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
Breakthrough Wellness Fair 2026
Chicago Senior Fest 2026
West Side Wellness Fair
Aetna Better Health of Illinois Health & Resource Fair
Thats What She Said Project
Thats What She Said Project
Aetna Better Health of IL Pop Up Farmers Market
HBCU Annual Run/Walk 10k at Rainbow Beach
Joliet PrideFest 2026
King Center Wellness Fair
Virtual Grief Support for Donor Families
We welcome all donor families to join us monthly for our Open Grief Support Group Via Zoom. We meet on the first Tuesday of every month from 6 – 7 p.m. CST.
Registration is required for this event. Email Donor Family Services to register.
Memory Box Making Workshop
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. Click HERE to register.
Candle Making Workshop
We invite donor families to celebrate their loved one at this memory making event. An instructor will help guide us as we create a keepsake candle in honor of our loved one and their legacy. We will have the opportunity to share stories and connect with one another over a provided lunch.
Registration is required for this event. Click HERE to register.
Memory Box Making Workshop
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. Click HERE to register.
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
September
November
- Eye Donation Month
- Faith and Hope Month
- National Donor Sabbath