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
CTS Mental Health Resource Fair
2025 Aurora Health Fiesta Tour
Orland Township Senior Health Fair
We’re proud to join local organizations who will be on site with giveaways, raffle prizes and health information for seniors. Free health services will also be available, including basic cholesterol testing, total lipid profile testing, blood pressure screenings, and hearing screenings. Gift of Hope will host a donation education and registration table at this community event.
IHSA Boys Track & Field
Fleet Feet Global Running Day: The Big Run 5K
Senior Art Workshop
Those who are 60 and over are invited to participate in this free Senior Art Workshop for an afternoon of painting and conversation. Gift of Hope will host a donation information and registration table at this event.
Lockport Chamber of Commerce Old Canal Days Parade
Summer Community Health and Resource Fair
North Lawndale Health Equity Expo: Bridging the Wellness Gap
2025 Grand Illinois Bike Tour Rockford-Area Stop
Gift of Hope will host a donation education and registration table at the Rockford-area stop along the Grand Illinois Bike Tour route.
Chicago Fiestas Patronales Puertorriqueñas
Pioneer Diagnostics Community Health Fair
2025 Andersonville Midsommarfest
Grow Greater Englewood’s 6th Annual Englewood Village Market
MainStreet Libertyville Farmer’s Market
“Swing Into Giving” Gift of Hope Community Foundation 3rd Annual Charity Golf Outing
For sponsorship opportunities and event registration visit golfinvite.net/giftofhope
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