Give A Life Foundation provides public awareness and education about organ & tissue donation in Southern Florida. By sharing facts and myths about organ and tissue donation, as well as donor family and organ recipient stories, we continue to educate the public about the vital role that the Give A Life Foundation plays in this essential community project.

Each year in April, during National Donor Awareness month, the Give A Life Foundation honors all donors and their families at a Donor Memorial Ceremony at the Give A Life Memorial Tower at Downtown at The Gardens in the heart of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

What you can do

• All individuals can indicate their intent to donate one or more of their organs by signing an organ donor card and advising their family of their wishes.  Medical suitability for donation is determined at the time of death.
   
• Discuss your decision with family members and loved ones. Even if you sign an organ donor card, it is essential that your family know your wishes.  Your family will be asked to sign a consent form in order for your donation to occur.
   
• Become a volunteer and work with us to promote organ donor awareness.  Volunteers are needed to help with mailings, work at local events, assist in fundraising activities, help with marketing and educational programs.  For more information, contact us at info@givealife.org
   
• Bob Swanson and other members of the organization are pleased to address your community, civic, social, religious or educational group on his experience as a transplant recipient and the importance of becoming an organ donor.
   
• Corporate educational participation is always needed and we are happy to work with your company in doing an organ donor drive or providing educational information for your employees.
   
• Corporate sponsorship participation is available for our annual fundraiser and other events throughout the year.  We can work with your marketing people to ensure that sponsorship opportunities are maximized.
   
• Financial contributions are always needed.  Consider attending our annual fundraiser or making a monetary pledge.

  
  
• Request GALF to present our Workplace Partner Initiative.
  

Share your life

Organ transplantation is one of the most remarkable success stories in the history of medicine. Transplants provide hope for the more than 90,000 people with organ failure now waiting on the transplant list. In addition, hundreds of thousands of lives can be improved with tissue transplants.
One donor can save up to eight lives and enhance the lives of up to fifty others with eye, bone, and tissue transplants. Unfortunately many organs go unused due to fear, lack of knowledge, and misconception. Sadly, an average of 18 people die every day waiting for a transplant.

• Donation is only considered after all efforts to save your life have been made, brain death has been declared by two different doctors, and your family has been consulted.

• People of all ages are potential donors.

• There are no additional hospital or medical charges to the donor family

• All major religions approve of organ donation and consider it to be the greatest gift of all.

Share your Decision

While you can indicate your desire to donate your organs on your driver’s license and by signing an organ donor card, organ donation is always discussed with family members before donation. To make sure that your family knows of your wishes, it is vital to discuss your decision with them as soon as possible. Please contact the Give A Life Foundation for Organ Donor Cards and other information for your family, friends and colleagues.