want to make sure you continue to be there for myself and everyone else who suffers from DED.
Keith Reynolds
Kevin Morrissey
Lori Tyler
Mary Bowman
so you can create more Mermaid Tears for the FDA! there must be some people there who are covering up their embarrassment by acting really angry.
Mary Bowman
I tried to donate to support your wonderful stings to catch the FDA, but I owed my next year's dues so that's what you used it for. So here's another for your research and travel.
Mary Claire Mahaney
Mimi Hall
I have extreme dry eye. Your website & newsletters are informative and I enjoy the energy and dedication I feel when I read them.
Nancy Groves
I care about dry eye disease
Patricia Beuke
Paula Hinton
I have dry eye disease and severely damaged corneas from chemical burns.
Tomi Ryan
I appreciate all you are doing for us!!
Valerie Cooley
I support what you are doing. You've probably saved me $$$ from purchasing the wrong scleral products and eye drops.
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
Norweld Industries
1Q23
Amanda Mott
Andrea Greenberg
I've suffered from dry eye symptoms for years and the information and staff have been very helpful.
Anne Lemke
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous
The compassionate support offered by the dry eye foundation is so necessary. I thank you!
Anonymous
You just helped my friend
Anonymous
For my mom, who has Sjogren's! I had made a purchase and along with it, there was a card that came with it, as the purchase included small donation to this foundation. I had no idea you all existed, and I immediately shared your website with my mom. What you all are doing is wonderful!
Anonymous
I appreciate the patient support offered by the Dye Eye Foundation's Mental Health Zoom group.
Chris Zimmerman
Cynthia Edwards
Cynthia Wolf
Edie Mitsuuchi-Smith
Elaine Provencher
I have severe dry eye and I want to help the research and good work that this foundation does..
Ellen Krantz
Your store & forums provide important info. I had treatment resistant RCE - which is finally under control. But wearing a CPAP has been a challenge since I sometimes still get an Erosion.
Francine Spindel
You've helped me so much (and so many others).
Janet Grabe
Judy Simon
Larry Saverslak
Laura Senft
Lori Tyler
Molly Chidsey
Neal Donowitz
Thank you Rebecca, for taking the time to talk with me and provide me with all of the additional insight needed to correct my problem.
Noah Schneider
Patricia Beuke
Patty Witte
Rebecca Petris
Sinéad Buckley
Sue Frost Susan
Clark Basquin
Tomi Ryan
Wendy Lai
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
The Dry Eye Company
2Q23
Amanda Mott
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous
In honor of Norman Obenshain
Anonymous
I have had a dry eye disease problem for decades which I'm able to treat with drops from sealed capsules & I want to support the foundation.
Camille Jourjon
In beloved memory of our son / brother, Antoine Jourjon, who committed suicide on October 13th, 2023 after suffering during many years of dry eyes following the intake of Roaccutane. May patient association such as DEF keep their daily support to all patients in need worldwide. Thanks to all of the person that have been in contact with Antoine during the past years, and in particular to Rebecca Petris and Dr Sandra Cremer.
Carolyn Schechtman
Cynthia Edwards
David Stein
Debbie Caruso
Hilarious Giver Fund
Jill Kostrinsky
Judith Coy
To thank you for all you do to support those with dry eye and those wearing sclerals.
Karen Whall
Your annual report opened with a powerful depiction of what dry eye feels like to so many. It has taken some time, but the efforts to bring this condition to the medical "eye" has gained credibility. It is effective to reach as many persons to engage in support of research/understanding as possible. This can be achieved through exhibits in a national forum. I support this effort and appreciate your vigilance on products and procedures.
Kenneth Goldberg
We love Rebecca and what she does
Kit Weintraub
Of the help that you give to people like me.
Kristina Pasqualone
Laura Senft
Lori Lee
Lori Tyler
M. Jane Latimer MD
Mark and Bobbi Titus
Matthew Sager
Nachama Kanner
I’m so impressed with the foundation’s work and the dedication of Rebecca (and her team) to all of our welfare. Your level of caring is incredible and inspiring
Olga Yohalem
Patricia Beuke
Patty Witte
Rebecca Petris
Renata Krug
Rob and Nicole Bohorad
Sinéad Buckley
Tomi Ryan
Virginia Pummer
Wendy Lai
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
3Q2022
Amanda Mott
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous
Rebecca's advice and encouragement to keep trying to tape at night. Thank you!
Anonymous
I have Sjogrens and suffer from severe dry eyes. I find your emails, videos, and website helpful and informative. Thank you;
Anonymous
The Dry Eye Foundation provides various, useful services to all. Their educational yet personal approach is appreciated and sheds light on this topic that I believe is not widely known or discussed enough.
