The 2016 Donate Life Transplant Games will be held in Cleveland, OH June 10-15, 2016. The transplant games are held every 2 years, each time at a different location in the US. The games are a multi-sport festival to promote the need for … [Read more...]
April is National Donate Life Month
According to the Donate Life America 2015 Annual Update, 50% of the US Population, age 18 and older are designated organ donors! This makes for the largest “membership” organization in the country. In 2015, US transplants reached the over 30K … [Read more...]
March is National Eye Donor MOnth
March is Kidney Donor Month
The month of March is dedicated to raising awareness about improving and saving people’s lives with kidney failure through organ donation. There are over 121,000 people on the organ transplant waiting list and over 100,000 of those are waiting for a … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Gift of Life Celebrates Volunteers
On Thursday, February 18th, the Ultimate Gift of Life celebrated two years of success and thanked local volunteers for all their help in making it happen. Since its inception in January of 2014, the local non-profit has reached over 6,025 people with … [Read more...]
A Successful Year Made Possible by our Volunteers
Kristy Vandenberg interviews Janet Bacon Everett
Kristy Vandenberg with The Ultimate Gift of Life interviews Janet Bacon Everett, double lung and kidney transplant recipient. … [Read more...]
National Minority Donor Awareness Week
National Minority Donor Awareness Week August 1-7, 2015 In its 18th year, National Minority Donor Awareness Week was created to increase awareness of the need for more organ, eye, and tissue donors, especially among minorities. Minorities make up … [Read more...]
Kristy Vandenberg interviews Living Donor Pat Mossman about donating his kidney
Kristy Vandenberg with The Ultimate Gift of Life interviews Living Donor Pat Mossman who donated his kidney to his brother-in-law. … [Read more...]
Hollie Whitaker – Organ Donor
My name is Hollie and I am an organ donor. My big brother is my best friend and went into renal failure at the age of 39 due to unmanaged high blood pressure. According to the E.R doctor it was a miracle that he was able to walk into the E.R ... … [Read more...]
