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Volunteer Locally

You can volunteer and make others aware about how to sign up as a donor.

There are 56 organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in the United States. Each one serves its own area.

What does an OPO do?

  • Helps increase the number of registered donors.
    OPOs want people in their community to sign up as donors. They may:
    • sponsor advertising campaigns;
    • organize programs in schools, worksites, and places of faith; or
    • share print and electronic materials.
  • Helps with the donation process.
    People who work at an OPO help evaluate people who sign up as donors. They:
    • check the person’s state donor registry;
    • discuss donation with family members;
    • contact the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The system that matches donors to receiving patients;
    • get a match list for that donor; and
    • arrange for transplant teams to remove and move donated organs.

An OPO can also provide emotional support for donor families.

Who works at an OPO?

People with health care training work in OPOs. Staff also includes those who help inform and educate.

Who approves OPOs?

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approves OPOs. OPOs must follow laws. All OPOs are members of the OPTN and the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO)

Find the OPO in your state

Alabama

Legacy of Hope

Alaska

LifeCenter Northwest

Arizona

Donor Network of Arizona

Arkansas

Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency

Mid-America Transplant (Clay, Craighead, Greene, Independence, Lawrence Counties)

Mid-South Transplant Foundation, Inc. (Crittenden, Mississippi)

Southwest Transplant Alliance (Miller County)

California

Donor Network West (Northern California)

Sierra Donor Services (North Central California)

Lifesharing – A Donate Life Organization (Imperial, San Diego)

OneLegacy (Southern California)

Colorado

Donor Alliance

Connecticut

New England Organ Bank

Delaware

Gift of Life Donor Program

District of Columbia

Infinite Legacy

Florida

LifeLink of Florida (West)

LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services (Northern Florida)

OurLegacy (Eastern Florida)

Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency (Southern Florida)

Georgia

LifeLink of Georgia

Tennessee Donor Services (Catoosa, Dade, Walker Counties)

Hawaii

Legacy of Life Hawai’i

Idaho

DonorConnect (Southern Idaho)

LifeCenter Northwest (Northern Idaho)

Cascade Alliance (West Central Idaho)

Illinois

Mid-America Transplant (Southern Illinois)

Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network (Northern and Central Illinois)

UW Organ and Tissue Donation (Winnebago County)

Indiana

Indiana Donor Network

Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott Counties)

LifeCenter Organ Donor Network (Dearborn, Ohio Counties)

Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network (Lake, Porter Counties)

Iowa

Iowa Donor Network

Live On Nebraska (Pottawattamie County)

Kansas

Midwest Transplant Network

Mid-America Transplant (St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Topeka)

Kentucky

Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates

LifeCenter Organ Donor Network (Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton Counties)

Tennessee Donor Services (Christian County)

Louisiana

Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency

Maine

New England Organ Bank

Maryland

Infinite Legacy

Massachusetts

New England Organ Bank

Michigan

Gift of Life Michigan

UW Organ and Tissue Donation (Northwestern Michigan)

Minnesota

LifeSource, Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization

UW Organ and Tissue Clinic (Houston County)

Mississippi

Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency

Mid-South Transplant Foundation, Inc (Northern Mississippi)

Missouri

Mid-America Transplant Services (Eastern Missouri)

Midwest Transplant Network (Western Missouri)

Montana

LifeCenter Northwest

Nebraska

Live On Nebraska

Iowa Donor Network (Dakota County)

Nevada

Nevada Donor Network

Donor Network West (Northern Nevada)

New Hampshire

New England Organ Bank

New Jersey

New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network OPO (Northern and Central New Jersey)

Gift of Life Donor Program (Southern New Jersey)

New Mexico

New Mexico Donor Services

New York

Center for Donation and Transplant (Eastern New York)

Center for Organ Recovery & Education

LiveOnNY (Southeastern New York)

Upstate New York Transplant Services Inc (Western New York)

Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network (Central New York)

North Carolina

LifeShare Carolinas (Southwestern and Western North Carolina)

LifeNet Health (Currituck County)

HonorBridge

North Dakota

LifeSource

Ohio

LifeBanc (Northeastern Ohio)

Life Connection of Ohio (Northwestern and West Central Ohio)

Lifeline of Ohio (Central and Southeastern Ohio)

LifeCenter Organ Donor Network (Southwestern Ohio)

Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (Lawrence County)

Oklahoma

LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma

Oregon

Cascade Life Alliance

Pennsylvania

Center for Organ Recovery & Education (Western Pennsylvania)

Gift of Life Donor Program (Eastern Pennsylvania)

LiveOnNY (Pike County)

Puerto Rico

LifeLink of Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

New England Organ Bank

South Carolina

We Are Sharing Hope SC

LifeLink of Georgia (Aiken, Edgefield Counties)

LifeShare Carolinas (York County)

South Dakota

LifeSource

Tennessee

Mid-South Transplant Foundation (Western Tennessee)

Tennessee Donor Services (Central and Eastern Tennessee)

Texas

LifeGift Organ Donation Center (Northern and Southeastern Texas)

Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (Southern Texas)

Southwest Transplant Alliance (Northeastern, Southeastern, and West Texas)

Utah

DonorConnect

Vermont

Center for Donation and Transplant (Addison, Bennington, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Rutland Counties)

New England Organ Bank

Virgin Islands

LifeLink of Puerto Rico

Virginia

LifeNet Health

Infinite Legacy

Honor Bridge

Tennessee Donor Services (Bristol City, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Norton City, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise Counties)

Washington

LifeCenter Northwest

Cascade Alliance (Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania, Walla Walla Counties)

West Virginia

Center for Organ Recovery & Education

Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (Cabell, Wayne Counties)

Lifeline of Ohio (Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wood Counties)

LifeNet Health (Berkeley, Morgan, Jefferson Counties)

Wisconsin

Versiti Wisconsin, Inc (Southeastern Wisconsin)

UW Health Organ and Tissue Donation

LifeSource (Douglas, Pierce, St. Croix Counties)

Wyoming

LifeCenter Northwest

Donor Alliance

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