Four Decades of Donors: A Florida Family’s Liver Transplant Journey Through the Years. Then. Now. Always.
August 2026 – 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 expanded to encompass the entire month of August. National Multiethnic Donor…
Four Decades of Donors: A Florida Family’s Lung Transplant Journey Through the Years … Then. Now. Always.
July 1, 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…
Four Decades of Donors: A California Family’s Kidney Transplant Journey Through the Year. Then. Now. Always.
June 1, 2026 – June is a month full of family and fun, especially on the third weekend when families gather to celebrate dads. Father’s Day is a special holiday for the Nesbitt families of Wildomar, California. But this year it has even greater significance because the Nesbitts will celebrate three generations who are able…
Four Decades of Donors: An Indiana Family’s Liver Transplant Journey Through the Years. Then. Now. Always.
May 1, 2026 – The Children’s Organ Transplant Association is a national nonprofit with an unwavering commitment to its mission to provide fundraising guidance and family support as 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…
Four Decades of Donors: April 1986 COTA Was Founded. A Kansas COTA Family Shares Their Son’s Journey.Then. Now. Always.
April 1, 2026 – Forty years ago this month (April 1986), the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) was founded in Central Indiana by a transplant family. COTA’s first mom gave birth to a little boy who needed a liver transplant. However, our nation’s organ procurement and distribution system was dramatically different forty years ago. This…
Four Decades of Donors: An Ohio Family’s Liver Transplant Journey Through the Years Then. Now. Always.
March 2, 2026 – The first successful liver transplant was performed 63 years ago on March 1, 1963, by Dr. Thomas E. Starzl at the Medical College of Virgina. Nearly 12,500 liver transplants were performed in the United Sates in 2025 … many of them enhancing the lives of children born with liver disease. The…
