Donation Essentials Blog
Donor Dash 5K: Things to Know Before You Run!
The 26th Annual Donor Dash 5k is Right Around the Corner! The 26th Annual Donor Dash 5K is right around the corner! So, mark your calendars for Sunday, July 20, 2025, and join us at Denver’s beautiful Washington Park. It’s a day filled with both purpose and community. Each year, this heartfelt event brings together […]
November is Eye Donation Month – You Can Give the Gift of Sight
In November, we celebrate Eye Donation Month 2023, a time to remind you that giving the gift of sight is something almost everyone can do. People’s lives are positively changed through eye donation. We invited our partners at the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank to write a guest blog about eye donation this month. What […]
Advocate Spotlight: Rhonda Hill
Donor Alliance volunteers and advocates are the heart and soul of our efforts to inspire and inform our community about the importance of signing up to be an organ, eye and tissue donor in Colorado and Wyoming. Each of our volunteers and advocates has their own unique and inspiring story to tell. In this advocate […]
Liver Donation: Learn the facts during National Liver Month
It’s National Liver Month and a good time to talk about liver donation! There are two ways to donate a liver, or part of a liver. Wait…what?! Yes that’s right- a person can donate part of their liver and the donated liver will regenerate within the recipient. That’s pretty amazing, considering no other internal organ […]
Donor Alliance Staff Spotlight, October 2023: Dylan Taylor
We’re so proud to work with each and every one of our staff members here at Donor Alliance. In our Staff Spotlight, we like to take a minute to share who we are and why we work at Donor Alliance. In this month’s staff spotlight, meet Dylan Taylor. Dylan is a Business Intelligence Analyst at Donor […]
Advocate Spotlight: Adrienne Shirk
Donor Alliance volunteers and advocates are the heart and soul of our efforts to inspire and inform our community about the importance of signing up to be an organ, eye and tissue donor in Colorado and Wyoming. Each of our volunteers and advocates has their own unique and inspiring story to tell. In this advocate […]
Islamic Faith and Organ Donation
Is Organ Donation Allowed in Islam? Organ donation and transplantation saves and heals thousands of lives every year and is a generous act supported by all major religions in the United States, including Islam. The importance of organ donation transcends societal, cultural, and religious boundaries. Islam is a religion that places a strong emphasis on […]
Kidney Transplant Recipient, Lupe Kerr: Love and Solidarity Between Sisters.
Going from having no symptoms to the need for an organ transplant Guadalupe was born in Lima, Peru; in 2010, she moved to Casper, Wyoming. Guadalupe went for a routine examination for her health insurance. During the examination, they discovered that her kidney function was abnormal and that she had stage three chronic kidney disease. […]
Donor Alliance Staff Spotlight, August 2023: Serena Altamirano
We’re so proud to work with each and every one of our staff members here at Donor Alliance. In our Staff Spotlight, we like to take a minute to share who we are and why we work at Donor Alliance. In this month’s staff spotlight, meet Serena Altamirano. Serena is a Donor Services Manager at […]