ITASCA, Ill. (Jan. 10, 2019) – In 2017, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network made history by offering a record number of people the opportunity to say “yes” to becoming organ and tissue donors. Those records were shattered in 2018, with a 67 percent increase in tissue donors and 14 percent increase in organ [...]
Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network applauds the Obama administration announcement to implement key actions to reduce the organ waiting list. Itasca, Ill. (June 13, 2016) - More than 120,000 people are currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ. Today’s announcement outlined a new set of actions intended to improve outcomes for [...]
Gift of Hope Offers Thanks to North Suburban Business For Support of Organ and Tissue Donation In a twist on Giving Tuesday, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, normally on the receiving end of things in its work to recover and place donor organs with waiting recipients, publicly thanked a Highland Park, Ill., business on [...]
