Event Calendar
Join us throughout the year at community and public programs at which our Gift of Hope staff and volunteers are engaged with community advocate and providing education about life-giving organ, eye and tissue donation.
In addition to our public programs and fundraisers below, please check our programs specifically for:
- Donor families
- Hospital professionals
- Funeral service professionals
- Medical examiners, coroners, state’s attorneys and law enforcement
During National Donate Life Month many landmarks, municipalities and businesses in our donation service area will “Light It Up Purple” in public display of support for organ and tissue donation. If you’re in the area, take a photo and tag us on social at @giftofhope!
- April 1 – 5: Murray Baker Bridge, Peoria, Ill.
- April 1 – 7: Morgan Street Bridge, Rockford, Ill.
- April 1 – 7: Rockford City Hall, Rockford, Ill.
- April 1 – 14: Millennium Carillon, Naperville, Ill.
- April 1-30: Sherman Hospital, Elgin, Ill.
- April 1-30: Ascension St. Alexius Hospital, Hoffman Estates, Ill.
- April 4: Nicholas Conservatory and Garden, Rockford, Ill.
- April 5 – 6: Willis Tower, Chicago, Ill.
- April 6: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Chicago, Ill.
- April 6: Navy Pier Centennial Ferris Wheel, Chicago, Ill.
- April 8-30: Bayview Bridge, Quincy, Ill.
- April 11-14: Millenium Carillon, Naperville, Ill.
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 1, 8 a.m.
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, 1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, Ill.
Contact: Jamie Martin
Virtual Open Grief Support Group: for donor families
April 2, 6 p.m., Virtual
We welcome all donor families to join us monthly for our Open Grief Support Group via Zoom on the first Tuesday of every month from 6-7 p.m. CST.
Contact: donorfamilies@giftofhope.org
National Donate Life Month: Donor Registration Event
April 3, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, 300 S. Randall Rd., Geneva, Ill.
Stop by the Gift of Hope organ & tissue donor registration table to learn about donation and register your decision as a life-giving organ, eye and tissue donor.
Contact: Tamara O’Connell
Memory Box Assembly Workshop
April 6, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Gift of Hope, 425 Spring Lake Drive, Itasca, Ill.
All who have been touched by donation are invited to connect during this workshop while assembling memory boxes to be given to future donor families.
Contact Donor Family Services to register.
Organ Donation Awareness Night with the Rockford IceHogs
April 6, 7 – 10 p.m.
BMO Center, 300 Elm St., Rockford, Ill.
Contact: Luis Ortega
National Donate Life Month: Candle Lighting Ceremony and Donor Registration Event
April 7, 1 – 4 p.m.
Loyola Outpatient Center, 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood, Ill.
Contact: Tamara O’Connell
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 11, 10 a.m.
Advocate Condell Medical Center, 801 S. Milwaukee, Ave., Libertyville, Ill.
Contact: Sam Rzany
National Donate Life Month: Education table
April 11, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital, 10400 Haligus Rd., Huntley, Ill.
Contact: Lisa Palmer
Organ Donation Awareness Night with the Chicago Wolves
April 13, 7 – 10 p.m.
Allstate Arena, 6920 Mannheim Rd., Rosemont, Ill.
Contact: Luis Ortega
National Donate Life Month: Community Donation Awareness Event
April 16, 9 – 10 a.m.
Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory, 1860 S Mulford Rd, Rockford, Ill.
Contact: Melinda Asher
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 18, 11 a.m. – noon
OSF St. Anthony Medical Center, 5666 E. State St., Rockford, Ill.
Contact: Stephanie Spresser
Gift of Hope fundraiser and education event with Maddog Strong Foundation
April 20, 12 – 3 p.m.
Leavitt Street Tavern, 2345 N. Leavitt St., Chicago, Ill.
Contact: Shannon Wyatt
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 22, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Javon Bea Hospital, 8201 E. Riverside Blvd., Rockford, Ill.
Contact: Stephanie Spresser
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 22, 2 – 3 p.m.
OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 23, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
OSF HealthCare Saint Clare Medical Center, 530 Park Ave. E, Princeton, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 23, 3 – 4 p.m.
OSF HealthCare Saint Luke Medical Center, 1051 W. South St., Kewanee, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 24, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
OSF HealthCare Saint Mary’s Medical Center, 2800 W. 95th St., Evergreen Park, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommar
National Donate Life Month Celebration with food truck and outside games
April 24, 11 – 2 p.m.
Rutherford Park, OSF St. Francis Medical Center, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 24, 12:30 – 1:30p.m.
OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center, 1000 W. Harlem Ave., Monmouth, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month celebration with donor and Gift of Hope speakers
April 25, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
UIC Medical Center, 1740 Taylor St., Chicago, Ill.
Contact: Courtney Campbell
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 25, 9 – 10 a.m.
OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center, 1401 E. 12th St., Mendota, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 25, 9-10 a.m.
OSF Healthcare Saint Paul Medical Center, 1401 E. 12th St., Mendota, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 25, 11 a.m. – noon
OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, 1100 E. Norris Drive, Ottawa, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 25, 12 – 12:30 p.m.
Carle Methodist Hospital, 221 NE Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, Ill.
Contact: Andrea Taylor
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 25, 1 – 2 p.m.
OSF Center for Health, 111 Spring St., 4th floor, Streator, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 25, 1:45 p.m.
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, 1000 Health Center Dr., Mattoon, Ill.
Contact: Haeleigh Little
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 25, 3 – 4 p.m.
OSF Healthcare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, 925 West St., Peru, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 26, 1 – 3:30 p.m.
OSF Saint James – John W. Albrecht Medical Center, 2500 W Reynolds St., Pontiac, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month Celebration with dunking booth and games
April 26, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Rutherford Park, OSF St. Francis Medical Center, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 26, 12 p.m.
Riverside Medical Center, 350 N. Wall St., Kankakee, Ill.
Contact: Liz Ewing
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 26, 1 – 3:30 p.m.
OSF St. James – John W. Albrecht Medical Center, 2500 W. Reynolds St., Pontiac, Ill.
Contact: Callie Sommer
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 26, 3 p.m.
Ascension Saint Mary – Kankakee, 500 W. Court St., Kankakee, Ill.
Contact: Liz Ewing
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 30, 9-9:30 a.m.
Taylorville Memorial Hospital, 201 E. Pleasant St., Taylorville, Ill.
Contact: Terri Cagle
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 30, 11 a.m.
OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center, 1400 W. Park St., Urbana, Ill.
Contact: Jill Young
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 30, 11:30 a.m. – noon
Decatur Memorial Hospital, 2300 N. Edward St., Decatur, Ill.
Contact: Terri Cagle
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 30, 1:30 p.m.
OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center, 812 N. Logan Ave., Danville, Ill.
Contact: Jill Young
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 30, 2-2:30 p.m.
Springfield Memorial Hospital, 701 N. First St., Springfield, Ill.
Contact: Terri Cagle
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 30, 4-4:30 p.m.
Lincoln Memorial Hospital, 200 Stahlhut Dr., Springfield, Ill.
Contact: Terri Cagle
National Donate Life Month: Flag Raising
April 30, 3:30-4 p.m.
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital, 160 W. Walnut St., Jacksonville, Ill.
Contact: Terri Cagle
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Annual donation and transplantation observances
February
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
September
November
- Eye Donation Month
- Faith and Hope Month
- National Donor Sabbath