Community
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Roxanne advocates for the gift of life through organ donation.
Join our community of organ transplant candidates, recipients, living donors, families and friends who are interested in learning more about the transplant experience. We’ll provide you with tools and information to help you and your loved ones before, during and after your transplant.
Stories of hope
Change of heart – Giving back to mankind
My transplant journey literally and figuratively led to a change of heart. I’ve been inspired to give back to the world and to the communities around me.
A new heart during the COVID-19 pandemic
Struggling with a heart condition diagnosed in 2004, Jesse received a heart transplant during the COVID-19 pandemic.
My Lung Transplant Journey
My transplant story begins back when I was 4 years old before we ever knew it where it would lead. At that age, I received a diagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Support groups
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Contact your donor family
There are important things to know when you decide to contact your donor family.
UNOS ambassador
Promote organ donation and transplantation.
In the news
My second chance, thanks to an organ donor!
I received a kidney on February 5, 2019 from a young deceased organ donor. My donor and their family has given a second chance at life to a daughter, granddaughter, niece, aunt, friend, wife and mother. Words can't even express the gratitude my family and I have for...
New booklet advises parents of pediatric transplant patients
A new resource booklet, “What Every Parent Needs to Know,” is available for parents and caregivers of children and adolescents who need or receive an organ transplant.
UNOS celebrates 34th anniversary founding
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) was founded March 21, 1984, by the leadership of the South-Eastern Organ Procurement Foundation (SEOPF). UNOS was intended to become the nation’s organ transplant network, an idea that was still in development as Congress worked...