The year following Bob's transplant he gathered a few fellow tennis players from PGA National to help him raise money for organ donor awareness. Bob had recently been a heart transplant recipient himself and wanted to make people more aware of the need for organ and tissue donation. When he learned that there were very limited funds for such programs, he and his fellow friends created the Bob Swanson Give A Life Foundation.

Since its inception, the Foundation has been instrumental in working with local businesses, government and community groups, universities and schools to introduce organ donor awareness programs. Its members volunteer at local events to hand out information and donor cards. And, the Foundation works in conjunction with other non-profit organizations in combining educational and awareness programs.

The only reason that the vast majority of those people are waiting is that people are unaware of the importance of becoming an organ donor