National Donate Life Month (NDLM) was established by Donate Life America and its partnering organizations in 2003. Observed in April each year, National Donate Life Month helps raise awareness about donation, encourages Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honors those who have saved lives through the gift of donation.
Let Life Sing
In 2025, let life sing! Birds are known across many cultures as one of the most welcomed and visible signs of spring. They represent both new beginnings and visits from loved ones who have passed away. The yearly return of birds and their songs offer us a sense of peace and hope.
National Donate Life Month is a time to educate about organ, eye and tissue donation, and to honor and remember donors and the lives they have saved and healed. Your decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor gives hope to the 100,000 people on the national organ transplant waiting list who are waiting for a second chance at life.
During National Donate Life Month and throughout the year, join us in helping save and heal lives: register your decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor, learn more about living donation, and support the Donate Life cause.
Get out in your local community and on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and DonateLife.net to help us honor donors, recipients, and their families and caregivers. We will also be recognizing the clinical teams continuing their dedicated work during this time to help honor the gift of donation and save the lives of those waiting for a second chance at life.
National Donate Life Month Celebrations
- Donate Life Living Donor Day is April 2, 2025
- Blue & Green Spirit Week starts April 5, 2025
- National Donate Life Blue & Green Day is Friday, April 11, 2025
- National Pediatric Transplant Week is April 20-26, 2025
Below are free resources available to download, print and share to help you show your support for the Donate Life cause and raise awareness with others:
Reference Materials
- Donation & Transplantation FAQs — Available March 2025
- Donation & Transplantation Statistics — Available March 2025
Printable Materials
Formatted to print on 8.5×11 paper
Social Media Images
Use hashtags #DonateLifeMonth #LetLifeSing and #DonateLife throughout the month of April!Web Banners
English set with DonateLife.net, RegisterMe.org. Spanish set with DoneVida.org
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Are you in the professional donation and transplantation community, such as staff at OPOs, transplant hospitals, eye/tissue banks, or Donate Life State Teams? Visit the Professionals page to find out how to access more resources.