Anonymous
I am so grateful for the work you are doing!!
Anonymous
Catherine Gibson
Cynthia Blattman
Cynthia Edwards
Cynthia Howes
Gisela Bailey
Hilarous Giver Fund
Jack Bier
Joanne Tolles
Thank you!
Judith Simon
The safety and efficacy of all new medical products must be evaluated by clinical trials. Thank you for your dedication to science and to helping people suffering with dry eye disease.
Ken Goldberg
Laura Ballenger
Laura Senft
Linda Lawson
Lori Tyler
Marcy Plotnick
Mary Bowman
Mary Cota
Michelle Galgoci
Molly Chidsey
Nancy Klibanoff
Patricia Beuke
Patty Witte
Susan Gair
Tomi Ryan
Valerie Mead
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
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The Dry Eye Company
Facebook Fundraiser donors
4Q2022
Aidan Moore
Amanda Mott
Anonymous (7)
Anonymous
I'm a scleral wearer and the Dry Eye Shop help me from the beginning
Anonymous
Suffered from dry eyes for years. Horrible. People don’t realize how this condition affects your everyday activities. Can be so isolating can’t even leave the house.
Anonymous
My lids don’t close all the way due to plastic surgery many years ago. I felt I was the only one this happened to.
Anonymous
I have dry eyes.
Anonymous
It’s a valuable resource.
Barbara Beverley
I'm a victim of dry eye.
Bob Tetirick
Catherine Gibson
Cindy Lombardo
Cynthia Blattman
Cynthia Edwards
David Meyers
Dierdre Sturgis
I would like for your work to continue.
Donald Arthur
DryEyeShop Pass-Through Donations
Eric Flasher and Rhonda Baggett
Francine Spindel
You are a wonderful program.
Hilarious Giver Fund
Jill Kleeman
I REALLY appreciate all you do to help people with dry eyes and those who wear sclerals!!
Jill Zinn
Judith Simon
Judith Spector
Karen Jones
Kathryn Gallacher
Kathryn Krug
Kenneth Goldberg
Kevin Tulk
Kim Doyle
Laura Senft
Linda Wylie
Rebecca was one of the earliest advocates for dry eyes!
Lisa Myers
I have found the information you provide immensely helpful in my journey with dry eye, and now scleral lenses. I'm very grateful.
Mag Luxton
I suffer from dry eye from blepharospasm and results of Botox.
Marcy Plotnick
I think you do good work on behalf of us dry eye sufferers, and Rebecca has spent time talking with me in the past. I really appreciate both.
Marie Haddad
Marie Kemeness
Over the years I’ve found this site very informative and appreciate all the staff and your blog with updated info on dry eye.
Marilyn Ingham
Marla Menning
Michelle Hollingshead
I have (MGD) dry eyes and OCP and think that Rebecca and Aiden do an amazing job:)
Molly Chidsey
Nancy Groves
I spoke to Rebecca, on the phone, when I was first learning about my condition. She gave me hope.
Nancy Prendergast
Patricia Beuke
Patty Witte
Rebecca Petris
Robert Lincoln
I want to support the DEF. Also, I am a customer.
Roger Newton
Roland Goehringer
Dry Eye has helped me so I feel I need to help Dry Eye. I am on limited Social Security income, so I don't know how often I can donate, but I will donate when I can.
Sinéad Buckley
Srikanth Goli
Tomi Ryan
Valerie Mead
Virginia Harmon
Vivien Bridson
To indicate support
Wendy Lai
Yvette Correll
The Dry Eye Foundation helped me when I became really sick and needed eye care supplies and support. I am extremely grateful for their kindness and willingness to help so many people. These interactions and supplies positively impacted me and I will remember those moments forever. I hope this donation helps another person in need. Thank you for all that you do.
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
The Dry Eye Company
1Q2022
Tomi Ryan
Thank you for the great support and information!
Rick Hall
Amanda Mott (Monthly donor)
Patricia Beuke (Monthly donor)
Diane Jeffery MD
Laura Ballenger
I’d like to help others who are also struggling with dry eye disease
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
2Q2022
Tomi Ryan
For all your help, compassion and support!
Rick Hall
Deborah Caruso
Cynthia Jensen
I have severe dry eye disease and want to help find solutions.
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
Dry Eye Company
3Q2021
Amanda Mott
Anonymous (1)
Anonymous
I'm donating for the support this organization is providing to me.
Catherine Gibson
The dry eye foundation has been a lifeline for me.
Don Winer
Edy Jablonsky
Dry Eye is our go to for all of our information and needs. God bless you for all of your work. Don't know what I would do without you guys. You are terrific. May God give you strength to keep doing the wonderful work you do.
