April is
National Donate Life Month
Let Life Sing!
In 2025, let life sing! Birds are known across many cultures as one of the most welcomed and visible signs of spring. They represent both new beginnings and visits from loved ones who have passed away. The yearly return of birds and their songs offer us a sense of peace and hope.
National Donate Life Month is a time to educate about organ and tissue donation, and to honor and remember donors and the lives they have saved and enhanced. Your decision to be an organ and tissue donor gives hope to the over 100,000 people on the national organ transplant waiting list, including the nearly 4,000 people in NJ who are waiting for a second chance at life.
During National Donate Life Month join us in helping to save and enhance lives: register your decision to be an organ and tissue donor and help spread the miracle of organ and tissue donation.
Here are some reasons why registering right now is more important than ever:
- • Of the over 100,000 U.S residents waiting for a lifesaving transplant, nearly 4,000 live right here in New Jersey.
- • 16 people die each day while waiting for a transplant.
- • Another person is added to the waiting list every 8 minutes.
- • One organ and tissue donor can save 8 lives and enhance the lives of over 75 others.
Important Donation Awareness Days
Donate Life Living Donor Day
April 2, 2025
Donate Life Living Donor Day is a celebration to honor living organ donors for saving and healing lives! In 2024, more than 7,000 transplants were made possible by living donors. Thank you to all living donors for your remarkable generosity!
Get involved by sharing social media graphics (scroll down to social media section) on April 2 and by learning more about living donation!
Blue & Green Spirit Week
Begins April 5, 2025
Get in the spirit and join us on our social media pages for an entire week of celebrations. We’ll recognize the donors, volunteers and healthcare heroes who make second chances possible as we encourage others to give hope to those who are waiting by registering as organ and tissue donors.
National Donate Life Blue and Green Day
Friday, April 11, 2025
Join the national celebration in support of organ and tissue donation by wearing blue & green!
Post your blue & green photos on bulletin boards, newsletters and social media to spread awareness and be sure to send us your pictures at socialmedia@njsharingnetwork.org. Use hashtags #BlueandGreenDay #NDLM and tag us on Facebook and Instagram @NJSharingNetwork.
Donor Remembrance Day
April 30, 2025
April 30 is national Donor Remembrance Day, a day to come together to honor and celebrate donor heroes who have given the gift of life through organ, eye, and tissue donation. The forget-me-not flower is a symbol of Donor Heroes and a reminder that their courageous gift will always be remembered. Visit the National Donor Hero Remembrance Garden on the AOPO website to “plant” a forget-me-not flower in honor of your Donor Hero, and then share your Donor Hero's story on April 30 using #DonorRemembranceDay.
Include National Donate Life Month in Your Hospital Newsletter
Download customizable newsletter templates
Host flag raisings and table displays at your hospital
Please speak with your NJSN Hospital Development Manager about opportunities for flag raisings and informational table displays at your hospital.
Share your story
As a donor family member, living donor, transplant recipient, patient waiting or volunteer, your experience is special. Share your story to bring hope to the thousands of people currently waiting for a lifesaving transplant and help provide healing to others going through the donation or transplant journey. Your story can help save lives by inspiring people to register as an organ and tissue donor.
Register as an organ and tissue donor
Celebrate National Donate Life Month by registering as an organ and tissue donor and sharing your decision with friends and family.
Downloadable Resources
Social Media Graphics
Facebook Post - English, Spanish
Instagram Post - English, Spanish
Instagram Story - English, Spanish
LinkedIn Post - English, Spanish
Living Donor Day - April 2
Use hashtag #LivingDonorDay in your social media posts!
Square Post (formatted for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X) – English, Spanish
EnglishPrintable Blue and Green Day Flyer
With Date, Customizable
(Add Hospital Logo & Event date in blank space)
Monitor Graphics
Stories of Hope
Download six PowerPoint slides (16:9 format) containing inspiring stories of organ and tissue donation or our Donate Life Month monitor graphic.
1920x1080- English
Is your building illuminated in blue and green for National Donate Life Month?
Download our monitor graphic!
Please also send us a photo of your building in blue and green at socialmedia@njsharingnetwork.org.
Donate Life Virtual (Zoom) Backgrounds
Be sure to add all your events to your DoNation 2025 scorecard to earn valuable points!