Programs & Events
Join us throughout the year at community and public programs and events at which our Gift of Hope staff and Ambassador for Hope volunteers are engaged with community advocates and providing education about life-giving organ, eye and tissue donation.
Upcoming Events
Weiss Memorial Hospital Presentation
Roseland Hospital Heart Health Screening
Lake County Rising Resource Fair
Skokie Hospital Donation Education Table
National Donor Day Registration Drive
Senior Valentine’s Day Celebration Brunch
Registration is required for this event. Contact Imely Correa for more details.
Breath Like a Boss event
Edgewater Winter Indoor Market
Candle Making Workshop: for donor families
We invite all donor families to celebrate their loved one at this candle making workshop. Registration is required for this event. Contact Donor Family Services for more info and registration.
Glenbrook Hospital Outreach Table
Mount Sinai Hospital: Black History Month Event
Join Gift of Hope at Mount Sinai Hospital for a special event in honor of Black History Month celebrating the rich history, culture, and contributions of Black communities. Gift of Hope will host a donation education and registration table at this event.
Glenbrook Hospital Outreach Event
Bridgeport Art Center 3rd Friday
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: Black Creativity Career Showcase
Guests are invited to talk with Black STEM professionals across several industries such as energy, engineering, health care, audio/visual and construction. Gift of Hope will host a donation education and registration table at this event.
Northbrook Cultural Fair
Women’s Health & Wellness Fair
Join us at this free community event designed to encourage healthy lifestyles and offer preventative care information and resources to women of all ages. Gift of Hope will host a donation education and registration table at this event.
March Grief Support Group: for donor families
All donor families are welcome to join for the Donor Family Services Open Grief Support Group via Zoom which meets on the first Tuesday of every month from 6 – 7 p.m. CST. Contact Donor Family Services for more info and the meeting link.
IHSA Girls Basketball
Northeastern Illinois University Fitness Fair
Memory Box Making Workshop: for donor families
We invite all those who have been touched by donation to connect during this workshop while assembling memory boxes to be given to future donor families. Registration is required for this event. Contact Donor Family Services for more info and registration.
MxD Wellness Fair 2025
Annual donation and transplantation observances
February
- National Donor Day, Feb. 14
March
- Doctors Day, March 30
April
- National Donate Life Month
- National Donate Life Living Donor Day
- National Donate Life Blue and Green Day
- National Pediatric Transplant Week
- Transplant Nurses Week
August
- National Minority Donor Awareness Month
September
- National Hispanic Heritage Month
November
- Eye Donation Month
- Faith and Hope Month
- National Donor Sabbath