04/01/2026
April 1st is National Living Donor Day and April is National Donate Life Month!
Hi all, Sarah here. I have been celebrating Donate Life month for many years with my dad, but now April, and especially today, takes on an extra special meaning.
In honor of Living Donor Day, I wanted to share this picture we took with my donor, Ryan, and his fiancée Lindsay when we went out to dinner three days before our surgeries. I am extremely lucky to know my donor and be able to have the relationships that we all do to be able celebrate the experience this way.
Living donation can look a lot of different ways: most often, it is a family member if possible. In my case it was a friend who felt drawn to help. On the rare occasion, an “altruistic” donor signs up with no particular person in mind, but wants to contribute to help a stranger.
Living donors actually help save two lives: their recipient and the next person waiting on the donation list.
In honor of this month, I ask everyone to please consider organ donation, whether it be living or listing 💚