Nevada Donor Network shares 2024 results
Donor Alliance Recognizes Eaglecrest High School & Teacher with 2024 Community of Excellence Award
Transplantation Science Program Reaches Over 20,000 Students, Advancing Education on Donation
Six Children Honored on the 2025 OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® Float Featuring Scene from Japan’s Beloved Children’s Day Celebration
One of the Most Meaningful Floats on the Rose Parade Lineup Granted Extraordinaire Award
Float Dedicated to Organ Donors to be Featured at Rose Parade
The One Legacy Donate Life float will fully display the spirit of thankfulness. The theme is “Let your Life soar.” Those impacted by organ and tissue donation shared their stories at a preview event. The organ procurement organization will pay a special tribute to deceased donors.
The 2025 OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® Float Celebrates 22 Years of Participation in the Iconic Rose Parade®, Honoring 44 Organ, Eye and Tissue Donors and Recipients
The float will Ride Down the Streets of Pasadena on New Year’s Day
NJ Sharing Network Named Nonprofit Business of the Year by NJBIZ
North Plainfield High School Earns National Award for Raising Awareness About Organ and Tissue Donation
34 Lives Rescues 34 Kidneys
New Rule Allows HIV-positive Organ Transplants
Watch the Emotional Meeting Between a Liver Donor and the Little Boy Whose Life She Saved
From Authorization to Innovation: LifeNet Health’s Comprehensive Approach to Advancing Medicine
LifeLink® of Georgia Unveils Historic Partnership with UGA Athletics
The Personal Plea Phil Lesh Made Every Time He Took the Stage
For the past 25 years, the founding member of the Grateful Dead made a nightly speech about a topic that helped him stay performing into his 80s.
A Milestone for Organ Donations
More than half of eligible New York State residents have signed up to be organ donors, though the states health commissioner said that is still not enough.
LiveOnNY Unveils State-of-the-Art “Donate Eight Simulation Center,” Advancing Excellence in Organ Donor Care
Lifebanc Names New CEO
HHS Proposes Rule Change for HIV-positive Organ Recipients
See the Joyful Moment a 6-Year-Old on Transplant List Tells Hospital Staff: ‘I’m Getting a New Heart!’
Organ Donation is of Vital Importance to Communities of Color
LifeLink® of Georgia Encourages Organ Donors to Leave a Lasting Legacy
Gift of Life Donor Program Grants Pennsylvania Man Second Chance at Life
Suburban Chicago Friends Celebrate Miracles They Prayed for: Three Organ Transplants
Did You Know That August Is National Minority Donor Awareness Month?
LifeShare Innovations Hosts First-Ever Summit for Frontline Transplant Professionals
They Transplant More Organs Every Year. The Feds May Still Pull Their License
New rules threaten the future of organ donor nonprofits, including New England’s
Organ Procurement Group Appoints President
The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations names a new president, and others take new roles.
AOPO Receives 2024 Power of Associations Gold Award for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) & OPO Task Force
14 Women Making Moves in Healthcare
Dorrie Dils, president and CEO of Gift of Life Michigan, was named president of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations.
Third HIV-positive heart transplant in U.S. originates at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Donor transforms lives through LifeNet Health and the HOPE Act
WSB-TV Gets Real about Disparities in Organ Donations and Transplants
Colorado & Wyoming Transplant Community Support OPOs
The transplant community in Colorado and Wyoming sent a letter to Secretary Azar in support of valid and continually improving performance metrics based on sound data including retaining the current Observed to Expected (O:E) Yield measure which is “independently reported, verifiable, calculated and widely supported by all stakeholders in the donation and transplantation community.”
Connecticut Congressman Supports OPOs
Congressman James Himes writes to Secretary Azar to address potential problems with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule.
New England Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
Members of Congress from New England recently sent a letter to Secretary Azar in support of driving continual improvement in organ donation and transplantation. The letter states, “the proposed rule needs serious revision” and that the final rule “should be designed to preserve or strengthen practices that work well and reform those that do not”.
International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners (IACME) Supports OPOs
The IACME sent a letter to Secretary Azar raising concerns with the accuracy of death certificates. The letter states: “The pervasive inaccuracy of death certificate information can largely be attributed to varying levels of expertise of those who fill out the forms” and points out that “death certificates are intended to focus on the immediate cause of death and do not and cannot document a person’s entire medical history”.
Mississippi Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
Mississippi congressional delegates shares three concerns with the proposed OPO metrics in this letter to Secretary Azar.
Utah Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
“Organ donation reflects the American spirit of selfless sacrifice.” In this letter to Secretary Azar, Utah congressional delegates express their support of organ donation and OPOs.
Florida Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
Florida has enjoyed wide success with its OPOs, demonstrating over two years an increase of 22 percent in the state’s number of donors. As a result, more than 11 million people have registered their donation decision in Florida. In this letter to Secretary Azar, Florida congressional delegates share their support of OPOs and concerns over the proposed CMS rule