The efforts of Wisconsin Lions and a United States soldier to improve the vision of a 7-year-old Iraqi girl has garnered a lot of media attention recently from both local and national media outlets.

Information about this effort can be found and will be updated on the Lions Clubs International Web site www.lionsclubs.org through the photoflash on the homepage. View the press release on the Lions International website.

Upcoming National Coverage:

Note: Although slated to run, this story may be postponed due to other breaking news.

CNN may run this story as early as August 30 – potentially on Headline News.

ABC is scheduled to run this story on September 5 and/or 6 on ABC World News and Good Morning America.

NBC is expected to run this story in the near future on NBC Nightly News.

Current Coverage:

WSAW-TV 7 Wausau
Iraqi Girl Receives Eye Transplant in Wausau

WAOW-TV 9 Wausau
Helping Zahraa to See

Iraqi Girl Gets Gift of Sight

Corneal Transplants: Common and Successful

WJFW-TV 12 NBC Rhinelander
Zahraa’s Miracle

Wausau Daily Herald Gannett
Iraqi Girl’s Surgery Looks Positive

WSAU News Radio 55 Wausau
Iraqi girl undergoes corneal transplant in Wausau

Many other publications picked this up on the AP Wire, such as the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

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Public Relations Department
Lions Clubs International