Donor Families & Recipients

Help with correspondence. Information on donation outcomes. Tributes to honor the donation decision. These are just some of the aftercare services our Donor Family Services staff offers to donor families and transplant recipients. Our goal is to honor legacies, connect lives and offer solace in knowing that others live on through a loved one’s gift of hope.

News For You

Families, Friends Honor Loved Ones at
2011 Donor Family Tribute

More than 500 donor family members and friends attended the 2011 Donor Family Tribute held September 10 in Peoria. This year’s tribute featured two sessions—one in the morning and one in the afternoon—held on the same day. Gift of Hope and the Illinois Eye-Bank have been honoring donors and their families at A Day of Hope and Remembrance at Wildlife Prairie State Park since 1998. If you couldn’t attend the event or want to relive an important part of it, view the Memorial Slide Presentation.

.........................................................................

Inspirations: Our Online Tribute Book

Many donor families and transplant recipients share their donation experiences in Inspirations, our online Donor Family and Transplant Recipient Tribute Book. We invite you to read their stories and hope they will inspire you write your own and make the decision to donate life.

Honoring Those Who Gave:
Donor Family Tributes

Grateful to Those Who Gave:
Transplant Recipient Tributes

.........................................................................