Four Decades of Donors: An Arizona Family’s Transplant Journey Through the Years. Then. Now. Always.
January 5, 2026 – The Children’s Organ Transplant Association is a national nonprofit with an unwavering commitment to be The Trusted Leader Supporting Families … For a Lifetime. COTA was founded in April 1986 when an Indiana family could not afford the liver transplant their toddler son needed to survive. Their family members and friends…
Midwest Boy Receives the Best Gift — A New Heart and a Second Chance at Life
December 1, 2025 — December is the month when many families focus on gifts. For an Illinois transplant family, December is the month to celebrate the ultimate gift — the gift of life. Lindsey and Zach Olson are stepping into December focusing on their son’s eighth birthday later this month while continuing to remember his…
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November is Marrow Donor Awareness Month: An Arizona Family is Grateful for Two Girls and Two Bone Marrow Transplants
November 3, 2025 — November is an important month to many transplant families across the country because it is National Marrow Donor Awareness Month — a time to acknowledge those who have donated bone marrow and stem cells to save others’ lives. November is also National Family Caregivers Month, which was established in 2014 to…
October is Liver Awareness Month: A ‘Music City’ COTA Family is Celebrating Their Toddler’s New Healthy Liver
October 1, 2025 — October is Liver Awareness Month, which is the month touted by the American Liver Foundation to raise public awareness of the importance of liver health. More than 30 million Americans, or one in 10 Americans, suffer with some form of liver disease. This October, a Music City transplant family is celebrating…
A Texas Transplant Family is Grateful for Newborn Screening
September 2, 2025 — September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month, which is the month set aside to educate parents about the importance of this life-saving testing. Each year, about four million infants in the United States are screened for serious disorders present at birth. Of those four million, screening typically identifies more than 12,000 babies…
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A Hawaii Transplant Family is Celebrating National Multiethnic Awareness Month
Please register to be a Life-Saving Organ or Tissue Donor August 1, 2025 — August is National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month. This national observance was initiated in 1998 as a single day to increase our nation’s consciousness of the need for more organ and tissue donors from multicultural backgrounds. In 2020, this nationwide effort was…
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