TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE
2026 DLC GALA
Every transplant has a story. Every story has a team.
Saturday, October 3, 2026 | The Hotel Marcel | New Haven, CT | 6:00 PM
For 41 years, Donate Life Connecticut has been the heartbeat of organ, eye, and tissue donation awareness in our state. We educate communities, support donor families, celebrate the heroic recipients whose lives are transformed by the generosity of others, and honor the transplant professionals who dedicate their lives to this work.
Tickets are $150 per person + processing fee.
The Symphony of Life! Honoring Transplant Professionals. Inspiring Hope.
Sponsorship Opportunities are Now Available
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It Takes a Symphony to Make a Second Chance Possible
A transplant may happen in an operating room, but no transplant happens because of one person alone.
Behind every second chance is an extraordinary community of surgeons, physicians, nurses, transplant coordinators, social workers, donor professionals, caregivers, donor families, recipients, living donors, advocates, and supporters.
On Saturday, October 3, Donate Life Connecticut will bring this remarkable community together for The Symphony of Life, an evening of music, storytelling, celebration, connection, and hope.
Throughout 2026, members of Connecticut’s transplant community nominated the professionals whose expertise, compassion, advocacy, and leadership made a profound difference in their lives.
At the gala, we will celebrate all of our 2026 Transplant Heroes and present special Transplant Hero Awards to Dr. Dina Al Rameni and Dr. Hiroshi Sogawa.
Different roles. Different gifts. One extraordinary community.