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Donate Life Month: UF Health Jacksonville

  March 26, 2024 10:00 a.m. LRC Auditorium University of Florida Health Jacksonville 655 W. Eighth Street, Jacksonville, FL UF Health Jacksonville is planning a very special ceremony leading up to National Donate Life Month. Join us as we raise the Donate Life flag in honor of the organ, tissue and eye donors who so […]

Donate Life Month: Mayo Clinic

Monday, April 1, 2024 12:00 p.m – 1:00 p.m. Mayo Clinic 4500 San Pablo Drive, Jacksonville, FL Mayo Clinic Jacksonville will hold a special ceremony during National Donate Life Month. Join us in Kinne Auditorium as we view the raising of the Donate Life flag in honor of the organ, tissue and eye donors who […]

Donate Life Month: HCA FLA Memorial Hospital

April 12, 2024 9:00 a.m. HCA FLA Memorial Hospital 3625 University Boulevard S., Jacksonville, FL HCA FLA Memorial Hospital plans a very special ceremony during National Donate Life Month. Hospital leaders and staff will raise the Donate Life flag and welcome speakers, including Bill and Suzanne Funke, whose son, Creighton Funke, became a donor at […]

Tribute to Life

Friday, October 25, 2024 7:00 p.m. EST Tribute to Life is an annual event that honors those who gave the Gift of Life through organ, tissue and eye donation. The next Tribute to Life program will take place at 7:00 p.m. EST on October 25, 2024, at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Much […]

National Donate Life Month: Ascension Health St. Vincent’s

Tuesday, April 23 at 10:00 am EST                                        Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside 4201 Belfort Road, Jacksonville, FL Ascension St. Vincent’s Health System leaders are planning a special ceremony marking National Donate Life Month 2024. This year’s event […]

Heard that Myth about Organ Donors?

January 22, 2019: Nearly 113,000 people in America are waiting for life-saving transplant surgeries. The sad truth is that many of them will die waiting. There are not enough registered organ donors to meet the need. Why? Myths about organ donation are a large part of the problem. There are myths about everything from the […]

Florida’s Donation Proclamation

Touched by the personal request from a Jacksonville kidney and pancreas recipient, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a proclamation declaring April as National Donate Life Month in the Sunshine State. In issuing the proclamation, the governor encouraged raising awareness about organ and tissue donation. “We are so proud that one of our own North Florida transplant […]