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
Loved Ones & Legacy – Trees on Tees
Donor families are invited to join us at Decatur Park District’s Trees on Tees Festival! Add your loved one’s name to the Gift of Hope tree, meet our Donor Family Services Team, and other donor families. Limited number of tickets will be available. Open to the public. Registration is required. Register here.
Holiday Magic Meet & Greet
Donor families are invited to this special meet and greet at Brookfield Zoo’s Holiday Magic. Add your loved one’s name to the Gift of Hope tree, meet our Donor Family Services Team & other donor families. Limited number of tickets will be raffled. Registration is required. Register here.
Chicago’s 3rd Annual Blue Christmas Memorial
Nobel Neighbors Christmas Gathering Loading
Schaumburg Township District Library Donation Informational Table
Season of Joy: A Holiday Celebration
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
- National Hispanic Heritage Month
November
- Eye Donation Month
- Faith and Hope Month
- National Donor Sabbath