Donor Alliance is excited to take part in Cool Science Carnival Day for Kids at the University of Colorado–Colorado Springs on Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. This free, family-friendly event is packed with hands-on STEAM activities, live demonstration shows, including a chemistry magic show from the U.S. Air Force Academy and plenty of fun for kids K–8 and beyond. Stop by our booth to learn about the science of organ, eye and tissue donation!
Donor Alliance is proud to join the Mexican Cultural Center and the Colorado Symphony for the ninth annual Latin Beats: Sonidos de las Américas. This free concert celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and the powerful influence of Latin culture on music across the Americas, blending traditional, classical, and contemporary sounds with the Colorado Symphony’s orchestrations.
Donor Alliance is excited to be part of the 11th Annual CU Anschutz Medical Campus Block Party on Wednesday, September 10. This part-festival, part-information fair brings together students, staff, clinicians, and community partners for a day of music, food trucks, games, and giveaways. Stop by our booth to learn more about the life-saving impact of organ, eye and tissue donation!
Join Donor Alliance at the American Transplant Foundation’s Annual Trivia For Life at The Cable Center! Trivia for Life brings friends, families, and coworkers together for food, drinks, fun, and friendly competition, all while supporting living organ donors, transplant recipients, and their families. Register for the event on the American Transplant Foundation’s website.
When Cindy Corlett lost her daughter Molly, her world shattered. But even in the heartbreak, knowing that Molly saved five lives through organ donation became a source of healing. Molly had proudly checked the box when she got her license at 16. That one decision has kept her memory alive in the most meaningful way.
Cindy honors her daughter’s selflessness and finds comfort in knowing that Molly’s legacy lives on in the lives she saved. One of those recipients is a mother of six. As Cindy puts it, “I think about those six children who get to wake up each morning with their mom thanks to Molly’s gift.” While the grief remains, knowing Molly saved lives has brought healing to Cindy and hope to the families who now get more time together.
Donation Essentials Blog
Can transplanted organs be donated again?
The essential gift of organ donation is the ultimate act of “paying it forward” with the donation of healthy organs and tissues, but what if that gift didn’t have to stop at just one transplant? What if healthy transplanted organs could save more than one life? For some on the kidney and liver transplant waiting lists, that idea is becoming reality as a growing transplantation practice now allows healthy transplanted organs to be donated again.
The approach, sometimes called “regifting” an organ, was pioneered by leaders like Dr. Jeffrey Veale, director of the UCLA Kidney Exchange Program. Years ago, Dr. Veale made headlines after successfully transplanting a healthy kidney into a second patient following the first recipient’s tragic death in an auto accident.
Since then, similar procedures have continued to show promising results. In fact, case studies have documented re-transplanted kidneys functioning well even years after their first transplant — offering a second chance at life for patients who may have otherwise run out of options.
This practice is still rare, but experts estimate it could expand the viable donor pool and help hundreds of people each year. Today, advances in organ matching, preservation technology, and surgical techniques are making re-transplantation more feasible and more successful than ever before. Dr. Veale emphasizes this potential by pointing out that up to 20–25% of kidney transplant patients die with a functioning graft, years of valuable kidney lifespan that could benefit others.
There are nearly 100,000 people in the U.S. waiting to receive a lifesaving organ transplant, nearly 1,300 of which are in our community. Signing up to be an organ, eye and tissue donor is quick and easy to do by saying Yes at the driver license office or Driver Services, or anytime at Donate Life Colorado or Donate Life Wyoming.
