Programs

Donor Designation Collaborative – Donate Life North Carolina is dedicated to helping Donate Life America (formerly the National Coalition on Donation) and the federal government increase actionable donor designations to 100 million in the United States through 2008. The Donor Designation Collaborative is a national program using a standard model for improvement and best practices to increase designated donors. The focus is on action. Click “Become a Donor” to be counted and save up to eight lives and enhance the lives of 50 people through tissue donation.

License to Give School Kit – Donate Life North Carolina created the License to Give School Kit to assist teachers in educating students about organ and tissue donation. In 2003, the North Carolina Department of Instruction added organ and tissue donation education to its 9th grade Healthful Living curriculum requirements. The kit consists of an instructional video and CD-ROM containing lesson plans, quizzes and activities. Donate Life North Carolina distributes this kit free of charge to teachers in our state. Click here to download materials or visit www.learnnc.org or www.carolinadonorservices.org or www.lifesharecarolinas.org for more information.

DMV Promotions – Donate Life North Carolina has distributed more than 1 million brochures (English and Spanish) to educate drivers about organ and tissue donation through the Division of Motor Vehicles. Previous projects have also included distributing TV/VCRs and looping educational videos about donation in DMV offices. Donate Life North Carolina and its members work with the NC Department of Transportation and local DMV offices to educate its examiners about their obligation to ask drivers if they would like to be a donor.

Legislation – Donate Life North Carolina was instrumental in working with the NC General Assembly on House Bill 1372. This legislation converts the heart of the license symbol, and corresponding names in the DMV Donor Registry, to legal consent for organ and eye donation. The law was effective October 1, 2007.