Gift of Life Donor Program

Thank you to registered donors, organ, eye and tissue donors, living donors, and donor families — your lifesaving generosity makes more 1st days of school possible! Share your #BackToSchool photos with us in the comments! 🍎💻📚 #DonateLife #BecauseOfADonor 💙💚You can register your decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor at RegisterMe.org or in your iPhone Health App. Honor Gift of Life’s 50 years of service by helping save more lives. Support our campaign to register 50,000 more organ donors and provide hope to the thousands waiting for transplant! Sign up at donors1.org/register

The establishment of Gift of Life Howie's House represents a significant milestone in Gift of Life’s 50-year history of service to the donation and transplant community. The House has provided comfortable lodging, home-cooked meals and supportive services in a warm and caring environment for transplant patients and their families. For 13 years, the House has been a steadfast source of comfort and support for transplant patients and their families, ensuring that no family is ever turned away due to inability to pay. Since its opening in July 2011, the House has served more than 400,000 meals, facilitated more than 13,500 trips to and from the hospital and provided more than $14 million in subsidized care to its guests. Recently, the House reached the incredible milestone of providing more than 100,000 lodging nights of care. The vision for the House came from its founder, former Gift of Life President and CEO Howard M. Nathan. When his sister needed a liver transplant, Howard discovered there were many families traveling long distances to Philadelphia for transplant-related care. They were sleeping in hospital lounges or in their cars because hotels were too expensive when combined with the costs and work disruption that come with long-term illness. As a result, Gift of Life Howie’s House was built and became the only transplant hospitality house in the United States to serve multiple organ transplant centers. In honor of Gift of Life’s 50 years of saving lives, join us in our goal to register 50,000 more organ donors and provide hope to the thousands waiting for a life-saving transplant. Go to donors1.org to register and share this post reminding others to register to be a donor hero! Learn more and sign up at www.donors1.org/register #GiftofLife50 #50Fridays

Millions of Americans suffer from chronic kidney disease, and more than 90,000 men, women, and children are waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant, including educator Phillip Davis (pictured below). Unfortunately, communities of color are more likely to suffer kidney failure and make up more than half of the patients on the transplant waitlist. National Minority Donor Awareness Month (NMDAM) each August is an opportunity to promote healthy living and disease prevention while encouraging organ donor registrations and family conversations about donation. Learn more about #NMDAM and Phillip's story by click the link below. You can also honor Gift of Life's 50 years of saving lives by helping us register 50,000 more organ donors: www.donors1.org/nmdam #GiftofLife #Donors1 #OrganDonation #DonateLife

Join us as we raise awareness and celebrate organ donation and transplantation in diverse communities! This National Minority Donor Awareness Month, we are excited to host an engaging panel discussion. Dr. Velma Scantlebury will share her trail-blazing journey as the first female African American Transplant Surgeon. Joining the conversation will be Gift of Life ambassador and kidney waitlist patient Phillip Davis as well as our own Multicultural Affairs Specialist, Naja Killebrew. Don’t miss this opportunity to be informed and inspired as we work together to save more lives through donation! Join us on Tuesday, August 20th at 6:30 p.m. Click here to register now! Honor Gift of Life’s 50 years of service by helping save more lives. Support our campaign to register 50,000 more organ donors and provide hope to the thousands waiting for transplant! Sign up at donors1.org/register

For the last 20 of Gift of Life’s 50 years of service, Camp Jeremy has been bringing together children who received a life-saving transplant and their siblings for a week of fun and friendship. Camp Jeremy is inspired by Jeremy Clemens, a young heart transplant recipient who worked as a camp counselor. Jeremy’s family continues to hold this week-long day camp in his memory. You can honor transplant recipients like Jeremy by registering as an organ donor. Help us reach our goal of registering 50,000 more organ donors and provide hope to the thousands waiting for a life-saving transplant. Go to donors1.org to register and share this post reminding others to register to be a donor hero! Learn more and sign up at www.donors1.org/register #GiftofLife50 #50Fridays

