National Donate Life Month
National Donate Life Month (NDLM) is celebrated every April and features a full month of activities to encourage organ donor registration.
CKF celebrated National Donate Life Month in April with various awareness programs and activities. Check out this year’s campaigns and activities below.
Donate Life Month 2024 Highlights
Give Hope Appeal
CKF launched its first annual Give Hope Appeal this Donate Life Month. Community members were invited to help pack shoeboxes with goodies for transplant candidates, new transplant recipients, transplant families, and living donors. We called on Ambassadors to collect boxes in their areas and deliver them to their local hospitals, partner organizations to place items in the boxes, and hospitals to distribute the boxes.
Solar Eclipse Party
There was a solar eclipse on April 8th! In keeping with this year’s Donate Life Month theme, Donors are Superstars, we encouraged individuals to host their own eclipse party to raise awareness. CKF provided solar eclipse glasses, educational materials, games, and swag.
We sent boxes to 25 events for 2,500 people in 11 different states!
Light It Up Green & Blue
Along with other Donate Life organizations, CKF asked prominent and notable buildings nationwide to light up green & blue.
APRIL 6
Minnesota (Minneapolis): I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge
April 8-12
Colorado (Denver): Colorado State Capitol House Porch, DaVita Headquarters, McNichols Civic Center
Wyoming (Casper): Platte River Trails Oil Derrick
APRIL 10
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): 1735 Market; Wells Fargo Center, Subaru of America, Symphony House Condo, Cira Centre, FMC Tower at Cira Centre South, The Bulletin Building, Cira South Garage
April 11
Colorado (Denver): City and County Building
APRIL 12
California (San Diego): San Diego Convention Center
Michigan (Grand Rapids): McKay Tower Dome
Minnesota (Minneapolis): Capella Tower
New York (Buffalo): Peace Bridge
North Carolina (Charlotte): Wells Fargo
Rhode Island (Jamestown): Sakonnet River Bridge
South Carolina (Myrtle Beach): SkyWheel
Wyoming (Laramie): Marian H Rochelle Gateway Center on University of Wyoming Campus
April 30
Oklahoma (Oklahoma City): Skydance Bridge
Texas (Houston): Houston City Hall
Donor Dudes Events
In honor of National Donate Life Month, individuals are encouraged to host their own awareness events in their school, college, workplace, or community. You can create your own event or pick an event from one of our event-in-a-box plans. CKF provides with all of the education materials, swag, and even guest speakers. We also sign off on any volunteer hours, and support in other ways when needed. Click below to learn more.
Proclamations
Thank you to the following Western Slope cities and towns that committed to Proclamations establishing NDLM at the local level!
Eagle, CO: View Proclamation
Snowmass, CO: View Proclamation
Montrose, CO: View Proclamation
Delta, CO: View Proclamation
Ridgway, CO: View Proclamation
Fruita, CO: View Proclamation
Glenwood Springs, CO: View Proclamation
