IOPO®: Indiana Organ Procurement Organization, Inc.

Donate Life America

Mobilizing the transplant community to educate the American public on the need for organ, eye and tissue donation.

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Donate Life America

Donate Life America assists in mobilizing the transplant community to educate the American public on the need for organ, eye and tissue donation and motivating the public to make an actionable donor designation. The organization:

  • publishes brochures, program kits and other materials,
  • provides technical assistance and referral services,
  • coordinates the national campaign for organ, eye and tissue donation,
  • identifies measurable best practices, and
  • leads the Donor Designation Collaborative.

April: National Donate Life Month

National Donate Life Month (NDLM) was instituted by Donate Life America and its members in 2003, and grew out of the federally proclaimed National Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation Awareness Week (NOTDAW). NDLM features an entire month of local, regional and national activities to help encourage Americans to become a donor.

August 1: National Minority Donor Awareness Day

National Minority Donor Awareness Day reaches out to minorities and focuses on the various fears and obstacles associated with donation, encourages healthy living and disease prevention, and promotes life-saving organ, eye and tissue donation.

September 15 - October 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the culture and traditions of U.S. residents with Hispanic roots. It is used as an opportunity to celebrate and honor the gifts of life made by Hispanics through organ, eye and tissue donation and to encourage Hispanics to commit to donation.

November: National Donor Sabbath

National Donor Sabbath is observed two weekends before Thanksgiving as members of faith communities focus on the life-affirming gifts of hope passed to others by organ, eye, tissue, marrow and blood donors. Many faith leaders participate in services and programs to educate their congregations about donation and transplantation and the critical need for donors.