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Share your story!
Do you support organ and tissue donation? Have you been affected by organ donation? Then visit the Share page and submit your story to this website!
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Win a $500, $250, or $100 Visa gift card! The University at Buffalo and New York Alliance for Donation are sponsoring a competition to promote awareness and enrollment in New York State's organ and tissue donation program. It's simple to participate - you just need to enroll online and get your friends to do the same! Visit the contest information page for more information.
What's New
Check out the newly released NY Donates Life video, 'Wasted Value', on YouTube. Be sure to share it with your friends to encourage them to register to become organ donors at NYDonatesLife.
In The News
Matches for Life
Online matchmaking sites advertise they can find soul mates and can hook users up with the partner of their dreams. A Web site co-created by a Jamestown resident is matching people up as well, but in an entirely different way. More
Parents' decision benefits others
Below is a clip from CNN's coverage of the funeral of 7-year old Asa Hill. Asa died from injuries sustained in a car accident on the I-190 in Buffalo, NY. His parents made the decision to donate his organs and people all across the country benefited from their decision!
Mission
We are dedicated to increasing organ and tissue donation throughout New York State by enhancing awareness and emphasizing the needs and benefits of donation and transplantation.
Why should you consider becoming an organ and tissue donor?
Your decision to be an organ and tissue donor may save or enhance the lives of up to 50 people. Read more about the benefits of organ and tissue donation.
Facts About Donation
People of all ages and medical histories should consider themselves potential donors. Although the medical condition of the donor at the time of death will determine what organs and tissue can be donated, organ donation is an act of caring and love supported by all major religions in the U.S. Learn more facts about organ and tissue donation.
This grant-funded project promotes organ donation among young adults in New York State. The project is supported by Grant # D71HS09611 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of Transplantation. Its contents are solely the responsibility of New York Alliance for Donation, Inc. and do not necessarily represent the official views of the HRSA.
Questions about this project can be addressed to Melanie Evans or Michael Stefanone.
