Programs & Events
Join us throughout the year at community and public programs and events at which our Gift of Hope staff and Ambassador for Hope volunteers are engaged with community advocates and providing education about life-giving organ, eye and tissue donation.
Upcoming Events
Community Resource Fair
Heyworth Concessions & Registration Table
Gift of Hope will help with the concession stand, as well as hold a table to register the public as organ and tissue donors.
Canton Care Fair
A free event connecting individuals with programs that help address real-life needs.
Virtual Open Grief Support Group for Donor Families
We welcome all donor families to join us monthly for our Open Grief Support Group via Zoom. We meet the first Tuesday of every month 6 – 7 p.m. CST. Reach out to Donor Family Services for the Zoom link.
Candle Making Workshop
We invite donor families to celebrate their loved one at this memory making event. An instructor will help guide us as we create a keepsake candle in honor of our loved one and their legacy. We will have the opportunity to share stories and connect with one another. Registration is required for this event.
Annual donation and transplantation observances
February
- National Donor Day, Feb. 14
March
- Doctors Day, March 30
April
- National Donate Life Month
- National Donate Life Living Donor Day
- National Donate Life Blue and Green Day
- National Pediatric Transplant Week
- Transplant Nurses Week
September
- National Hispanic Heritage Month
November
- Eye Donation Month
- Faith and Hope Month
- National Donor Sabbath