Resources

Donation Resources
Donate Life North Carolina is associated with several organizations dedicated to answering your questions about donation. Use the links below to find agencies specializing in organ, eye, tissue, marrow and blood donation, in addition to professional organizations and governing bodies.

If you are an educator, please click here to access our high school curriculum materials.

Need a speaker or educational materials?
If you need a speaker for your group, school, workplace or event, please contact the organ procurement organization - Carolina Donor Services (www.carolinadonorservices.org) or LifeShare Of The Carolinas (www.lifesharecarolinas.org) - that serves your area.

Become a Fan of LifeShare!
www.facebook.com/pages/Charlotte-NC/LIFESHARE-OF-THE-CAROLINAS/52646442236?ref=nf
LIFESHARE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE NEW FACEBOOK PAGE As part of National Donate Life Month activities, LifeShare officially launched a new Facebook page in April. The goal is to provide a forum for individuals who support donation to connect with each other, to share information and to encourage registry sign-ups. We hope to have 3,000 friends by the end of the year, the approximate number of people who are on the waiting list for an organ transplant in North Carolina each month. If you’d like to “join” our page, you will first have to create an account an set-up your own Facebook profile. If you haven’t already, it’s easy.

Become a Fan of Carolina Donor Services!

Carolina Donor Services is proud to announce the launch of our Facebook page! Become a fan and show your support of donation and transplantation online. You will be able to interact with others who support donation, learn more about upcoming events, read heart-warming stories, see pictures and videos of past events, and learn how to become a donor in NC. Please visit our Facebook page today, become a fan, and encourage your friends and family to join as well

American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB)
www.aatb.org
Professional organization serving tissue banks

The American Red Cross
www.redcross.org/
Blood donation and emergency assistance

The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care
www.carolinasendoflifecare.org
Resources for end-of-life care and counseling

Carolina Donor Services
www.carolinadonorservices.org
Organ procurement organization covering Eastern, Central and Northwestern NC.

Commission on Anatomy
www.commissiononanatomy.ncdhhs.gov
Oversees bodies donated for the study of anatomy in the state of North Carolina. It also oversees the disposition of unclaimed bodies.

Donate Life America
www.donatelife.net
National coalition for organ, eye and tissue donation education

Eye Bank Association of America
www.restoresight.org
Professional association for eye banks

Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA)
www.hrsa.gov/
Government resource on donation and transplantation

LifeShare Of The Carolinas
www.lifesharecarolinas.org
Organ procurement organization and eye bank covering Southwestern North Carolina

National Kidney Foundation of NC
www.nkfnc.org
Assisting kidney patients

The National Marrow Program
www.marrow.org
National bone marrow donor registry

NC Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
www.ncdot.org/dmv
Maintains NC donor registry

North Carolina Eye Bank
www.nceyebank.org
Facilitating eye donations in NC

North Carolina Lions Foundation
www.nclf.org/
Promoting organ, eye and tissue donation through civic work

United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS)
www.unos.org
Provides organ transplantation oversight and manages the National waiting list

Vesta Therapeutics
www.vestatherapeutics.com/
Liver therapy research company