While our downloadable fact sheets are being finalized, here are verified facts reporters can use today: Lifebanc is the nonprofit organ procurement organization serving 20 counties in Northeast Ohio, founded in 1986. One donor can save up to 8 lives through organ donation and heal more than 75 lives through tissue donation. More than 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list, including thousands of Ohioans. Current national transplant waiting list data is published by OPTN, the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. For national awareness campaigns and background on donation, reporters can also visit Donate Life America.
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Stay Home Ohio
While Ohio begins to carefully reopen, Lifebanc is working in...Continue reading→
Lifebanc Earns Healthy WorkPlace Award
Lifebanc, as a first-time applicant, earned a Bronze Award...Continue reading→
A new life is created by a uterus transplant for the first time
As with many other areas of medicine, the life-saving and...Continue reading→
Dads are special. Especially those fathers whose lives have been impacted by organ, eye, and tissue donation.
Register to be an organ donor today PAUL WITZIGREUTER –...Continue reading→
When a bout with the flu requires a hero
As a busy wife and mom, Theresa thought she would be over the flu in no time. When she continued to feel bad, even after multiple trips to the doctors, her flu turned into a life-threatening situation.Continue reading→
Lifebanc is going Over The Edge with its newest event
Help us raise organ, eye and tissue donation awareness to...Continue reading→
More lives saved by Northeast Ohio organ, eye and tissue donors in 2018 than ever before
Organ, eye and tissue donors in Northeast Ohio saved more...Continue reading→
An Unusual Request Bonds Three Remarkable Women
Sandra Bennington’s heart was heavy when she learned that her...Continue reading→
Lifebanc holds pinwheel ceremony and dedicates its new Legacy Tree
On a beautiful July afternoon, Lifebanc welcomed around 50 supporters...Continue reading→
2018 Big Mike Memorial Bike Run
Michael Todd Kerr was the kind of person who would...Continue reading→
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