Family Stories

November is National Marrow Awareness Month: A COTA Family is Grateful for Their Son’s Liver and Bone Marrow Transplants

November 1, 2023 — November is an important month to many transplant families across the country because it is National Marrow Donor Awareness Month, which is a time to acknowledge those who have donated bone marrow and stem cells to save other’s lives. November is also National Family Caregivers Month, which was established in 2014 to pay tribute…

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October is Liver Awareness Month: A COTA Family is Celebrating Their Daughter’s Now Healthy Liver While Waiting to Find a Perfect Liver for Their Son

https://vimeo.com/869239205 October 2, 2023 — 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, suffer with some form of liver disease. This October, a Florida transplant family is celebrating their…

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A North Carolina Transplant Family is Celebrating National Minority Donor Awareness Month

https://vimeo.com/850516489 August 1, 2023 — August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month. This national observance (first a day and then a week) was initiated in 1998 to increase our nation’s consciousness of the need for more organ and tissue donors from multicultural backgrounds. In 2020, this nationwide effort to engage and educate multicultural communities about the need for…

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July is National Cord Blood Awareness : A Florida Family is Celebrating Their Son’s Cord Blood Transplant and Second Chance at Life

July 1, 2023 — July is a month dedicated to summer fun, lots of family time and exploding firework displays. July is also recognized as National Cord Blood Awareness Month. To date, more than 100,000 patients have received cord blood transplants since the first one was performed in 1987. This July, a Florida family will be celebrating…

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Fundraising for Transplant-Related Expenses

COTA can help remove the financial barriers to a life-saving transplant by providing fundraising assistance and family support.