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
King Center Wellness Fair
Pullman WheelWorks Health & Resource Fair
St. Ann’s/OSF Back to School Fair
CommUNITY Day
Kids Above All Resource Fair
Black Women’s Expo Day 1
Garden of Hope Unveiling
Join us for the Garden of Hope unveiling on August 1 at our Itasca office! This outdoor gathering will be a time for connection and celebration as we unveil the Garden of Hope. Registration is required for this event. Register HERE
Carr Care 5th Annual Bronzeville Smooth Jazz Festival
Country Club Hills Summer Concert Series: Ohio Players
Black Women’s Expo Day 2
2nd Annual Back to School Bash
Black Women’s Expo Day 3
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.
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 your loved one and their legacy. We will have the opportunity to share stories and connect with one another.
Registration is required for this event. Click HERE to register.
2026 Mahomet Music Festival
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.
“Celebration of Donation” Gift of Hope Community Foundation – 3rd Annual 5K Run, Walk & Roll
For sponsorship opportunities and event registration, click here.
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.
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
- National Hispanic Heritage Month
November
- Eye Donation Month
- Faith and Hope Month
- National Donor Sabbath