Drag Queen Bingo
Friday, June 9, 2023
7:00-10:00 p.m.
at The Carousel Museum, Bristol
Barbra Joan Streetsand and Summer Orlando will not only be your bingo callers for the night but will entertain you with a performance you won't want to miss! Get your bingo daubers and feather boas ready! This will be a fun-filled night with a mix of bingo games and performances and will support Donate Life Connecticut. Click for details!
Donate Life Connecticut is partnering with RiseUP for Arts to create a public art mural in Hamden 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
Stories of Hope Mural Project
Please Join Us for Our
Stories of Hope - Mural Reveal
Thursday, June 22, 2023 - 5 - 7 p.m.
at the site of the mural
Alltown Fresh, 1941 Dixwell Ave., Hamden
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Bring the whole family to check out the finished mural.
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Meet the artist Micaela Levesque.
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Participate in art projects.
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Meet the mural participants.
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Raise awareness of the benefits of organ donation.
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Food and beverages will be provided, but please RSVP.
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.
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!
