April is National Donate Life Month

It’s amazing to think one person can save up to 8 lives through organ donation and provide healing for more than 75 through tissue donation. National Donate Life Month (NDLM) is a time to honor those generous donors who have saved and healed lives through the gift of donation. It’s also a time to raise awareness of organ, eye and tissue donation and encourage people to register their donation decision.

NDLM was established by Donate Life America (DLA) and its partnering organizations in 2003 and is observed annually each April. The 2026 theme, “Leave a Legacy,” uses trees as a symbol of life and connection. Just like trees grow and support each other in a forest, donation connects people – donors, recipients and their families. Like a tree that grows and stands for generations, a donor’s gift leaves a lasting legacy of hope and life.

During National Donate Life Month (NDLM) and throughout the year, you can help save and heal lives by: registering your decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor; learning more about living donation; and supporting the Donate Life cause. Your decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor gives hope to the 100,000 people on the national organ transplant waiting list who are waiting for a second chance at life.

More information about organ, eye and tissue donation is available at: lifelineofohio.org

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About Lifeline of Ohio: Founded in 1984, Lifeline of Ohio is an independent, non-profit organization that promotes and coordinates the donation of human organs and tissue for transplantation. Lifeline of Ohio serves approximately 100 hospitals and facilities in 38 counties in Ohio and 2 in West Virginia and is designated as an organ procurement organization through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.