Events

Gift of Life is excited to announce that we are bringing the ZOO to YOU again this year! Join us to celebrate West Michigan organ and tissue donors, transplant recipients and community partners – VIRTUALLY!

Join us for a virtual conversation with local faith leaders to inspire change and provide hope.

This 1.5 hour event for respiratory therapists will provide information and inspiration on the RT role in the organ donation process and donor management. Participants will hear a personal story from donor mother Kathleen Vogelsang, and learn more about the donation process from a family’s perspective.

The event will be held virtually through Airmeet. To RSVP please complete this form: https://bit.ly/BLintoDonation.  You will receive a link to the event via email.

The Gift of Life Michigan Campus Challenge gives school rivalries and competitive spirit a new purpose by saving and healing lives. The program is simple, easy and free. Through this annual competition, college students across the state have inspired more than 40,000 people to join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry.

• During the five-week Gift of Life Michigan Campus Challenge, colleges and universities compete to see which school can sign up the most people to donate life.
• Students, faculty and staff participate in the Campus Challenge through social media posts, newsletter articles, radio/TV interviews, etc.
• Each participating school gets free digital resources.
• Each school receives a unique link to the donor registry and receives a point every time someone uses that link to sign up as an organ donor. Scores are shown in real time on Gift of Life Michigan’s website.

Learn more and sign up for the 2022 Campus Challenge at golm.org/campus!

So you’ve signed up to become an organ and tissue donor. Now what? How do doctors know you are a donor? What makes someone eligible to donate? How are the donor’s organs matched with patients who need a transplant?

Join Tanya Smith, community outreach coordinator, as she speaks to Kimberly Uccellini from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to learn more about how a donor in Michigan is matched to someone on the national transplant waiting list.

Register to get a link by email, or catch this program on YouTube, Facebook or LinkedIn.

Join us for this virtual event to expand your knowledge and be inspired!

Mental Health Matters in Transplantation: Healing of the Mind & Body

7.5 CEs are available for physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains.

• $40 for physicians
• $20 for nurses, social workers
• $5 for chaplains, students

#DYK Gift of Life Michigan recently became certified as a Great Place to Work? We’re going to chat with a new employee, a long-time employee, and the director of Human Resources to find out why!

Let’s Talk on Wednesday at 2:00 on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Learn more about career opportunities at our growing non-profit organization on our website.

Funeral professionals are invited to join us for a free educational and professional development event. Learn best practices, insight into the donation process, and opportunities for improved collaboration and communication to better serve families.

Join the Gift of Life Foundation, in partnership with family and friends of donor Cody Baron, as the Detroit Red Wings take on the Ottawa Senators on Friday, April 1. It will be 6 years to the day since Cody gave the gift of life to others.

Buy tickets now!

Guests will have access to Heritage Hall and opportunities to win a Red Wings gift basket, a chance to view warm-ups from the penalty box and the ever-popular Zamboni ride-along.   Net proceeds from the Charity Hockey Game will benefit the Gift of Life Foundation. The funds raised will be used to support grieving donor families, as well as help transplant recipients with healthcare costs. Foundation programming also focuses on community education about organ, tissue and eye donation.   “We are always looking for new ways to connect with donor families, honor their loved ones, and spread the message of organ and tissue donation,” said Susan Rink, Chief of Philanthropy and Foundation Programs for the Gift of Life Foundation. “This partnership with Cody’s family and the Red Wings is special, and it will help a lot of people.”  Space is limited to 100 reserved tickets in the Gondola Deck.

Buy your tickets here: Detroit Red Wings vs Ottawa Senators

Today we celebrate the heroic, generous people who donate a part of themselves to others as living organ donors. Whether you gave a kidney, a lobe of your liver, or part of your lung – today we celebrate YOU!