Partnering with Gift of Life
Help Sign Up 50,000 More Organ Donors to Save More Lives
In honor of Gift of Life’s 50 years of saving lives, we have launched our “50,000 for 50” campaign to help register 50,000 more organ donors and provide hope to the thousands waiting for a transplant! As community partners, YOU are an essential part of this critically important effort to increase the donor registry and save more lives. We invite you to champion this important mission in your community with the resources provided in the following toolkit. This easy guide features information and action steps to enhance the overall health, vitality and productivity of our community.
Toolkit table of contents
Talking Points and Overall Campaign Messages
Sample Blog Post or Newsletter Article
There are so many ways to partner with Gift of Life Donor Program to bring organ and tissue donor awareness to your organization. Learn more below about how you can get involved and become a community partner.
Get involved
- Host a donor registration drive
- Encourage everyone in your office, congregation, campus or community to save lives by registering as an organ and tissue donor! To learn more and set up a drive, contact the community outreach team at communityoutreach@donors1.org
- Share the organ donor registration link
- Encourage employees and community partners to sign up to become a donor today at www.registerme.org/giftoflife
- Request a speaker for your event
- Interested in hosting an event to raise awareness for organ donation? Gift of Life staff, donor families and transplant recipients are available to speak! Request a speaker for your event.
- Share the life-saving power of organ donation on social media
- We have crafted sample social media posts you can share on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and more! Download sample posts!
We also encourage you to share the organ donor registration link with your employees and community partners. Sign up to become a donor today!
Join the many community organizations who support our mission to save and heal lives through organ and tissue donation.
Community programs
“It’s About Life” Grants
Gift of Life partners with faith-based organizations, service organizations and houses of worship to increase organ and tissue donation education and registrations. Learn more about our “It’s About Life” grants and contact the community outreach team at communityoutreach@donors1.org.
View and download “It’s About Life” grant flyer
Schools Programs & Student Education
Gift of Life offers education programs to provide students and educators information about organ and tissue donation. High schools and colleges are encouraged to share information on organ and tissue donation with their students.
Find resources for high school educators.
Learn more the “Spirit For Life” school grant
Find more information for college involvement with Gift of Life.
Community Events & Health Fairs
Health fairs and other community events are the perfect place to promote organ and tissue donation. Gift of Life can provide educational materials for tabling events for the general public.
You can request a speaker and materials.
Annual Events & Observances
Annual events and observances are another opportunity to engage our community and raise awareness for the life-saving power of organ donation.
Find more information on that programming below:
- National Donor Day- February 14th
- National Donate Life Month- April
- Gift of Life Donor Dash – April
- PA Donor Day – August 1
- National Minority Donor Awareness Month- August
- Gift of Life Donor Sabbath- November
For more information on any of the programming above, contact the Community Relations department at communityoutreach@donors1.org
Gift of Life Partners
Gift of Life Donor Program is proud to partner with the following organizations throughout our region.
Colleges
- Alvernia University 1853 Communications
- Arcadia University
- DeSales University Capstone Group
- La Salle University Delta Sigma Phi
- Millersville University PRSSA Chapter
- Penn State PRSSA Chapter
- Penn State Harrisburg Sigma Alpha Epsilon
- Rowan University PRSSA Chapter
- Shippensburg University PRSSA Chapter
- Susquehanna University
- University of Scranton
- Temple Student Nurse Association
- Temple University SODA Chapter
- University of Scranton Student Nurses Association
- Villanova University SODA Chapter
Community Partners
- Cody Barrasse Foundation
- David Nelson Jr. Memorial Fund
- Jessica Beth Schwartz Foundation
- John’s Driving School
- Kidney Foundation of Central PA
- Marion Luckers Kidney Foundation
- National Kidney Foundation
- Ryan Mohn Foundation
- SODA – Students for Organ Donation Awareness
Donor Dash Sponsors
- Altruvision (formerly Lions Eye Bank)
- AmeriHealth Caritas
- Artivion, Inc.
- ChristianaCare Kidney Transplant Program
- Cornerstone Institutional Investors, Inc.
- Cozen O’Connor
- CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting
- Eurofins Donor & Product Testing
- Gallagher Benefit Services
- Jefferson Health
- Lehigh Valley Health Network – Transplant
- LifeNet Health
- Main Line Health
- MTF Biologics
- Nationwide Organ Recovery Transport Alliance (NORA)
- Nemours Children’s Health
- Organ Recovery Systems
- Penn State Health – Hershey Medical Center
- Penn Transplant Institute
- Quick Courier Service, Inc
- Solvita (formerly CTS)
- St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
- Temple University Health System
- The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Venture Jets, Inc
- Wegmans
Grant Providers
Health Partners
High Schools
- Cedar Crest Middle School, Lebanon, PA
- Central High School, Philadelphia, PA
- Executive Education Academy Charter, Allentown, PA
- George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science, Philadelphia, PA
- Hazleton High School, Hazleton, PA
- Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Lancaster, PA
- Lancaster-Lebanon IU13
- Northeast High School, Philadelphia, PA
- Northeastern High School, York, PA
- Schaefferstown Mennonite High School, Schafferstown, PA
- Sun Area Technical Institute, New Berlin, PA
- West Philadelphia High School
- William Penn Senior High School, York, PA
Houses of Worship
“It’s About Life” Recent & Current Grantees
- African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas Gospel Choir
- Alliance of Black Social Workers
- AtlantiCare / Boys & Girls Club
- Barbers Who Care
- Bethany Baptist Church/Innovations Ministry
- Boomers R’ Heroes
- Community Hero Action Group
- Dare 2 Hope
- Dare 2 Imagine Church
- Further Her Consulting/Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
- Greater Faith Baptist Church
- Jehovah Jireh Baptist Church
- Lower North Philadelphia CDC
- New Philly Creators
- Saint Mark’s Lutheran Church
- Sistahs in Transformation
- Teaching to Change Lives/Jones Memorial Baptist Church
- The Rock Community Baptist Church
- The Show Me the Way Foundation
- The Welcome Table @ St. James
Media Partners
State Government Agencies
- Delaware (DE) Department of Education
- DE Department of Health
- DE Department of Transportation
- New Jersey (NJ) Department of Education
- NJ Department of Health
- NJ Department of Transportation
- Pennsylvania (PA) Department of Education
- PA Department of Health
- PA Department of Transportation