
Featured | April 16, 2025
Michigan Senate recognizes April as Donate Life Month, introduces new bills focused on organ, eye and tissue donation education
Today, the Michigan Senate adopted Sen. Kevin Daley’s (R-Lum) resolution to recognize April 2025 as Donate Life Month. Celebrated each April, the national observance is a time to raise awareness about organ, eye and tissue…
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Blog, News | April 13, 2023
Proposed state bills would educate and register more donors
Check Your Heart Act would add donation question to income tax form Patrick Wells-O’Brien spends a lot of time generating innovative ideas about how to add thousands of names to the state’s Organ Donor Registry….
Blog, News | April 5, 2023
Bill would add organ donor registry question to state income tax forms
If passed, Michigan would be the first in the nation to do so Key legislation introduced on March 24 would include an important question on state of Michigan income tax forms: Would you like to…
Blog, News | January 9, 2023
Gift of Life Michigan sets record for organ, tissue donors in 2022
Gift of Life Michigan helped a record 463 people become organ donors and 1,821 give the gift of tissue last year, saving thousands of lives and healing tens of thousands more. The 2022 figures represent…
Blog, News | December 22, 2022
Bloomfield Hills couple pledges $125,000 to Gift of Life Michigan
Donation will support award-winning youth education program Pamela and Krishna Sawhney of Bloomfield Hills have donated $125,000 over five years to Gift of Life Michigan to support the organization’s award-winning student education program, All of…
Blog, News | December 9, 2022
Legislation prohibits discrimination in organ transplant system
HB 4762 protects disabled patients, helps save lives Legislation approved in the Michigan House of Representatives today will help ensure equity within the organ transplant system in the state. House Bill 4762, sponsored by State…
Blog, LifeLines, News | October 11, 2022
Gift of Life Michigan calls for action as Michigan Organ Donor Registry grows at the slowest pace since its founding
About 2,400 patients are waiting in Michigan this month for a life-saving organ transplant. The best way to save their lives is to grow the Michigan Organ Donor Registry. More than 90% of all registrations…
Blog, News | October 6, 2022
Gift of Life Michigan, DNR team up to save lives
New partnership will ask hunters, anglers to ‘Check Your Heart’ Hunters and anglers in Michigan will now be asked a new question after they purchase or renew their licenses through the Michigan Department of Natural…
Blog, News | September 9, 2022
U.S. reaches historic milestone of 1 million organ transplants
Gift of Life Michigan joins national ‘Living it Forward’ initiative to advance next million Ann Arbor, MI – The U.S. organ donation system has made history, surpassing 1 million organ transplants, according to the United…
Blog, LifeLines, News | July 27, 2022
LIFE Walk returns to historic Belle Isle for 25th year
News | July 26, 2022
Donation supporters rally for “Check Your Heart” at Michigan capitol
News | July 25, 2022
Donate Life Day at the Zoo celebrates organ donors, transplant recipients and life
Gift of Life’s largest outreach event returns to the popular John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids on Aug. 13. Donate Life Day at the Zoo returns to an in-person event after the primarily virtual platform…
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