Organ donation growing in Iowa as donor network seeks to expand education
Organ donation saves hundreds of lives every year across the United States, and the Iowa Donor Network — the nonprofit that organizes organ donation in Iowa — is working to increase that number.
Read MoreField of Dreams to host 'Wanna Have A Catch Day' to highlight donor initiatives
The National Day Calendar recently declared the second Saturday each May as “Wanna Have A Catch Day.” So, the Living Liver Foundation, Transplant Life Foundation and Iowa Donor Network decided to launch the new national day by hosting the Living...
Read MoreIowa Donor Network CEO Suzanne Conrad announces retirement
After nearly three decades serving as CEO of Iowa Donor Network, Suzanne Conrad plans to retire this year.
Read MoreSioux City ceremony recognizes National Donate Life Month
April is National Donate Life Month, and MercyOne Medical Center in Sioux City held its annual ceremony Wednesday to raise an organ donor flag to remind everyone of the importance of donation.
Read MoreHow you can give the gift of life with organ donation
Taya Thostenson from the Iowa Donor Network spoke with Our Quad Cities News about the importance of organ donation.
Read MoreBulls’ Lonzo Ball meets family of donor for his unprecedented knee transplant: ‘It changed my life’
There’s never a day when Lonzo Ball isn’t grateful for his left knee. And on Wednesday, Ball had an extra source of gratitude: meeting the family of Alex Reinhardt, the donor for part of his knee transplant that allowed his...
Read MoreDonate Life Month, workers highlight importance of organ donors
April is Donate Life Month, health care workers take this month as a chance to highlight the work of organ donors. Tully Jackson of Des Moines is just one the people who received the lifesaving help of an organ donor.
Read MoreHonoring a kidney donor
Cpl. Mike Adney of the Clinton Police Department helped Thursday to unveil a plaque installed at the Clinton Drivers License Station honoring living kidney donor Julie Crow. The Iowa DOT collaborates with the Iowa Donor Network to identify individuals to...
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