Donate Life Virginia News

April is National Donate Life Month

By Lara Malbon / April 1, 2021

A month to honor and celebrate. Here in Virginia, April is a beautiful time of year. The weather gets warmer. Nature awakens from its winter slumber. And life flourishes all around. But maybe the most important thing about April is that it’s National Donate Life Month (NDLM). During this month-long celebration, you can take part…

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Donate Life Virginia celebrates National DMV Appreciation Month for the first time

By Lara Malbon / August 31, 2020

National DMV Appreciation Month recognizes the vital role of Virginia DMV in saving and healing lives. DMV staff ask the donor registration question to customers every day. Our DMV partners are the people on the front lines of service who have helped more than 160 million people across the country to register their decision to…

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Donate Life Virginia to honor living donor on NASCAR driver Joey Gase’s race car

By Lara Malbon / August 23, 2020

Donate Life Virginia is teaming up with NASCAR driver Joey Gase to honor living kidney donor Christopher Woody, Sr. on Gase’s #51 Donate Life Virginia Ford Cup Car for the Federated Auto Parts 400 race on September 12 at Richmond Raceway. Woody, 35, donated his kidney to a cousin in 2013 and hopes to donate…

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National Minority Donor Awareness Month

By Lara Malbon / July 31, 2020

2020 is the perfect time to hear our Call – ONE VOICE, ONE VISION …TO HEAL AND SAVE LIVES National Minority Donor Awareness Month is a collaborative effort by the National Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation Multicultural Action Group to save and improve the quality of life of diverse communities by creating a positive culture…

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Black History Month

By Lara Malbon / February 10, 2020

For Black History Month, we are recognizing the more than 19,000 black living donors who gave the gift of life. Each year, less than a third of the patients on the national waiting list receive a transplant, and on average, 22 people die each day while waiting. Our limited supply of deceased donor organs cannot…

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