Ellen Krantz
You do great work. A very unique source of information.
George W. Potts Jr
Josephine Lucciola
You help me survive dry eyes
Kenneth Goldberg
Rebecca is so wonderful and has always been there for us.
LeAnna MacDonald
Lisa Abney
Rosalyn Owen
Best informative and knowledgeable site on dry eye I have found. Professional staff expert in all medical issues concerning this affliction. They are quite willing to answer all my questions.
Steve Pesner
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
4Q2021
Amanda Mott
Anonymous (4)
Anonymous
I want to support this very important organization which is so helpful to many people.
Cynthia Edwards
Eric Flasher and Rhonda Baggett
To help those in need
Fred Sherman
You have provided great information to those of us that suffer from severe dry eye. Thanks for what you do.
J Knapp
Kevin Tulk
I am forever grateful for the help Rebecca and the foundation have given me. The knowledge I gained here empowered me to wrestle happiness back from severe lasik induced dry eye. Almost 8.5 years since my lasik procedure I still have severe dry eye, but I am a happy person, a good dad, and a hard and productive worker. This seemed unattainable in the months after my operation and when I was realizing I would likely have to deal with it forever. Please use this donation to continue helping 1) those most desperate for help and 2) the greatest number of people you can reach.
Marla Menning
I'm so grateful your foundation exists -- the help I have received is invaluable!
Nancy B. Pollak
Neil "Thomas" Williams
Patricia Beuke
I want to support the Dye Eye Foundation in their mission to improve the lives of people impacted by dry eye disease.
Roger Newton
Sarah Croker
Terry Feldmann
Virginia Harmon
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
1Q2021
Amanda Mott
Irving Winer
Jim in Italy
“I asked a question via this web site and received a prompt and polite answer from Aidan and Rebecca, first by email and then on a happy hour session. I am delighted to be able to support their ongoing work which benefits so many.”
Lori Tyler
Lucille Kaplan
Marcy Plotnik
Rick Hall
Sandi Dambrosio
Tomi Ryan
“To support Rebecca in her quest to help all of us suffering from dry eye syndrome!”
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
2Q2021
Amanda Mott
Anonymous (3)
Beverly Coughlin
Brett Kestenbaum
Donation from the Optometrists participating in the Eyes On Dry Eye conference to move dry eye education forward
Cynthia Edwards
Jim in Italy
I asked a question via this web site and received a prompt and polite answer from Aidan and Rebecca, first by email and then on a happy hour session. I am delighted to be able to support their ongoing work which benefits so many.
Karen A Nunes
Michael Shore
Michelle Hollingshead
Personally a dry eye sufferer and love the program.
Tomi Ryan
I have been supported so well by Rebecca and the staff and the Facebook page!
Tomi Ryan
I thank God for this site which has given me strength, hope and good ideas to help live this life with this condition. Thank you!!
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
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3Q2020
Amanda Mott
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous
"This site has helped cure my severe dry eye, and gave emotional support too."
Anonymous
“To improve access to information and resources for people with facial paralysis that suffer from dry eye or eye pain as a result of their paralysis. I believe the facial paralysis community (patients and experts) can learn a lot from the accumulated knowledge that the dry eye foundation has to offer.
I see so many people with facial paralysis that suffer everyday because of pain in their non-blinking eye. Rebecca's experience and her deep understanding of dry eye issues, and eye pain, is priceless(!) and can really help so many people from the facial paralysis community.”
Anonymous
“I'm thankful for this resource and for all of Rebecca's hard work and compassion.”
Jamie Thayer
“Rebecca has helped me simply by giving her time on the phone. I want to give time to someone else in need.”
Kathy Pruitt and Mark Collins
“In honor of our son Jay Collins we would like to give this donation from money raised by his artwork. We, as his parents, are so grateful for the years we sought information and found it in the Dry Eye Zone. It helped guide us through a confusing maze of treatments.”
Michael Karman
“Because Rebecca went out of her way to solve a problem I was having.”
Molly Chidsey
“Dry eye disease is so isolating but I realize I am not alone. The Dry Eye Foundation is doing critical work to support and advocate for patients like me.”
Ping Zhang
Rebecca Fagenson
ScienceBased Health
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
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4Q2020
Amanda Mott
Anonymous (3)
Anonymous
“I'm so grateful the Dry Eye Foundation exists to try and help me and others with this condition. For 15 years my doctors have not been helpful at all and I feel like they have just dismissed me and my problem”
Anonymous
“Our daughter, Emily, suffers from severe dry eye and you all have helped her tremendously.”
Anonymous
“Because you care for people, and have a genuine interest in helping people!”
