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What’s new in donation? Here you’ll find real stories, donation updates, and the latest events.  

Celebrating National Funeral Professionals Appreciation Day
April 1, 2022

March 11 is National Funeral Professionals Appreciation Day. Sometimes called the “last responders,” funeral home professionals are there at the end of someone’s life to guide each family. Donor Network…

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What Does a Kidney Do Anyway? Learn About This Vital Organ for National Kidney Month!
March 9, 2022

For National Kidney Month 2022, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) asks you to take five steps to support your kidney health. The kidney is a vital organ. It’s shaped just…

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Thank you, Arizona: Organ donors set new record
March 7, 2022

Organ donors allowed for more than 40,000 organ transplants to happen last year, a notable accomplishment for the U.S. organ transplant system. It was more transplants than any previous year.…

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Happy National Donor Day!
February 11, 2022

Feb. 14 is most well known as Valentine’s Day, but here at Donor Network of Arizona, we like to celebrate National Donor Day and Valventine’s Day! We recognize the wonderful…

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Delivering Hope: The Gift of Placenta Donation
January 19, 2022

Lindsay Gibson was a young girl when she was introduced to just how valuable donation can be. Her father was not only a liver transplant recipient, but also received a…

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The Gift of Tissue Donation: How Tissue Donors Give Hope, Healing & Restored Life
January 18, 2022

Did you know that tissue donation impacts the lives of more than one million people in the United States each year through transplantation? Let’s take a few minutes to talk…

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What Exactly Happens After You Check the Box at ADOT MVD? And How Checking That Box May One Day Save and Heal Lives.
August 18, 2021

If you’ve been to an Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division (ADOT MVD) office anytime over the last several years, chances are you have seen this line with that…

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Stars Above ✨ A Virtual Donor Remembrance
August 3, 2021

“Tonight, we dedicate a star in honor of your loved one, of our 2020 Arizona donors. So, when you look up in the sky tonight, you’ll be able to see…

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Precious Cargo: GPS Tracked Packages for Organ Donation
July 1, 2021

Donor Network of Arizona (DNA) has collaborated with United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to improve the way we transport organs by using GPS tracked packages. “The loss of a…

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How Does Blood Donation Impact Organ Transplantation?
June 14, 2021

We already know you’re a registered organ donor to help save and heal lives after you pass away (and if you’re not, you can do that here!) But what about…

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