Event Calendar
Join us throughout the year at community and public programs at which our Gift of Hope staff and volunteers are engaged with community advocate and providing education about life-giving organ, eye and tissue donation.
In addition to our public programs and fundraisers below, please check our programs specifically for:
- Donor families
- Hospital professionals
- Funeral service professionals
- Medical examiners, coroners, state’s attorneys and law enforcement
Virtual Writing Workshop
March 19, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Donor family members and organ transplant recipients are invited to learn about Gift of Hope’s correspondence program, connect with one another while discussing their correspondence journeys and help each other with their letters.
Contact Donor Family Services to register.
During National Donate Life Month many landmarks, municipalities and businesses in our donation service area will “Light It Up Purple” in public display of support for organ and tissue donation. If you’re in the area, take a photo and tag us on social at @giftofhope!
- April 1 – 3: Willis Tower, Chicago, Ill.
- April 1 – 5: Murray Baker Bridge, Peoria, Ill.
- April 1 – 7: Morgan Street Bridge, Rockford, Ill.
- April 4: Nicholas Conservatory and Garden, Rockford, Ill.
- April 6 – 7: Navy Pier Centennial Ferris Wheel, Chicago, Ill.
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 1, 8 a.m.
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, 1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, Ill.
Contact: Jamie Martin
Virtual Open Grief Support Group: for donor families
April 2, 6 p.m., Virtual
We welcome all donor families to join us monthly for our Open Grief Support Group via Zoom on the first Tuesday of every month from 6-7 p.m. CST.
Contact: donorfamilies@giftofhope.org
National Donate Life Month: Donor Registration Event
April 3, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, 300 S. Randall Rd., Geneva, Ill.
Stop by the Gift of Hope organ & tissue donor registration table to learn about donation and register your decision as a life-giving organ, eye and tissue donor.
Contact: Tamara O’Connell
Memory Box Assembly Workshop
April 6, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Gift of Hope, 425 Spring Lake Drive, Itasca, Ill.
All who have been touched by donation are invited to connect during this workshop while assembling memory boxes to be given to future donor families.
Contact Donor Family Services to register.
Organ Donation Awareness Night with the Rockford IceHogs
April 6, 7 – 10 p.m.
BMO Center, 300 Elm St., Rockford, Ill.
Contact: Luis Ortega
National Donate Life Month: Candle Lighting Ceremony and Donor Registration Event
April 7, 1 – 4 p.m.
Loyola Outpatient Center, 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood, Ill.
Contact: Tamara O’Connell
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 11, 10 a.m.
Advocate Condell Medical Center, 801 S. Milwaukee, Ave., Libertyville, Ill.
Contact: Sam Rzany
Mark your calendar and follow us on Facebook for updates and announcements!
Annual donation and transplantation observances
February
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
August
September
November
- Eye Donation Month
- Faith and Hope Month
- National Donor Sabbath