September 2021

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The Irish Donor Network (IDN) has expressed concern about the marked decline in organ donation and transplant rates in Ireland between 2019 and 2020.There was a 32.1% drop in solid organ transplants in Ireland in 2020 compared to 2019…

People sponsor an acre of land, which is then cultivated by volunteers; Cultivate Hope Sask. uses the product to feed the hungry Fundraising for charities is common, but not the way Grow Hope Saskatchewan does - by allowing people to…

introduction Political donors this week filed a class action lawsuit against Richard Zeitlin, a Las Vegas-based telemarketer they accuse of facilitating a "massive money-making scheme." Zeitlin was investigated by the Center for Public…

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SINGAPORE - All charities here and members of the public will be invited to share their views on the information to be provided on the online charity portal. The move aims to enable donors and funders to make more informed choices when…

It's been about 200 years since Lewis and Clark traveled west on the Oregon Trail. Now a 65-year-old is doing a similar trek, this time blazing his own "Organ Trail." Mark Scotch cycled 1,600 miles from Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts…

Zaxby's Offers Free Signature Sandwiches Systemwide To Encourage Blood DonationATHENS, Georgia., September 28, 2021 / PRNewswire / - Zaxby's, the premium QSR known for its signature chicken fingers, wings and sauces, is teaming up with the…

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As the nation returns to workplaces and in-person schools amid an increase in COVID-19 cases, the American Red Cross faces an emergency blood and platelet shortage. Donor participation is at its lowest levels of the year, declining by…

The topic of organ donation is not something we talk about every day, or something that comes up randomly in a conversation. And, studies have shown that in many developing countries the rate of organ donation is very low,…

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Sep 25 — Organ donation helped save Daviess County resident Krista Hall after 14 years of battling an autoimmune disease, and now she wants her story to inspire others to be donors.Hall fell ill while pregnant with her daughter, Makayla…

Saskatoon - The father of one of the hockey players who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash calls Saskatchewan's suspension of his organ donation program “devastating”. On Thursday, the province announced it was…

The NHS Blood and Transplant Service is using Organ Donation Week, September 20-26, to ask Gloucestershire residents to share their organ donation decision with their families. In Gloucestershire there are currently 79 people on the!-->…

WARWICKSHIRE residents are invited to talk to their families about organ donation during a campaign week - as a children's choir shines a light on all those waiting for a transplant, including 50 people in the county. During Organ…

New causes When asked what influenced their giving over the past year, 22% of those polled said the pandemic, 10% social justice issues, and 23% both. Forty-five percent said neither affected their decisions to give. The pandemic has…

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By Mickey Djuric REGINA - Saskatchewan has suspended its organ donation program due to a lack of resources caused by the province's fourth wave of COVID-19. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says if residents who are…

REGINA - Krystal Graham has been on the liver transplant waiting list for about a year. Now she says she fears COVID-19 may delay her life-saving surgery even longer. Saskatchewan has indefinitely suspended its organ…

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) - It takes dozens of people to perform a transplant. The transplant coordinator is crucial, working for both the donor's family and the recipients."You meet people at a time they never expected, and possibly, quite…

The Harmonies de l'Espoir choir is made up of young people who have had or are on the waiting list for a transplant. This week is organ donation week - and the NHS Blood and Transplant is urging Cornwall residents to tell their…

Christopher with his mom Pam.Pam Howarth, of Seaham, has set out to encourage conversations with loved ones about whether they want to donate their organs after death and raise awareness of the shortage.Pam's son Christoper Owen, 10, was…

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – Police officers from Springfield, Mo., went to the Kansas City subway to thank the family of Constable Blaize Madrid-Evans. The young Independence officer, killed in the line of duty, will be buried on Friday…

The Chief Rabbi used his video message Succot to reassure the community about the change in the law on organ donation. Ephraim Mirvis encouraged community members to declare their religious beliefs on the NHS organ donation site,…

Saskatchewan has suspended its organ donation program due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the province. The program pause applies to all but a few procedures and will last indefinitely. This means that anyone who has registered to…

Potential donors sign up for the Jeevandan program, many more want to undergo a government transplant. hospitals The organ donation by the family of a brain-dead police officer last week has motivated many to come forward and do the…

People carry food aid they received from local charity Mona Relief to a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen on March 1, 2021. REUTERS / Khaled AbdullahRegister now for FREE and unlimited access to…

THIS Organ Donation Week (September 20-26) NHS Blood and Transplant and Airedale NHS Foundation Trust are calling on people to talk to their families about organ donation and leave them some of their decision.…

Families are invited to talk about organ donation, as 62 people are currently on the waiting list for a transplant in Oxfordshire. Last year, 30 people in the county were saved after someone donated their organs.…

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This Organ Donation Week (September 20-26), the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are calling on area residents to talk to their families about organ donation…

The children's choir "Harmonies of Hope"It comes as more than 7,000 people, including 200 children, are in need of organ transplants.The hidden impact for these patients, which includes 43 people currently on the transplant waiting list in…

