Be a Hero 5K

The Suwannee County Tax Collector’s Office hosted its Second Annual “Be a Hero 5K Family Fun Run/Walk” on April 21 to benefit Donate Life Florida. The National Donate Life Month event took place in Live Oak and had more than 75 participants. It raised more than $5,500 for Donate Life Florida. The inaugural 5K, held […]

Honoring the Gift

March 12, 2018: More than anything Libby Smith wants to thank the family of the 24-year-old woman who donated her heart and saved Libby’s life. But how do you thank someone you’ve never met for a gift you can never repay? “I never expected to feel like this,” Smith said, fumbling for the right words […]

For All the World to See

February 7, 2017: We work with the most incredible donor families who generously and heroically provide the Gift of Life to others. Some of these donor family members decide to volunteer with our cause, seeing a need to educate the public about the importance of organ and tissue donation while sharing their testimony. One of […]

Volunteer Spotlight: Cliff Gionet

January 8, 2017:  We are so fortunate to have phenomenal volunteers who work frequently and diligently to share the importance of organ and tissue donation and encourage others to register their decisions to become donors. Our volunteers assist us in countless ways, including presentations, administrative work, craft projects, organ donor registration stations and more. One […]

Tribute to Life

December 21, 2017: On October 20, approximately 150 guests gathered at Palms Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville Beach for LifeQuest’s annual Tribute to Life ceremony. This reverent event honors organ, tissue and eye donors, the donors’ families, living donors and transplant recipients. Twenty-three donor families were represented this year, and the families, living donors and recipients […]

A Champion for Donation

November 14, 2017 While Ben Anderson has not had a personal experience with organ donation and transplantation, the Okaloosa County Tax Collector and his employees are committed completely to the cause. “It’s such an honor to participate in the Donate Life program in Florida,” said Anderson. “It’s one of the most incredible programs that our […]

Outreach for Donor Families

October 23, 2017: There were a record-breaking number of organ transplants performed in 2016 and a record number of individuals who gave the Gift of Life. A total of 33,600 patients received the Gift of Life from 15,945 generous organ donors. That is 92 people each day whose lives were saved because another person or […]