LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services

LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services Honoring life through organ donation since 1966. We are a nonprofit division of UF Health Shands Hospital. Visit www.DonateLifeFlorida.org.

We are a non-profit organization serving Florida’s donation and transplantation community. We help those in need of life-saving transplants. It is the individuals in need who motivate us and the selfless donors who humble us. LifeQuest is a founding member of Donate Life Florida, a state-wide alliance of organ, tissue and eye recovery programs and other organizations interested in encouraging life-saving donation and increasing donor designations.

LifeQuest Ambassador Lucy Etheridge told students at Ponce de Leon High School how a kidney and liver transplant extende...
12/28/2025

LifeQuest Ambassador Lucy Etheridge told students at Ponce de Leon High School how a kidney and liver transplant extended and improved quality of life for her husband, Donald - a former principal at Bonifay Middle School. To learn more about organ donation, visit www.DonateLifeFlorida.org.

✨Imagine starting each day unsure if it will be your last. That’s what life is like for someone waiting for an organ don...
12/27/2025

✨Imagine starting each day unsure if it will be your last. That’s what life is like for someone waiting for an organ donation.
✨Visit www.DonateLifeFlorida.org

This Kwanzaa, honor the spirit of community. Becoming an organ donor is a life-giving act that strengthens us all. 🖤❤️💚V...
12/26/2025

This Kwanzaa, honor the spirit of community. Becoming an organ donor is a life-giving act that strengthens us all. 🖤❤️💚Visit www.DonateLifeFlorida.org.

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS  🎄💚🎁💙 🎄💚⭐💙✨💚Today is about love, generosity and sacrifice. As we gather with family, share...
12/25/2025

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄💚🎁💙 🎄💚⭐💙✨💚

Today is about love, generosity and sacrifice. As we gather with family, share a meal and unwrap presents, remember the greatest gifts aren’t found under the tree - they’re found in the lives we touch. ❤️🎁 🎄 Sharing the Gift of Life costs nothing, but it can mean everything.

This Christmas, consider giving a gift that lasts beyond the season. 📲 Scan the QR code to register as an organ, eye and tissue donor.

HO HO HO and Merry Christmas to our friends at Good Shepherd Catholic Parish Tallahassee and the Tallahassee Senior Cent...
12/24/2025

HO HO HO and Merry Christmas to our friends at Good Shepherd Catholic Parish Tallahassee and the Tallahassee Senior Center. What a gift it is to partner with you in our mission to save and improve lives this holiday season.🎁 🎄 ⭐

✨It was incredibly moving to spend time with families and friends of organ, eye, and tissue donors at Ascension Sacred H...
12/23/2025

✨It was incredibly moving to spend time with families and friends of organ, eye, and tissue donors at Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola, creating new ornaments for our annual Tree of Life. Each one represents love, remembrance, and so much joy - a beautiful reminder of lives that continue to give this holiday season. 💚🎁💙

Students at Amos P. Godby High School guess Siouxniqua Smith is 20 years younger than she is - her secret? A kidney tran...
12/22/2025

Students at Amos P. Godby High School guess Siouxniqua Smith is 20 years younger than she is - her secret? A kidney transplant! 💚 After losing much of her hair and spending six years on the waitlist, she shares how an didn’t just save her life - it transformed it. ✨✨✨✨✨

🎁The gift of life is the gift that keeps giving. 🗣Talk to your family and register today at www.DonateLifeFlorida.org
12/22/2025

🎁The gift of life is the gift that keeps giving.
🗣Talk to your family and register today at www.DonateLifeFlorida.org

Even the Grinch couldn’t steal our holiday cheer! 🎄💚 We had a jolly time at Lake Jackson Community Center sharing the gi...
12/20/2025

Even the Grinch couldn’t steal our holiday cheer! 🎄💚 We had a jolly time at Lake Jackson Community Center sharing the gift of organ donation this Christmas season. 🎁✨

Big hearts 💙💚 and great conversations 🗣💬at  Hawthorne Middle/High School. 🎉 LifeQuest Ambassadors Jackie Collins and May...
12/19/2025

Big hearts 💙💚 and great conversations 🗣💬at Hawthorne Middle/High School. 🎉 LifeQuest Ambassadors Jackie Collins and May Stuart chatted with students about organ donation - sharing stories, answering questions and showing how one simple decision can save lives. These students brought the energy, curiosity and future life-saving spirit! 🙌 Explore more at www.DonateLifeFlorida.org.

Merry Christmas 🎁🎄and Happy Hanukkah 🕎 to our friends at the Franklin County Tax Collector's Office. You are a small but...
12/18/2025

Merry Christmas 🎁🎄and Happy Hanukkah 🕎 to our friends at the Franklin County Tax Collector's Office. You are a small but MIGHTY part of our team. Thank you for promoting organ, eye and tissue donation each and every day, along with Franklin County Sheriff's Office, A.J. "Tony" Smith, Sheriff and Franklin County High School Florida.

Santa waits to surprise children at Ascension Sacred Heart Bay  in Panama City. Family and friends of organ, eye and tis...
12/17/2025

Santa waits to surprise children at Ascension Sacred Heart Bay in Panama City. Family and friends of organ, eye and tissue donors were invited to the hospital to create new Christmas ornaments for the hospital's "Tree of Life." 💚🎁💙🎁

The special Dec. 3 holiday tradition is supported by Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, LifeNet Health, LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services, and Lions World Vision Institute.

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4016 NW 22nd Avenue
Gainesville, FL
32605

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LifeQuest is a non-profit organization that is privileged and honored to serve and support Florida’s donation and transplantation community and help those in need of life-saving and life-enhancing transplants. It is the individuals in need who motivate us and the selfless donors who humble us. We are a founding member of Donate Life Florida, a state-wide alliance of organ, tissue and eye recovery programs and other organizations interested in encouraging life-saving donation and increasing donor designations.

LifeQuest is one of the nation’s 58 non-profit organ procurement organizations (OPOs). As an OPO, we partner with each hospital in our 36-county region of northern Florida to facilitate the donation process, to ensure that the family of each potential donor is compassionately offered the option to give the Gift of Life, and to honor all individuals’ donor directives. With more than 113,000 people on the national organ transplant waiting list, including more than 5,400 in Florida, our vision is for a transplant for every patient in need...

How can you help? Register your donor directive today by visiting the Donate Life Florida registry: www.DonateLifeFlorida.org.