The hidden impact for these patients, which includes 217 people currently on the West Yorkshire transplant waiting list, is highlighted with the release of a new song by children's choir 'Harmonies of Hope' titled "Invisible".And so, this…

Children's choir Harmonies of Hope.More than 7,000 people, including 200 children, are in need of organ transplants.And waiting lists for organs, including kidneys, heart, liver and lungs, are set to increase after a tough year.The hidden…

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Donors to the Vanguard Charitable Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) handed out another record number of charitable grants in the past fiscal year, for the third year in a row. Donors recommended $ 1.7 billion in grants to more…

Health Minister Robin Swann welcomed the progress made on a draft law on organ donation in…

Organ donation may have changed in England and Scotland last year to a withdrawal system - meaning you will be considered an organ donor after you die, unless you specifically have chosen not to be - but it's still just as important to…

Stormont ministers set to debate The rules for organ donation in Northern Ireland Monday. New legislation, if passed, would mean that NI people would automatically become donors unless they opt out. Northern Ireland is the only!-->…

Thousands of lives could be saved around the world by giving patients a 10p statin before transplants, doctors have said as the NHS launches the world's largest clinical trial in organ donors.The medical breakthrough is expected to…

Nanaimo, BC - There has always been something special about Norman. From its birth on Christmas Eve (there is a photo of the puppy wearing a red elf hat) to the countless times the 190-pound dog sees itself as a…

NORTHGLENN, Colorado (CBS4)- The Metro Denver North Islamic Center Masjid Ikhlas refugee donation program was born at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lailey Hashem, vice president of the Metro Denver North Islamic Center, was…

This Organ Donation Week (September 20-26), the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are calling on people in the Bath area to talk to their families about organ donation and…

Nanaimo, BC - Norman, a great Nanaimo mastiff who has been credited with saving the lives of at least 16 dogs with emergency blood donations, now needs help himself. Norman, whose exploits were featured in a 2017 CTV…

Connecting supporters to a cause is at the heart of everything charities do. It stimulates donations, the recruitment of volunteers and raises awareness of the problem the charity needs to solve. Emotional engagement with supporters…

Family philanthropy is a key driver of social change and a great way for wealthy families to clarify their values, engage in a mission, and work collaboratively across generations to build and…

A year and a half after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, donors remain engaged in philanthropy, and most plan to maintain or even further increase their giving in 2021. Some 27% of donors said they gave significantly…

Evelyn Henning is a resident of Tennessee and a patient on the transplant waiting list.Editor's Note: This is part of an ongoing guest essay series from the USA TODAY Network Tennessee on organ donation and transplantation. Each essay is…

Jewish families are encouraged to "have a conversation" about organ donation and the wishes of family members in case their death provides an opportunity to donate. It follows the launch of a new video showing a group of Jewish…

More than a year after protesters around the world responded to the tragic death of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other people of color, American donors of all walks of life continue to respond to calls for an end to…

This article is republished from The conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. More than a year after protesters around the world reacted to the tragic death of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery,…

SOUTH HAVEN - For the past three decades, Keith Bierhalter has rolled up…

Getting donors to visit your charity's site is one thing - converting them to donors is another. A conversion refers to when a website user takes the action you directed them to, whether it's donating, purchasing tickets, or calling a…

Pippa Hudson interviews Samantha Nicholls, Executive Director of the Organ Donor Foundation. Organ donation has declined globally due to the…

Prince Charles' charity was funded by top Tory donors, whose names are engraved into its headquarters in Scotland.The Prince's Foundation has been backed by a host of prominent Conservative donors, including hedge fund manager Michael…

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will put staff and donors into orbit for a three-day SpaceX mission, dubbed Inspiration4. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and St Jude's in Memphis, Tennessee…

All high school students in England are expected to learn more about blood and organ donation in the school curriculum this year.It is hoped that this initiative will encourage young people to become donors and to talk to others about the…

Some of the organ recipients (left to right in front) Sandeep Shah, Aashi Shah, Parishi Shah and Veer Shah, (left to right on back) Bharti Bhika, Krish…

Krista Walker was browsing social media in February when she noticed a message that would send her on a life-saving journey. The North Battleford woman came across a shared Facebook post from a man saying his mother needed a liver…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), parent company and home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, today announces the launch of an all-store community giving program to…

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Researchers stress importance of continuing to use all available security measuresSAN FRANCISCO, September 2, 2021 / PRNewswire / - Today, the largest national SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence survey, funded by the CDC and supported by 17 blood…

West Plains, Missouri - As the Gulf Coast deepens from deadly and devastating Hurricane Ida, Better Business Bureau® (BBB®) reminds those who want to help to check charities…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla .-- (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), parent company and headquarters of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie, today announces the launch of a community giving program in all…

Kerala High Court ordered relevant committee to reconsider petitioner's plea within one weekKochi: The Kerala High Court recently reiterated that an organ donor's criminal history is not a criteria for the authorization…

That the 1994 law on the transplantation of human organs and tissues paves the way for community harmony and secularism so that people of different faiths and criminal origins can donate their organs to the needy without distinction of…