The United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades and Okeechobee Counties has awarded a $27,500 grant to the Florida Lions Eye Clinic.

The funding will support optometry and ophthalmology staffing, a mobile eye clinic and monthly eye screening events.

The United Way orchestrated an additional $20,000 donation from an anonymous supporter to fund equipment used to perform selective laser trabeculoplasty, a form of laser surgery used for glaucoma patients.