Category: Iowa Donor Network

April is Donate Life Month

4/1/2021

A month to care. A month to give.

"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 to encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of donation." - https://www.donatelife.net/ndlm/

Become a Donor

Important Organ Donation Awareness Days
NEW! Donate Life Living Donor Day
NEW! Blue & Green Spirit Week
National Donate Life Month Blue and Green Day is Friday, April 16, 2021.
National Pediatric Transplant Week is April 18-24, 2021.

Show Your Support on Facebook
You can help support the #DonateLife cause by adding a Facebook frame to your profile pic. Choose either a 2021 Donate Life Month garden theme or a Donate Life green band frame.

To add the frame, you can go to www.facebook.com/profilepicframes or hover over your profile pic, click Update on your profile picture, click Add Frame, search for the frames by entering National Donate Life Month, choose the frame you want to use and click Use as Profile Picture. Thank you! #DonateLifeMonth

REMINDER: Join Our Team!!

Iowa Donor Network invites you to join us for the 14th annual Green 5K on Saturday, May 8th!

The Green 5K is a fun, family-friendly event that commemorates the lives of donors, celebrates the lives of recipients, and recognizes those who continue to wait for a lifesaving transplant.

Register by April 8th to guarantee the special 2021 Virtual Green 5K race swag. Registration includes a cooling neck gaiter/headwrap, a finisher medal, and printable race bib (excluding the I Care, But I'm Not Getting Off the Couch registration type). Race packets will be mailed directly to your house prior to race day.

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Tell Iowa Donor Network why you participate in the Green 5K and who you are running for! Use the special Virtual Green 5K signage to design an inspiring sign and possibly win a prize.

For inspiration on videos, check out the creative videos submitted in 2020 HERE. Don't miss out on a chance to be a part of this special program! The deadline to submit content is April 15th.

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Join Our Team!

3/20/2021

We are just $220 away from our $500 goal to support Iowa Donor Network's 2021 Virtual Green 5K! Join our virtual team, make a donation, OR share with your friends via the links below.

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Iowa Donor Network Virtual Green 5K

2/8/2021

Iowa Donor Network has announced their Virtual Green 5K on Saturday, May 8th, 2021! Click below to learn more about the 5K and how to register online with our Dragonfly Transplant Fund team.

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Iowa Donor Network | 2020 Report

1/22/2021

In their recent newsletter, Iowa Donor Network announced "a record number of Iowans transformed lives through organ donation and transplantation." They reported that over 100 Iowans donated over 300 organs to recipients across the state. For more information, please visit www.IowaDonorNetwork.org. The Dragonfly Transplant Fund is proud to continue to support Iowa Donor Network and their mission.

Logan's Law

10/5/2020

From the Iowa DNR: Logan’s Law, named after Logan Luft, was enacted in 2019 and allows hunting, fishing and trapping license buyers to declare as an organ, eye and tissue donor, when purchasing hunting and fishing licenses, very similar to declaring when purchasing or renewing a driver’s license.

By registering as an organ donor you authorize your organs, eyes, and tissues to be donated at the time of your death. Organs, eyes and tissues will be recovered for the purpose of transplantation; however, in the event a donated organ, eye or tissue cannot be used for transplant, an effort will be made to use the donation for research.

Logan's Law inspires nearly 3,000 organ donor signups

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Logan's law helped to add nearly 3 thousand names to Iowa's organ donor registry in its first year. The Iowa Donor Network said 2,900 people registered their organs, eyes and tissues when getting a hunting or fishing license. The law is named after 15-year-old Logan Luft who died in 2017.

Iowa Donor Network Goes VIRTUAL!

9/3/2020

2020 VIRTUAL GREEN 5K

"Please join us for Iowa Donor Network’s first-ever Virtual Green 5K on Saturday, October 10, 2020. Not even COVID-19 can stop us from honoring the lives of organ and tissue donors, celebrating the lives of recipients, and recognizing those who continue to wait for a life-saving transplant! The Virtual Green 5K will take place of our largest annual fundraising and awareness 5Ks, the Green 5K and Donor Dash, in 2020. We hope you’ll join us and invite your friends and family from around the globe to raise awareness for organ, eye and tissue donation.

There will be a live and interactive Virtual Opening Ceremonies featured live on Iowa Donor Network’s Facebook page. Stay tuned for more information on this special program. After the Virtual Opening Ceremonies end, we invite you to hit the streets for a 5K walk or run in your neighborhood.

The Green 5K and Donor Dash are Iowa Donor Network’s largest fundraising event to support our mission and life-saving programs. We encourage all participants to create individual or team fundraising pages to honor your loved ones and to support our mission and donor families."

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Iowa Donor Network | 2019 Annual Report

6/25/2020

According to a report in The Gazette, "a total of 92 Iowans had authorized donating 290 organs for transplant this past year, according to the Iowa Donor Network, the state's organ procurement organization, ... The Iowa Donor Network also reported a total of 929 tissue donors in 2019."

The Dragonfly Transplant Fund is proud to support Iowa Donor Network's mission to work together to transform lives through organ and tissue donation. We hope that all are inspired to donate life.

For more information on Iowa Donor Network, please visit their website at www.iowadonornetwork.org and read the full 2019 annual report below.

Read The Report

April is Donate Life Month

3/31/2020

April is Donate Life Month. It is "a month to celebrate those who have received transplants, to recognize those who continue to wait, to honor donors and donor families, and to thank registered donors for giving hope."

POSTPONED: Iowa Donor Network's Green 5K

3/12/2020

UPDATE 3/17/2020

"We have been closely monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak around the globe. Your health and safety is a top priority to us. It is with this in mind that we are postponing the 2020 Green 5K Run and Walk, originally scheduled for April 18. We are working with our vendors and hope to secure a new date later this year.

We want to thank you all for supporting Iowa Donor Network and the Green 5K, whether you signed up to run, raise funds, or volunteer. If you registered to run in the Green 5K, your registration fees will be valid for the new date. If you created a fundraising page, all funds raised will still go to support Iowa Donor Network. Contributions are vital to the work we do. They help us support donor families, raise donation awareness, maintain the Iowa Donor Registry, and much more.

We will keep you updated as we get information about the new race date. Until then, you can continue to support Iowa Donor Network and the work we do by becoming a virtual runner, creating a fundraising page, or making a contribution to Iowa Donor Network. If you have questions please email us at contact@iadn.org.

Thank you."

Mark Your Calendars! Green 5K Fun Run & Walk on April 18th

"Iowa Donor Network will host the 13th annual Green 5K Fun Run and Walk on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Raccoon River Park in West Des Moines. The course will be on the scenic path around Blue Heron Lake. Join us to honor the lives of organ and tissue donors, celebrate the lives of recipients, and recognize those who continue to wait for a life-saving transplant.

This is a fun, family-friendly event with the goal to raise awareness about organ, eye and tissue donation. We encourage you to wear your best and brightest GREEN attire and show us how you get your green on!"

SUPPORT THE 2020 GREEN 5K TODAY!

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