
| Our mission: To inspire hope in transplant candidate, recipient and donor families through the promotion of donation awareness, the presentation of educational opportunities and the provision of comfort, support and encouragement throughout the transplant process. |
Promote awareness of organ, eye and tissue donation as an important social responsibility. Promote development and support mechanisms that improve the availability of organs and tissue on an equitable basis to meet the needs of transplant candidates. Provide support to transplant candidates, recipients and their families and help alleviate stress and problems associated with the transplant process.
Present education for transplant candidates, recipients, their families, and donors' families. Provide current information on developments in organ, eye and tissue donation, surgical procedures of transplantation, medications, social issues, and finances. Provide candidates and recipients an understanding of what they are and could be going through. Provide monthly updates on new and ongoing initiatives in the transplantation field by federal, state and local governmental bodies.
Provide advocacy for the concerns and needs that affect the welfare of transplant candidates, recipients, their families and donor families, and make those needs known to federal, state and local governmental bodies. Effectively communicate to the general public the views of transplant candidates, recipients, their families and donor families on issues in the field of transplantation and organ, eye and tissue donation.