Community
Find resources to help you with your transplant journey.
Join our community of organ transplant candidates, recipients, living donors, families and friends who are interested in learning more about the transplant experience. We’ll provide you with tools and information to help you and your loved ones before, during and after your transplant.
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Why I volunteer
Transplant recipients and professionals volunteer to give back, to learn, to develop policy. Learn about UNOS Ambassadors and other volunteer opportunities.
Stories of hope
Charlotte: Forever grateful for the decision I made
“It really feels amazing knowing that I gave someone their life back.”
Robert and Cherie: An unknown angel’s gift
A family lost someone so dear to them, but he saved so many lives, my husband’s included.
Roberta: Truly blessed beyond measure
“God’s grace and those two unselfish families have allowed me to continue to be an incredibly happy wife, mother, and recently a grandma to grandbabies nine and ten!”
Webinars
On-demand webinars about issues that matter to patients and their loved ones.
Support groups
Connect with other patients like you.
Contact your donor family
There are important things to know when you decide to contact your donor family.
UNOS Ambassador
Promote organ donation and transplantation.
In the news
Dec. 19, 2023: Join UNOS and Donate Life America for the National Tree of Life event
This yearly virtual celebration pays tribute to donors and their families.
Animated videos describe MELD, PELD formulas
Two brief narrated, animated videos are now available on the OPTN website to describe formulas used in liver allocation policy.
New lung allocation policy in effect
Effective March 9, 2023, the OPTN launched a new policy for matching lung transplant candidates with organs from deceased donors.