Anonymous
“I find that the Dry Eye Foundation and Dry Eye Shop are a wonderful cause, run by people who really take the time to listen and absolutely care about their customers. They offer great products that are reasonably priced and gladly provide any support needed for their customers eye health.” Editor’s Note: The Dry Eye Shop is not part of the Dry Eye Foundation, despite their overlap in mission and in staff.
Cynthia Edwards
“I believe in the mission, vision and values of the Dry Eye Foundation. The Foundation is filling a void for many people suffering from the physical and emotional effects of this chronic condition.”
Dennis and Marla Parus
Karen Robinson
Kevin Tulk
Laura Ballenger
“I think it is important for us dry eye sufferers to know we are not alone. Please take the survey if you haven’t already. I learned that many have the same limitations and emotions that I’ve encountered on my dry eye journey.”
Marta Harshbarger
Michelle Hollingshead
“I'm a dry eye sufferer that Rebecca has listened to and supported over my past 5 year journey. The Dry Eye Foundation is a great specialized organization :)”
Mimi Hall
“I have Sjogren's Syndrome”
Nancy B. Pollak
“Rebecca has helped me over the years and I have really dry eyes.”
Roger Newton
Rosalyn Owen
Peter Peregrino
Penny Purkerson
This donation is in memory and honor of Jay Collins, by his parents, Kathy Pruitt and Mark Collins.
Ping Zhang
“Thanks for all your time and efforts gone into it. I’m a dry eye patient and got to much encouragement from the community.”
Shelley Patey
Thomas Williams
You have been a huge help to me and my family. We are so thankful for this resource and most importantly for the people responsible for being there for/with us over a decade in this dry journey.
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
Donations from Dry Eye Shop customers
1Q2020
Amanda Mott
Anonymous
“I’m donating because of what you do”
Grace Brennan
"For GSLS. I'm on the Facebook pages often"
Judith Simon
"For RP and AM GSLS trip”
Lorelei Sontag
Marcy Plotnik
“I depend on Rebecca and co. to bring back valuable information to us dry eye sufferers and scleral lens wearers. Also she is a dedicated advocate on our behalf. I want to support these functions which are very important to me. Thanks Rebecca !”
Marti Partridge
Mimi Hall
S A Manning
“GSLS, or whatever you need, thanks for all the information!"
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
2Q2020
Amanda Mott
Anonymous
Hilarie Hauptman
“In memory of Jay Collins”
Joyce Kilmer
“In memory of Jay Collins, Olympia WA 1/25/1993 - 4/9/2020”
Jo Thornton Curtz and Thaddeus Curtz
“In memory of Jay Collins”
Lynn Grotsky
“Improving quality of life for people with dry eye disease”
Nikolai Smirnow
“In memory of Jay Collins, a dear friend”
Rachel Lewine
“In memory of Jay Collins. He was a funny, witty, creative, brilliant human being who cared deeply about social justice and suffered from an incurable form of dry eye. He will be missed so very, very much.”
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
4Q2019
Amanda Mott
Anonymous (3)
Barrie Rappaport
Carol Allison
Catherine Gibson
Cynthia Edwards
Dana Schmidt
Dave Villano
David Needs
Denise Cedar
Diana Coble
Elisa Freeman
Ellen R Israel
Eric Dunn
“I work with small businesses, and I was impressed by Rebecca’s authenticity and online presence.”
Francine Spindel
Janet Sternfeld
Jim Kyle
Judie Harchar
Karen Robinson
Karen Whall
Kevin Tulk
Katie Roche
Laura Ballenger
Lisa Berlin
“I use your resources, and I find that there isn’t that much out there for people with chronic eye pain.”
Linda Howey
Marcy Plotnik
Margaret Copley
Mariam Morley
Marlesa Roney
Mary Porter
“There’s a need for information and I enjoy reading what Rebecca writes.”
Molly Chidsey
Nancy Costantini
Neil Williams
Pam Chakalos
Patricia Kanter
Rebecca Petris
Rich Rodriguez
Rikki Tooker
Roger Newton
Ronni Dealy
Sohaib Ashraf
Stacey Cruz
Tanja Harrell
Tomi Ryan
“The Dry Eye Zone has been the main thing that’s helped me. I don’t know where I’d be without everyone’s comments and help.”
Donations from Amazon Smile customers
1Q2019
Jane Moore
2Q2019
Amanda Mott
3Q2019
Amanda Mott
Anonymous (2)
Brooke Smith
“The dry eye foundation has been such a wonderful and life changing resource. Your team has literally changed my life for the better, given me hope and resources to live, to maintain and to gain ground in the fight against my dry eyes disease. Thank you for helping create a higher quality life!”
Edy Jablonsky
Joseph Gagan
Lee Castillo
Nelda Tawse
4Q2018
Rebecca Petris