Donate Life New England

01/06/2022

All Donate Life content now posts at the New England Donor Services page and not this one, so click on over to the NEDS page and LIKE us there! https://www.facebook.com/NewEnglandDonorServices

New England Donor Services coordinates organ and tissue donation in CT, NH, MA, RI, ME and VT.

06/01/2021

In the community, love is love! 🏳️‍🌈 Who you love does not change your ability to save lives through organ donation. Everyone is encouraged to register their decision to be a lifesaving organ donor today at RegisterMe.org!

05/31/2021

“Henry Wix was two months shy of graduating from college and starting his life as an officer in the U.S. Army when a ruptured brain aneurysm took his life. Henry always wanted to lead a mission and be a hero. Henry did lead a mission but not the kind he envisioned. He became the hero he always wanted to be by donating organs and tissue for the betterment of others. A truly heroic act." - Donna Wix, Henry's Mom | Register your decision to be an organ and tissue donor at RegisterMe.org.

05/28/2021

A big blue & green thank you to Londonderry High School Senior, Andrew Johnson, for hosting a concert to benefit New England Donor Services as part of his senior project! Andrew’s dad, Daniel, was a life-healing tissue donor in 2016. At times before each set, Andrew shared the meaningful connection between the song and his dad, and reminded the audience to please register as organ and tissue donors. Andrew and his band/crew wore shirts that clearly stated !

Not sure if you've your decision to be an organ and tissue donor? Take 45 seconds to complete the online form at RegisterMe.org. ✅

05/26/2021

Woo hoo! 👟 All runners in this year’s will have the option of running the race IN PERSON! Up for the challenge? Join Team New England Donor Services and help support our mission of saving and healing lives through organ and tissue donation. Contact Caitlyn at [email protected] for information on signing up!

05/26/2021

One donor has the power to save up to 8 lives through organ donation and heal the lives of 75 people through tissue donation. Have you registered your decision to be a donor?
🔗RegisterMe.org

05/24/2021

: A beautiful story about the oldest recorded organ donor in the United States!

This is a powerful reminder that no matter your age, you can register your decision to be an organ and tissue donor at RegisterMe.org or in your iPhone Health App. Center for Organ Recovery & Education

It is with great pride that we share the monumental news that CORE recently recovered the liver from the oldest recorded organ donor in United States history, as confirmed by the United Network for Organ Sharing — 95-year-old Cecil F. Lockhart of Welch, West Virginia. Read more about this historic milestone: https://bit.ly/3hnrUFk

“CORE is incredibly proud to have been able to make this historic organ donation possible,” said Susan Stuart, CORE president & CEO. “This landmark in the field of transplantation is just another example of CORE’s pioneering legacy and commitment to innovation, which, over the last 40 years, has given 6,000 people in the United States the opportunity to save more than 15,000 others as organ donors.”

No matter your age or medical history, you can register as an organ, tissue and cornea donor at registerme.org/core.

05/23/2021

After losing Jeff, a fellow Athol Lions Club member of 23 years who went on to be a life-healing tissue donor, Tom and Joanne Rich made three beautiful Donate Life comfort blankets for his family. May these blankets provide solace, and serve as a caring reminder of the life changing gifts Jeff gave to those in need. Lions Organ Donation Awareness Program

05/21/2021

Together with Donate Life Connecticut, New England Donor Services is proud to present Optum with a Employer Recognition Award! This award honors an employer or workplace that went above and beyond in support of an employee during their donation or transplant experience. Judi Edwards, pictured here with the award alongside Vice President and General Manager, David Withee, nominated her workplace following her altruistic living kidney donation in June of 2020. Judi shares, “There was only support and encouragement in the journey. I’d have expected nothing less of my leaders and of Optum/UnitedHealth Group, but the support and seamless internal processing/planning made the time away for donation “business as usual” from a work perspective.”

Judi hopes sharing her experience will inspire others to consider living donation and become more aware of their company’s benefits. Congratulations, and thank you Optum for your positive workplace culture towards allowing staff to give back to others through organ donation!

05/20/2021

Please join us in congratulating Shelbye Maynard, OR Nurse Manager at Saint Francis Hospital, for recently receiving the Daisy Award! The Daisy Award is a nation-wide program that recognizes excellence in nursing. NEDS Hospital Relations Coordinator, Heather Harris, nominated Shelbye for her outstanding support for organ donation. Heather shares, “Shelbye established the Honor Walk with the MSICU staff so that all organ donors at Saint Francis are honored throughout the transition from the ICU to OR. She is an excellent support system for donor families and is committed to making sure they know their loved one will continue to be cared for with respect and dignity after they leave the ICU.”

Thank you, Shelbye, for your compassionate dedication!

05/17/2021

05/17/2021

On April 23, the hallways of Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, were lined with hospital staff members to honor the life of Cliffton Dubois, a 19-year old organ donor, as he was wheeled down for his honor walk. Read about Cliffton's generous gift and how his mom is finding peace. https://www.primehealthcare.com/News/2021/May/Clifftons-Generous-Gift.aspx