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09/03/2026

Did you know that over 90% of state donor registrations come through the DMV? Thank you to our incredible DMV partners nationwide for asking the donation question every day!



Learn more about registering your decision to be an organ donor at the DMV: https://donatelife.net/donation/donor-registries/dmv/ 💙💚🚗

09/01/2026

September is National DMV/DPS Appreciation Month! 💙💚🚗

National DMV/DPS Appreciation Month recognizes the vital role of DMVs and Driver License Partners (DLPs) in saving and healing lives, by asking customers the donor registration question every day. Our DMV partners are the people on the front lines of service who have helped more than 170 million people across the country register their decision to be a deceased organ, eye and tissue donor.

In Texas, DPS asks this life-saving question. Join us in thanking our DMV and DPS partners for their incredible work saving lives through donation and transplantation!



Learn more at https://donatelife.net/how-you-can-help/national-observances-celebrations/dmv-month/

08/27/2026

Newly crowned Miss Texas Volunteer Elle Rylee is turning a deeply personal loss into a mission to save lives.

Inspired by her cousin, Birdie, Rylee has made organ donation awareness the cornerstone of her year of service, using her platform to educate others about the importance of becoming a registered donor.

As she begins representing Texas, Rylee is committed to honoring her family's story while encouraging her community to make a decision that could give someone else a second chance at life.

As a Friends for Life Volunteer, Elle’s mission is to share her cousin’s story and continue spreading awareness so that families can experience the gift of life.

08/21/2026

08/18/2026

Wishing all students and teachers in our local school district a WONDERFUL first day of the new school year!


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08/12/2026

Happy International Youth Day, y’all! 🤘💙

As the school year kicks off, we’re throwing a big Texas-sized shoutout to SODA: Student Organ Donation Advocates, because these students are proof that saving lives isn’t just grown-up work.

Founded in 2014, SODA is a student-led movement with more than 150 chapters on high school, college and graduate school campuses across the country. Their student leaders have educated more than 411,000 students about organ, eye and tissue donation and helped register over 20,000 student donors.

The Amarillo High SODA Club educated or registered more organ, eye and tissue donors than any other college or high school club in the state, earning top honors in the 2025 SODA Campus Challenge. 💙

Have a SODA chapter on your campus? Want to start one? This is your sign.

08/11/2026

08/10/2026

Dr. Velma Scantlebury-White is the first Black woman to become a transplant surgeon in the United States. Over her 40-year-long career, Dr. Scantlebury-White performed an estimated 2,000 organ transplants.

Born in Barbados, she and her family immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, when she was 15. Pursuing her dream of becoming a physician, she eventually earned her medical degree from Columbia University. Eight years later, Dr. Scantlebury-White earned her Doctor of Surgery from Pitt School of Medicine, a first in the country. Recognized as one of the top doctors in the U.S., Dr. Scantlebury-White is passionate about educating communities of color about the need for more organ donors and the rising number of patients in need of transplantation.

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08/04/2026

A 7-year-old boy from New York City dreamed of becoming a doctor.

Decades later, he would become one of the first African American transplant surgeons in the U.S. and a trailblazer who changed the future of organ donation for generations.

In 1974, Dr. Callender founded the Howard University Hospital Transplant Center, the first transplant center at a historically Black medical school. But his impact didn’t stop in the operating room.

He saw a painful gap: minority communities were disproportionately in need of lifesaving transplants, yet often faced barriers to donation education, trust, and access. So he built a movement.

In 1991, Dr. Callender founded the National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program — MOTTEP — to bring culturally rooted education, awareness, and hope directly into communities.

His work reminds us why representation matters. Why trust matters. Why education matters. And why one person’s calling can ripple through thousands of lives.

August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month. We honor Dr. Clive O. Callender who is a pioneer, an educator, a surgeon, and an advocate whose work continues to inspire the Donate Life mission today. 💙💚

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Learn more about Dr. Callender and MOTTEP: https://www.natlmottep.org/

08/03/2026

August is National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month (NMDAM) – a collaborative effort to save lives and improve the quality of life for diverse communities by fostering a positive culture around organ, eye and tissue donation.

Why is NMDAM needed? 60% of patients on the national transplant waiting list are from multicultural communities. The need for donation and transplant is more pronounced in minority communities where disproportionately higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease contribute to organ failure, especially kidney failure.

You can find resources to share and read more about NMDAM at nmag1.org and DonateLife.net 💙💚

NMDAM is a collaborative effort of the National Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation Multicultural Action Group (NMAG).