GIVING TUESDAY
Mark your calendars and support Donate Life CT on Giving Tuesday - November 28, 2023.
Donate Life CT is a non-profit organization that depends on the generosity of our supporters to continue our mission of increasing awareness of the life-saving benefits of organ donation.
Through your generous contributions, we can continue our essential mission.
Stories of Hope Mural Project
Donate Life Connecticut has partnered with RiseUP for Arts to create public art murals to:
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raise awareness of the life-saving benefits of organ donation
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encourage donor registration
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honor donors, donor families, and organ recipients
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honor professionals in the organ transplant community
Our First Mural is Complete!
Thank you to all who made this possible. This is the first in a series of murals that will continue to bring awareness to the life-saving and enhancing benefits of organ donation.
Watch for additional murals to come.
Stop by and view the mural at
Alltown Fresh, 1941 Dixwell Ave., Hamden
Check out the wonderful article in the New Haven Register and Journal Inquirer.
Learn more about the types of organ donation and the organs that can be transplanted.
Living donation is an opportunity to save a life while you are still living. Learn more here.
Myths and misinformation exist around organ donation. Learn the facts here.
Transplants offer patients a new chance at healthy, productive, normal lives.
Meet some organ recipients..
More than 1,000 people in Connecticut alone are awaiting a life-saving organ donation. They may be your neighbors or co-workers. View the video below to hear how lives have been changed and people just like you have been given a second chance at life.
Request a Speaker
Donate Life Connecticut representatives and volunteers are always willing to speak about donation. There are many appropriate ways to discuss donation in a public setting, such as during:
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elementary, middle school, or high school classes
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teacher's conferences
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driver's education classes
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religious group meetings
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staff meetings
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civic and service group meetings
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health fairs
If you are interested in having a DLC representative speak at your event, please contact us. Thank you.
VISION.
This volunteer-based coalition believes that working together with a common voice is the best way to reach the goal of increasing the donor registry, which will inevitably impact the number of transplants that give new life and hope to people suffering from fatal illness or life threatening injury.
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MISSION.
Donate Life Connecticut is dedicated to the purpose of public education and awareness for all Connecticut residents concerning the lifesaving benefits of organ and tissue donation and increasing the number of registered donors.
Connecticut Donation Statistics
Time Frame | Total Organs | Deceased Organs | Living Organs |
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2023 to Date | 533 | 415 | 118 |
2022 | 193 | 116 | 77 |
You too can save lives. Register to be a donor today!