Gift of Life’s hospital partners play a vital role in supporting patients and families through the organ donation process. We are so pleased to congratulate and honor you for participating in the 2024 HAP Donate Life Pennsylvania Hospital Challenge! Read about this year's winners and our partnership with The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP). “Throughout our 50 years of service, Gift of Life has been proud to work side by side with dedicated hospital teams to provide compassionate care for donor heroes and families. We couldn’t save lives without their support and commitment. Together, we will keep striving for the day when every person on the transplant waitlist receives a second chance at life,” said Rick Hasz, Gift of Life President and CEO. Link to release on GLDP website: : https://lnkd.in/e7KqijsP

Gift of Life is grateful to kidney recipient Aniysha Trice for sharing her story at our recent staff meeting. Aniysha’s story showcases the resilience, compassion and determination of transplant recipients. The Philadelphia native lives with Lupus, a disease that attacks the kidneys. She spent years on the transplant waitlist, undergoing grueling dialysis treatments. She even overcame Lymphoma brain cancer and remains cancer-free today. A cheerleader and dancer growing up, Aniysha earned her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in human services. She shares with Gift of Life a passion for community service. Aniysha found the time and energy, while on dialysis, to work with those suffering from substance abuse, providing tools to help them lead successful lives. Aniysha remains grateful to her donor hero and shares this message, “People need to educate themselves about how important it is to register as an organ and tissue donor. You can save someone’s life and be a hero to someone like me.” National Minority Donor Awareness Month (NMDAM) is celebrated throughout August to increase organ donor registrations among communities of color, which make up more than half the people on the national transplant waitlist. You can help give people like Aniysha a second chance at life and honor Gift of Life’s 50 years of saving lives by helping to register 50,000 more organ donors. Learn more about NMDAM and sign up to save lives: www.donors1.org/nmdam

#NationalMinorityDonorAwarenessMonth not only encourages organ donor registrations, it also promotes healthy living and disease prevention. Gift of Life works with our hospital partners to encourage habits and practices that can lead to good long-term health. Healthy lifestyles can reduce the risk of debilitating illnesses such as chronic kidney disease, which affects more than 35 million Americans. Unfortunately, communities of color are more likely to suffer kidney failure and make up more than half of the people on the national transplant waitlist. Interested in learning more about maintaining long-term health? Check out this six-step guide to protecting kidney health: https://lnkd.in/fAYAExT In honor of Gift of Life’s 50 years of saving lives, help us register 50,000 more organ donors! Sign up today at www.donors1.org #NMDAM #GiftofLife #Donors1

Gift of Life is thrilled to welcome (left to right) Relief Manager Keeyana Vincent and Tissue Recovery Specialist Erika Carpenter to our internationally renowned organization. Our staff has the opportunity to contribute every day to helping save and enhance lives! Since 1974, more than two million lives have been saved and transformed by organ and tissue donation thanks to Gift of Life’s dedicated staff and generous community. Join us and help save lives. If you are interested in applying, email [email protected]. See all current openings: https://lnkd.in/ehS33pMq

Gift of Life was proud to award a Certificate of Completion to Juniata College students Alicia Elder and Calvin German following a unique 10-week summer internship with Gift of Life Institute. The Juniata College Internship program was established by Gift of Life Transplant Foundation Executive Director and former Gift of Life Donor Program President & CEO Howard Nathan. Gift of Life offers two highly accomplished Juniata students with an interest in science the opportunity to interact with and learn from experts and physicians in the organ and tissue donation and transplantation field. Howard, a Juniata alumnus, presented Alicia and Calvin with their certificates. Pictured (from left to right) are Gift of Life Institute Clinical Education Project Manager Laura Robinson, Alicia, Calvin, Howard and Gift of Life Institute Senior Director Theresa Daly. This program is made possible by the Howard M. and Lizabeth A. Nathan Scholarship in partnership with Gift of Life’s Transplant Foundation. Honor Gift of Life's 50 years of saving lives by helping us register 50,000 more organ donors. Together, we can provide hope to the thousands waiting for transplant. Sign up to become a donor today at www.donors1.org/register